Vintage & retro logos
A studio service
Era-specific. Not just 'old-looking'..
Vintage isn't a single look — it's six decades of distinct visual languages. We design to a specific era rather than a generic 'aged' aesthetic, because 1958 doesn't look like 1972 doesn't look like 1985.
N° 01Six eras we work in
Pick a decade. We'll pick the details.
Each decade has its own typography, colour palette, line work and texture rules. Generic 'vintage' usually means 'we picked Lobster from Google Fonts'. We don't do that.
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1920s–30s art deco
Geometric type, gold accents, symmetry, machine-age confidence.
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1950s–60s mid-century
Mustard + teal + cream palette, hand-drawn warmth, subtle texture.
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1970s retro
Curved bold sans-serif, sunset stripe accents, earth-tones.
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1980s synthwave
Geometric grids, neon palette, chrome gradients.
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1990s grunge
Distressed edges, photocopier texture, punk-zine confidence.
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Y2K / 2000s
Glossy chrome, bubble fonts, optimistic tech aesthetic.
N° 02Genuine, not pastiche
Period-correct, down to the texture.
Lazy retro slaps a halftone on a modern logo and calls it vintage. We design as if the brief came in during that era — typography, palette, line weight and printing imperfections all chosen accordingly.
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Authentic typography
We use era-correct typefaces or draw custom letterforms in the period's hand.
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Period palette
Each decade has documented inks and printing limitations. We work within them, not against them.
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Subtle texture
Light grain, gentle plate registration, faint ink-bleed — only where the era warrants it.
N° 03Investment
Three ways to work together.
Mark
$149
1 concept, vector files, two revision rounds.
- 1 logo concept
- Vector AI + SVG + PDF
- PNG transparent + white background
- Single-colour version included
- 2 revision rounds
Identity
$349
3 concepts, full file pack, colour variants, three revision rounds.
- 3 logo concepts
- Vector AI + SVG + PDF
- PNG pack (transparent, white, black)
- Colour variant + monochrome
- Favicon + social avatar export
- 3 revision rounds
System
$799
Full identity: mark + variants + brand guide + business card + social kit.
- Everything in Identity
- Brand guide PDF (12 pages)
- Business card design
- Letterhead template
- Social media kit (avatar, header)
- Unlimited revisions to signoff
N° 04Questions
The answers we give most often.
- Can you blend eras?
- Carefully. We can build a 1960s-with-modern-rendering mark, but mixing 1920s art deco with 1980s synthwave usually fights itself.
- Will it read as modern enough for 2026?
- Vintage done well reads as confidently of-its-era today. Many of the most successful current brands lean explicitly on era-specific design.
- Do you do distress / aging effects?
- Yes — but only where era-appropriate. We don't apply heavy distress to a 1960s mark; that's a 1990s grunge move.
- Can you redraw a logo from photographs of old signage?
- Yes — vector reconstruction from photo reference is a common request. Send what you have.
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