Baroque design and baroque style ornamental design

This is a collection of baroque style (ornamental) design, this style originates from baroque styles of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the word baroque can also simply mean that something is elaborate with many details. [Further Reading]

This style can be incorporated in to Logos, T-Shirts, Posters, Type … Anything

You may also want to check out this recent post on Floral typography

Shiny Binary

I had to add shiny binaries “Perfect porftolio” piece for Digital Arts Magazine and “Mystic” that was inspired by Eastern style statues and carvings, you can clearly see the statue within the image and the ornate flourishes.

Shaeriff

This pencilled etching is great way to see how the shadows and the darker crevices give the ornamental style its three dimensions

Opera78

An Amsterdam based illustrator that goes by the studio mane of opera78 has a great drawing style so checking out some of his personal and commercial work is a good idea.

One Twenty Six

Based in New York One Twenty Six produces some great packaging and branding, you can also see some of the ornate designs in there logo designs.

Shepard Fairy

This guy has a real eye for poster design and you can check out his fine art collection for some more inspiring examples of his work. i also found this image via abduzeedos a mixed inspiration post to look through.

J R Velasco

a great example of these ornate finishes is on this website header, wrapping around other illustrations and hand drawn elements. The old vintage look gives it even more character and era.

Irish Wind

Great baroque style technical pen drawing in the making just goes to show how much time and effort goes in to such a piece like this.

Igraver

This website has a great visual tutorial on how to recreate this style from start to finish

I Cant Hear

I Cant Hear design studio with some great work and sketches of work in progress gives a good understanding of work flow to final piece, as seen below a sketch and final piece in vector form is mind blowing.

Guarniero

Has some great collections of old scans on his flickr

Eduardo Cife

Eduardo Cife of Misprinted Type has some awesome illustration work from book covers to posters. a true vintage style that you can see throughout his work.

Ansel Olson

Ansel has some inspiring sets on flickr from photos to scans like the one shown below, decorated type is another great way to incorporate this style.

Anouther Great decorated alphabet.

Bibliodyssey

Very detailed breath taking ornate typography incorporating cherubs, birds and statues.

86era

A designer from Russia known a 86era due to being born in 1986, also found via ilovetypography inspiring type

Comments

I would put this style high up in my favourites and i find it very inspiring to look at others work and how they can incorporate it in to designs such as web sites, Typography and posters you name it and it can be done, adding extra flair and interest.

Do you get inspired by this style or know some great pieces of work to share? Please leave a comment.

Author of this post: Max Stanworth

Iam the creator and editor of Design Shard, I created this blog to post my inspirations, work and free resources that I hope others find interesting too you can also follow me on twitter @designshard. See all posts by: Max Stanworth

58 Comments (Leave a Comment)

Agence watt

@wattComm September 22, 2012

Nice collection, thanks for this great list !
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Dickhead Dan

October 17, 2011

I don’t see anything here reminiscent of Baroque art. Peter Paul Rubens embodied Baroque. Take a look at his work and come back and tell me this isn’t just a random collection of modern pieces inspired by other modern pieces. Certainly not Baroque or Baroque inspired. Bolivian artist Alejandra Dorado, is the only contemporary artist that I know of that is truly inspired by Baroque.
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- sammy
  
  November 5, 2012
  
  could not agree more
Andrew Harrington

@judoandy84 August 1, 2011

Hey great post. I’ve been looking into doing some pieces with this sort of ornimentation. Thanks for giving me a good starting point.
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Leana

August 15, 2010

This is seriously fantastic. Thanks so much for all the links :) You’ve done an amazing job with this website, really appreciate the way everything is put together!
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Renato Forster

@renatoforster July 22, 2010

The MisprintedType’s owner is Eduardo Recife. It’s misprinted. ;)
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olivier bassalui

@mon_entreprise February 25, 2010

LE style barocco c’est vraiment terrible quand c’est utilisé a bon escient
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design style

February 13, 2010

Thanks. Decent blog. I really like the theme. easy on the eyes and good for reading.
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zovin

December 7, 2009

cool and hard
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Alie

September 27, 2009

Wow! Super stuff! I was looking for filigree drawing inspiration and stumbled upon your treasure trove. Many thanks for posting all of the links, as well.
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Florist Ottawa

September 23, 2009

Great collection, is there an option to buy something from this collection?
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Stomach Flu Symptoms

September 9, 2009

Wow ! Just looking at all these cool designs itself makes me drool. These guys are very talented to create something like this. I love the design by I can’t Hear design studio. I also liked the tutorial about flower fonts from iGraver. Wish I could create designs like these :)
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Stomach Flu Symptoms

September 8, 2009

Wow ! Just looking at all these cool designs itself makes me drool. These guys are very talented to create something like this. I love the design by I can’t Hear design studio. I also liked the tutorial about flower fonts from iGraver. Wish I could create designs like these :)
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