Treefrog Interactive Inc.

The Vintage Trend

Vintage and retro becomes contemporary (again).

Lately there has been a resurgence in vintage or retro themed websites, branding and logo designs. The designers here at Treefrog love this latest trend that brings the old-world feel into the mainstream again, by combining retro fonts, vintage flourishes and a smattering of subtle textures.

 

This style gives your brand a respectable, traditional feel that is great for long standing companies that have a history behind them. It also has the potential to give a new brand a quirky, unusual feel that is unique and memorable with lot of opportunity for expansion.

 

Check out the links and images below to get your retro / vintage juices flowing!

 

A victorian style was created for this Hotel in paris.

Check out the designs here

Designer Jamie Stolarski used retro stylings for a San Antonia jazz club to great effect.

Check out the designs here.

The great thing about this style is the fun you can have with the typography. Jessica Hische takes typography to a whole new level with her elegant treatments and vivid use of colour.

See her designs here.

The Victorians were all about the florals, Coralie Bickford-Smith uses this style to create some beautiful book covers for Penguin books that have a classic feel to them.

See her designs here

Use the Vintage style in your new website

See some great examples below

Aboard Entrepreneurship uses vintage style illustrations with fresh and funky typography to create a light-hearted but refined website that is encouraging to explore.

See the site here.

Victorian newspaper? No. Website? yes. Dollar Dreadful takes the old victorian style to a whole new level by using it throughout their fun website for short stories.

See their website here.

Edgewater Cottage Community used clean crisp retro style illustrations to set themselves apart from the housing community and created a beautiful and stylish site in the process.

See their website here.

If you're interested in using the vintage or retro style in your new website, logo or branding materials, we'd be happy to hear from you. Get in touch today!