Did you know there's a wiki devoted to internet/technology aesthetics?
https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Aesthetics_Wiki
It touches on design movements more generally, too, since every era of technology and software UI design is heavily influenced by broader design trends.
For example, the Windows Vista visual style falls under Frutiger Aero, though it also had some hints of the later Glassmorphism, which is still alive as of Windows 11.
And if you've noticed the trend of websites using starkly contrasting colors, especially a colored background with some impactful, contrasting headline text, congrats! You've experienced Neubrutalism, which is the current successor to Flat Design. You are probably very familiar with Flat Design: the trend to make everything into simple, eye-pleasing, low-color palettes. Android UI starting in the 2010s became Flat Design (they called it Material Design, and Google still more or less uses it.)
No discussion of techno-aesthetics would be complete without mentioning Vaporwave, though I might make that its own thread.
This article is also extremely cool and fun, and I suggest you read it to get a better understanding of at least one of these aesthetic trends: https://medium.com/@lokidesign/the-propa...db1bcaf9a2
Pantone helps decide the color scheme of the world. Really. They both latch onto existing trends and then push them in particular directions.
https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Aesthetics_Wiki
It touches on design movements more generally, too, since every era of technology and software UI design is heavily influenced by broader design trends.
For example, the Windows Vista visual style falls under Frutiger Aero, though it also had some hints of the later Glassmorphism, which is still alive as of Windows 11.
And if you've noticed the trend of websites using starkly contrasting colors, especially a colored background with some impactful, contrasting headline text, congrats! You've experienced Neubrutalism, which is the current successor to Flat Design. You are probably very familiar with Flat Design: the trend to make everything into simple, eye-pleasing, low-color palettes. Android UI starting in the 2010s became Flat Design (they called it Material Design, and Google still more or less uses it.)
No discussion of techno-aesthetics would be complete without mentioning Vaporwave, though I might make that its own thread.
This article is also extremely cool and fun, and I suggest you read it to get a better understanding of at least one of these aesthetic trends: https://medium.com/@lokidesign/the-propa...db1bcaf9a2
Pantone helps decide the color scheme of the world. Really. They both latch onto existing trends and then push them in particular directions.
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