Northern Euro Aesthetic
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- tucker
Got in a discussion with a Swede the other night. I was trying to verbalize what I saw as a distinct Northern Euro aesthetic (well even Germany and Poland and etc would be in there too). I tried to explain what I saw as a super clean and cool 'look' coming out of that part of the world.
He had no idea what I was talking about. Maybe it's a difference in me thinking photography vs. his thinking design. Huh. I tend to think there are regional looks all over the place. Just compare LA to NY.
Not that it matters I guess.
- fate_redux0
Black jack penis in your ear.
- tucker0
that was exactly what I said.
- fate_redux0
I'm sorry, it's a boring Saturday and I'm working on boring projects. Sometimes I have outbursts like that.
- fate_redux0
And stereotypically speaking, I agree with you. Swedish design is usually thought of as tight grids, large blocks of color and emphasized by typography.
Awesome photos on your site btw, Tucker. I loved the frekshow party ones.
- tucker0
That's lameo working the weekends. I was just about to go out on my bicycle.
I keep trying to turn my comp. off for the whole weekends to get my ass out doing stuff, but gawdammit it's a powerful force...
- shaft0
Hou're stretching it a bit too far, IMO. I guess you haven't been to Poland. We are antiaesthetic. I've never seen a country with our amount of bad typography and ugly houses. Even our beautiful women and old poster school (70's, long gone now) don't make up for this.
Other than that, you're right about NE. A friend of mine put it this way: the Scandinavian had to do something about having little natural light. Hence Ikea and clean, bright colors that keep them from depression. I kind of like this idea and look forward to seeing Polish designers bring it to life too, since our country isn't very sunny either.