aesthetic highlight

New Wave Tropical (Mid 1980s-Mid 1990s) New Wave Tropical was an extremely popular aesthetic during most of the '80s and '90s. Pulling colorful motifs from Caribbean, Australian, and African iconography, it was used to inspire ideas of exotic and fun vacations. It was used in advertisements...

Can't ditch The Fitz! Am I back? For realsies this time? Who knows. Maybe it'll stick this time, and maybe it'll just be more annual visits. :[ Well, to apologize, lemme hit you with a big one today. Gen-X Soft Club (Late '90s - Early 2000s) Gen-X Soft Club was an extremely popular aesthetic...

Years of Discovery: I'm going to make a small thread about this particular aesthetic, unseen by many; misunderstood by most. It is no vaporwave, and it surely doesn't have the popularity of it either. Popularized by a particular European rapper Yajubin and then carried off to its ultimate form...

Cyberdelia (c. late 1980s-mid 1990s) Cyberdelia was an aesthetic popular during much of the 1990s, notable for its psychadelic visuals, drugs references, and very, very 90s CGI designs. It was featured in primarily rave memorabilia, and anywhere else early cyber culture existed...

In "celebration" of reaching the 20th installment of my Aesthetic Highlight series, let's take an introspective look at the 2020's most defining one thus far. The infamous: Corporate Memphis (Late 2010s-present day) Corporate Memphis is an aesthetic birthed by big tech companies during the...

Neoliberal Corporate Surrealism (1990s) Neoliberal Corporate Surrealism is an aesthetic that was popular during the first chunk of the '90s. A style adjacent to Global Village Coffeehouse, it was seen in many corporate economic and tech-related magazines from the time, notable for its soft...

Can it be? Am I back to creating Aesthetic Highlight threads? Yes, I am. KaReNwInK McMansion/McEclectic (c. late '90s-2008) "McMansion" was a popular aesthetic during most of the 2000s. Found in upper class housing all over America, it called back to classical European ideas, specifically...

Airbush Surrealism (c. mid-1970s-mid 1980s) Airbrush surrealism was an aesthetic popular during much of the 1970s and 80s. Characterized by its strong use of soft colors and scale, it was notable for being in advertisements, album art, and general sci-fi related art. Personally, this...

Teenpunk (early-mid 2000s) Teen Punk was an aesthetic geared towards older kids and teens during the first half of the 2000s. It's characterized by fabricated punk inspired clothing, neon colors, cartoonish accessories, and suburban kid attitude. Hot Topic was the most important influence to...

Evenin', my lovelies. Tonight we're going waaaaaaay back. Supergraphic Ultramodern (c. late 1960s-mid 1970s) Supergraphic Ultramodern is an incredibly influential aesthetic that was popular during the late 1960s and throughout the 70s. Notable for its curved look, rainbow colors, and overall...

Hello, i want to write something that caught my eye recently, an aesthetic called Frutiger Aero. You guys may start to talk like how simular it looks to Y2K but it's more focused on zen, nature and skeuomorphism. Firstly appeared in mid 00's and lasted until the establishment of Material UI by...

I'm baaaack. Hopefully for realsies this time! Curly Girly (c. early-mid 2000s) Curly Girly was an aesthetic popular during the first half of the 2000s. It's characterized as an extremely feminine and whimsical style, usually seen in toy ads and stores targeted towards young girls...

Hey y'all! Sorry for my absence lately, been busy with real life stuff. Hopefully I can get back to these weekly threads. Anyways: Googie and Lounge Revival (c. early to late 1990s) The Googie and Lounge Revival was a niche aesthetic from the '90s that was heavily inspired by 1950s and '60s...

McBling (c. early-late 2000s) McBling is was an aesthetic from the 2000s, and one of the most popular and identifiable of the decade. A hard shift from late-90s minimalism, McBling is characterized by garishness, boujee, and excess. It was mostly seen in marketing, fashion, television promos...

Corp Grunge (c. early-late 1990s) Corp. grunge, or Grunge™, is an aesthetic that was popular throughout the 1990s. It was, in essence, the corporate reaction to grunge culture, and the mainstreamification of it. It was mostly seen in advertising, book covers, and music merchandising. It's...

Vectorheart (c. late 1990s-mid 2000s) Vectorheart is an aesthetic that was popular at the turn of the millennium until approximately 2006. It's notable for it's use of straight angles and neon colors, and was seen in fashion, television bumpers, album covers, and video games. This...

Festival Marketplace (c. late 1970s-mid 1980s) Festival marketplace was an aesthetic common in retail locations during the late 1970s through the end of the '80s. It's known for its warm colors and Midwestern feel, and was seen in malls, grocery stores, and other shopping outlets. It can...

Superflat Pop (c. mid 2000s-early 2010s) Superflat Pop was a graphic design aesthetic popular from around 2006-2012, and was seen in fashion, advertisements, and other various mediums. Originally popularized by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, it's neon look began to be replicated in music...

Utopian Scholastic (c. late 1980s-late 1990s) Utopian Scholastic was a popular aesthetic amongst children from the late '80s to the late '90s. Usually paired with edutainment programs, books, and museums, the style goes for "timeless" typography, collages composed of stock images, and an...

Whimsigothic (1990s) Whimsigothic is an aesthetic that was popular throughout the entirety of the '90s, growing out of the popularity of Tim Burton, mainstreamification of gothic culture, and Margo Chase's graphic design. It's often seen on albums, promotional artwork, interior design, and...