Lavender Vision - Volume 1, Issue 2

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Lavender Vision was an underground zine produced in Cambridge, Massachusetts from 1970 to 1971; the publication advocated for LGBTQ+ rights, specifically designed for a female, lesbian audience. The magazine's publication resulted from a surge in gay rights activism following the Stonewall rebellion.

Lavender Vision's aesthetic ties together two design  movements: the nouveau-inspired visual cues of hippie counterculture and the beginnings of the grungy, collaged punk era. The zine's title, rendered in closely-spaced bubble letters, is reminiscent of the psychedelic type seen on posters and record covers during the 50s and 60s. Lavender Vision's layouts, featuring experimental compositions and overlapping images, echoed the scrappy, Xerographic style of design used by disillusioned youths at the height of the punk movement.

 

References:

https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/882

A paper cover with magenta bubble text for Lavender Vision magazine's second issue.
A paper cover with magenta bubble text for Lavender Vision magazine's second issue.

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