A span of years within a decade where we feel this aesthetic was most relevant. These years are usually given Early/Mid/Late modifiers, roughly corresponding to the beginning, middle, or end of a decade:
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Dollar Store Vernacular

Namesake: Pending Research

The perennial ecosystem of "cheap" or "outsider" design. Designs found at dollar stores, knock-off products; eg. designs by those outside of the 'design ecosystem'. Sometimes these include things like: flyers made for a school event with word art, graphics for spammy internet sites/ads, personal websites.

Links

  1. Are.na - https://www.are.na/consumer-aesthetics-research-institute/dollar-store-vernacular-ldijeqgasam
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