The hippie aesthetic owes a lot to Art Nouveau.
Become a Video Lab member!
When you picture hippies, you probably picture bell bottoms, long hair, and LSD. You might also think of a very specific graphic design and illustration style, seen on concert posters and album covers: curly, cloudy, barely legible lettering, trippy color combinations, and decorative meandering borders. This style was first conceived in San Francisco by a handful of designers in the late 1960s. Their job? Make posters for bands like The Byrds, the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Steve Miller Band, Jimi Hendrix … all of whom were just getting their start, competing for nightly stage time at venues like the Fillmore and the Avalon.
But these designers didn’t invent that now-iconic style. In fact, they were heavily influenced by an art movement that started in the late 1800s called Art Nouveau.
Read more about Art Nouveau and other major design movements:
To learn more about the history of California graphic design, check out:
is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what’s really driving the events in the headlines. Check out .
Watch our full video catalog:
Follow Vox on Facebook:
Or Twitter:
1 view
208
54
2 months ago 00:02:03 1
MozART group - Stanisław Moniuszko’s Railway Station (Official Video, 2022)
2 months ago 00:02:52 1
Ragnarök ❯ (Official music)
2 months ago 00:02:45 1
My Mother Told Me ❯ (Official music)
2 months ago 00:04:12 1
Where or When - Postmodern Jukebox feat. Sunny Holiday
2 months ago 00:03:20 1
Hugeloud - No One is Waiting | Music Visualization🖤🎶💎
2 months ago 00:39:16 1
Gucci Spring Summer 2025 Women’s Fashion Show
2 months ago 00:01:36 1
Pacific Drive | Drive Your Way Fall 2024 Update
2 months ago 00:07:38 1
Global Mythic: Pantheon Runway
2 months ago 00:03:37 3
P!nk - So What (Rock In Rio 2019)
2 months ago 00:08:41 1
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Preview: BioWare Finally Nails The Character Creator I’ve Always Wanted
2 months ago 00:01:17 1
Bangsar Penthouse For Sale || #Stanproperty. com
2 months ago 00:02:11 1
Cats on the Catwalk (Meow, meow, strut the catwalk)
2 months ago 00:05:05 1
SKID ROW - Youth Gone Wild (Live in London) | Official Video
2 months ago 00:03:24 1
MASSIVE X9.3 SOLAR FLARE | September 6, 2017
2 months ago 00:04:56 1
To chase the stars
2 months ago 00:03:34 1
Imagine Dragons & JID - Enemy (from the series Arcane: League of Legends) | Official Music Video
2 months ago 00:40:46 1
THE FOREVER WINTER Exclusive Beta Gameplay | New Post-Apocalyptic SURVIVAL HORROR in Unreal Engine 5
2 months ago 00:04:48 1
Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams [Official Music Video]
2 months ago 00:06:31 1
INNERWISH - Sea of Lies (feat. Hansi Kürsch) (Official Music Video)
2 months ago 00:10:27 1
Deep Stretching w/ Emma Magnolia & Christie Mcfit
2 months ago 00:08:36 1
Million-Dollar Boat CRASH with Beautiful Ladies Onboard !! Boat Zone
2 months ago 00:04:44 1
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners — Ending Theme | Let You Down by Dawid Podsiadło | Netflix
2 months ago 01:10:14 1
Psychedelic Trance Mix 🍀 Psytrance Track for Your Playlist 🍬 Psychedelic Visuals / Magic Mushrooms
2 months ago 00:25:05 1
BYB 31 Stockyard Brawl Live Public Weigh-In and Face-Off