Fruitiger Aero

[Monoki]

I was watching some videoes about the fruitiger aero style. It feels super nostalgic for me as 2000s kid. Its one of those styles I hope returns in some form as its super positive and "bright". Brings back fonder memories of the older internet. Do any of you feel the same? 

Ha! I've been trying to take my own spin on the style with some small projects I have. It does take me back to a time when things seemed simpler and more optimistic than they do now. and a lot of my favorite things incorporated the style: WALL-E, Mario Galaxy, Portal. Wii era gaming in general.

Also was probably around the last time I was on forums more regularly too.

[fauxclore]

I get what people are saying, about how this style reminds them of childhood. I was already a little older when the style was in vogue, and even though I adored exploring those versions of windows when they came out, the whole "Windows Vistaeness" of it is a little ugly to me right now. That doesn't take away any value, "ugly" and "beautiful" being as subjective as they are.

But yeah, it was in some way a bright way to look at technology, albeit one where corporate claws were already deep into defining what words like "good" and "beautiful" were supposed to mean. I cannot get past the whole "curated" look of the style. I don't feel the same "freedom" inherent in Frutiger Aero as I do in thinks like Cassette Futurism and the like. Which is strange, I was not around (in a meaningful way) when 80's computers and technology were used. Nostalgia is a weird thing.

[GYARU~TAU♪]

I quite like the style! Visually it employs a lot of motifs that I already quite like, and it's interesting to think about the sorts of tech designs that came to be as a result of it.

I can't speak as someone who was super conscious during all of this but the transition between large and bulky machinery to the more convenient (sometimes to a fault) designs we see in modern technology having this incredibly weird and round middle ground- almost awkward teen phase is kinda funny to me.

I get what people are saying, about how this style reminds them of childhood. I was already a little older when the style was in vogue, and even though I adored exploring those versions of windows when they came out, the whole "Windows Vistaeness" of it is a little ugly to me right now. That doesn't take away any value, "ugly" and "beautiful" being as subjective as they are.

But yeah, it was in some way a bright way to look at technology, albeit one where corporate claws were already deep into defining what words like "good" and "beautiful" were supposed to mean. I cannot get past the whole "curated" look of the style. I don't feel the same "freedom" inherent in Frutiger Aero as I do in thinks like Cassette Futurism and the like. Which is strange, I was not around (in a meaningful way) when 80's computers and technology were used. Nostalgia is a weird thing.

I definitely agree with your point here! I think as we get older and the corporate lens becomes more visible to us it makes it a lot harder to see certain revival trends as a return to a simpler, more nostalgic time. Really, the artistic freedom comes- to me anyways, in seeing how people take these long-dead styles and innovate on them in their own, personal ways that are untouched by corporate greed. It's just unfortunate that for every style that happens to become beloved, there's someone out there that will stop at nothing to commodify it.

[wolfkitty42]

I think I definitely like it a fair amount! As a kid, my family had a fish lamp. The fish "swam" around when you turned it on. It was colorful, and bright, and I loved it! These days, I think it's a cute vibe. Like, I totally want an ocean themed bathroom! Would that not be ADORABLE? I also quite like some of the transluscent plastics. I'm not sure I like them THAT much- Solid colored plastics are a little more my jam. That being said, they're pretty cool! I just want more bright colors in general.... T   w T

[Nova]

I'm not a fan of the bubbles in it, but I love how it feels like, a sort of shiny future with nature living in harmony with society.

I feel like it could live in tandem with Solarpunk, another aesthetic I fw cuz enviromentalism yes.