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If one can identify any trend in today’s diverse design, it would be the new flirtation with geometrical forms and solid colours. Die Gestalten are to release a new book in September that documents this development and is accordingly called NeoGeo: A New Edge to Abstraction.
Basic forms such as circles, squares and triangles are being increasingly used in creative work. One sees crystalline structures, diamonds, rhombi, patterns and grid-like frames. Elements influenced by the psychedelic and OpArt of the 1960s and 70s are being combined with the acid colours of the late 80s.
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NeoGeo makes clear that this current abstract work is not a nostalgic phenomenon; rather, it borrows from illustration, collage, typography and computer art to create a whole new visual language.
NeoGeo: A New Edge to Abstraction
Release: September 2007 | ISBN: 978-3-89955-194-5