Nov from AmyG - aesthetic categories

I love this one from AmyG - it's exuberant. There are about a dozen blog posts already written so I am just filling in envelopes. Since I am doing them in alphabetical order - it will be fun to see. if there are any serendipitous pairings. This one looks great with the image I chose from the add-on. I have used very few of the *button* stamps --- I love them - and want to make sure I don't end up with *grrrrr* results.

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If you don't have anything to do for the rest of the week, here is a website with a gazillion ideas. The link will take you to a page that has a bunch of *corporate hippie* designs. You can flip around between categories by clicking on [aesthetic categories] at the very top.

https://cari.institute/aesthetics/corporate-hippie

This image jumped out at me as a fun idea for an envelope. It is by John Alcorn - for 7-Up/

Here are just two FAQs - the second one is important. These images are to inspire us - we don't want to slavishly copy them. Some of the categories have full fonts - for lettering inspiration.

What is CARI?

The Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute is a collective association of researchers and designers dedicated to carrying on the important work of categorizing "consumer aesthetics" from the late mid-century, when work on the subject somewhat trailed off, through today. The cyclical relationship between a culture's collective attitudes and the visual qualities of the artifacts it generates is crucial to observe and consider both when attempting to create timely, meaningful artwork and when analyzing the social and economic events of the last half century. CARI is a nonprofit online institute with hundreds of members and contributors.

How can I use the CARI archive?

The artifacts presented here are intended for research and reference. We do not encourage or condone unauthorized redistribution of these materials, most of which have been granted to us in good faith under that pretense. CARI should be used as a source of inspiration and analysis, not a source of free assets or images. If you use images from our collection for educational, nonprofit use, please credit their original creators as we have. Artifacts repurposed from CARI for profit or without attribution are no longer protected by "fair use" and will be subject to copyright enforcement by their original owners.