Thinking of making a new banner and logo for the solarpunk aesthetics community (think of leaning it towards Art Nouevau). Thoughts/ideas so far?
Thinking of making a new banner and logo for the solarpunk aesthetics community (think of leaning it towards Art Nouevau). Thoughts/ideas so far?
The font I used is https://www.fontspace.com/sidhe-font-f3649 (license should be fine for this use case)
Art Nouveau is beautiful and generally a good fit for SolarPunk but I would also make sure to emphasize the optimistic eco-futurism as well. Solarpunk shouldn't feel nostalgic, in my opinion, but rather hopeful.
Art Nouveau is specifically mentioned in the Manifesto. I think it's a great choice, but one should be a little bit careful. If we look at the goals of Art
The danger though is that it can look a bit bourgeoise if applied without thought. You kind of have to put yourself in the seat of someone sitting in the future sort of "re-inventing" art-nouveau. What would that look like? When we talk about material and form, or when we talk about "major" and "minor" arts, how do they connect? How would major artists express their craft? There's almost a question of the feminine and Feminism here as well. How does society express itself when womanhood is further emancipated?
I'll definitely keep that in mind. By emphasizing optimistic eco futurism would that mean including pictures or motifs of solarpunk tech (such as hydroponics)?
I think hydroponics, sustainable energy sources, technology improving people's lives like prosthesis, etc, are all a great way to communicate the balance of taking what's good about both new and old ways of life to make something novel that treats humans more kindly than the way we currently live