Retro Rewind | Adobe Office Hours Episode 322
66.9K views · 2026-10-15
Branding & LogoVisual & Graphic
Join Nick and Andrew as they show you how to travel back to the past and recreate your favorite styles and trends!
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Nick Longo is the Creative Director behind Longo Designs, a branding agency specializing in product launches, corporate identity, and more: https://www.instagram.com/longodesigns | https://www.behance.net/longo | http://longodesigns.com
Andrew Hochradel is a freelance brand identity designer based in Southern California: https://www.instagram.com/hochdotco | https://www.behance.net/hochdotco
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Music by Chillhop Music: https://chillhop.ffm.to/creatorcred
00:00 Start
00:25 Introduction and showoverview
03:25 Art styles overview, bauhaus
08:11 Nick and Andrew’s style choice, psychedelic, choosing fonts and colors
11:42 Andrew create Illustrator art brush, and envelope distort
15:48 Nick laying out type, Andrew adding type
17:36 Adding colors from color palette, appearance panel layering strokes
21:17 Nick envelope distort type, Andrew layering more colors, round corners
24:01 Adobe Max
25:03 Creating graphic style
27:33 Nick Memphis style, Andrew graphic style from memphis style colors
31:58 Nick’s geometric pattern, pattern tips and tricks
34:36 Andrew’s terrazzo pattern, pattern tips and tricks
36:42 AI Assistant to change colors
42:01 Andrew making pattern and applying it to a couch, Nick applying design to type
45:38 Relight 3d text from illustrator in photoshop beta
50:11 Nick synthwave in illustrator, Andrew chrome filter and relight again
54:04 Recap and outro
Join the Adobe Live Discord: https://discord.gg/p48UBK3nX2
Nick Longo is the Creative Director behind Longo Designs, a branding agency specializing in product launches, corporate identity, and more: https://www.instagram.com/longodesigns | https://www.behance.net/longo | http://longodesigns.com
Andrew Hochradel is a freelance brand identity designer based in Southern California: https://www.instagram.com/hochdotco | https://www.behance.net/hochdotco
Subscribe to the Adobe Live YT Channel: https://bit.ly/adobeliveyoutube
Try out Adobe Express NOW: https://adobe.ly/tryAdobeExpress
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Music by Chillhop Music: https://chillhop.ffm.to/creatorcred
00:00 Start
00:25 Introduction and showoverview
03:25 Art styles overview, bauhaus
08:11 Nick and Andrew’s style choice, psychedelic, choosing fonts and colors
11:42 Andrew create Illustrator art brush, and envelope distort
15:48 Nick laying out type, Andrew adding type
17:36 Adding colors from color palette, appearance panel layering strokes
21:17 Nick envelope distort type, Andrew layering more colors, round corners
24:01 Adobe Max
25:03 Creating graphic style
27:33 Nick Memphis style, Andrew graphic style from memphis style colors
31:58 Nick’s geometric pattern, pattern tips and tricks
34:36 Andrew’s terrazzo pattern, pattern tips and tricks
36:42 AI Assistant to change colors
42:01 Andrew making pattern and applying it to a couch, Nick applying design to type
45:38 Relight 3d text from illustrator in photoshop beta
50:11 Nick synthwave in illustrator, Andrew chrome filter and relight again
54:04 Recap and outro