Retro-modern

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having design elements from the modernist movements of the 1920s, 30s, 40s, or 50s.

    "Likewise, CYAN's marriage of type and image provides greater dimensionality to Eliasson's concepts but also suggests a retro-modern sensibility."

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"Likewise, CYAN's marriage of type and image provides greater dimensionality to Eliasson's concepts but also suggests a retro-modern sensibility."

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