Y2K Aesthetics Thread

[IlluminatiPirate]

Selfridges Kids Department (London, UK)

Designed by Future Systems (Aug. 2002)

 

[naa]

Laforet HARAJUKU ad (1996)
Designer: Katsunori Aoki
CG: Ichiro Tanida

 

[naa]

ALBA SPOON ad (1995)

 

[naa]

Retail shops by AZB, a Japanese architecture firm headed by Etto Francisco Ohashi & Takamaro Kouji Ohashi (1999-2000)

Includes images of these works: α-compiler, α-assembler, and azb2000 (Akita & Kanazawa, Japan)

 

[naa]

I also have these images of their retail store azb2001 @ Home DeLUX

 

[vaporwavemaster1]

I also have these images of their retail store azb2001 @ Home DeLUX
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アットマークが大流行したときのことを覚えています。誰もがそれについて話していて、それが何であるか疑問に思っていました、それはハッシュタグの前に長い時間でした。ある意味で、ハッシュタグが現在のインターネットのシンボルであるのと同じように、それは古いインターネットのサインでした。


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlJku_CSyNg

 

[naa]

アットマークが大流行したときのことを覚えています。誰もがそれについて話していて、それが何であるか疑問に思っていました、それはハッシュタグの前に長い時間でした。ある意味で、ハッシュタグが現在のインターネットのシンボルであるのと同じように、それは古いインターネットのサインでした。


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlJku_CSyNg

It's really interesting to see a video from the 90s of people who weren't very online being confused about the at sign. I see the at sign a lot in 90s/2000s media or magazine scans, on things like buildings, graphics, or clothes, but I didn't contextualize it like this. I never really considered how strange it must've been for people to see a whole new sign that existed only because of the internet. Thanks for sharing!

 

[AnanaSUPREME]

I remember how 2 years ago I was talking about Y2k being the future of Vaporwave and that it should be it's own separate sub-genre and everyone in >reddit that was part of the convo kept missing the point of it. Sure, there are many artists out there that have sampled music from the 21st century, but I can assure you none of them were about the broken promises and the aesthetic of Y2k.
For me, this was a period of time I was forbidden to enjoy. I was surrounded by 80s media because it was what my mother grew up with, but in the background I was just wishing to be there with everyone enjoying the present. This is why I am extremely sentimental about this specific time period and I will stop at nothing to get others to see how beautiful it was while it lasted.
Anywho, as for the aesthetic I am all over the place with what I like... But my shit is racing and rhythm games so here's a little something.

 

[AnanaSUPREME]

The obligatory 'they're probably just a few years away!' article on flying cars (July 1999) View attachment 2287View attachment 2288

You bet your ass that the aviation industry paid hard to lobby against such tech going out into the world.

 

[AnanaSUPREME]

Here's some more Y2K aesthetics for your viewing pleasure. View attachment 2135View attachment 2137View attachment 2138View attachment 2141

I actually made Arial Tetsuo's suit available in IMVU, sadly I haven't had the opportunity to afford being able to make much else.

 

[naa]

A&S Plaza McDonald's, designed by silver & ziskind/mount

 

[vaporwavemaster1]

A&S Plaza McDonald's, designed by silver & ziskind/mount
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それは異常に格好良いマクドナルドです、それらのほとんどは汚れていて粗いです

 

[IlluminatiPirate]

 

[IlluminatiPirate]

A&S Plaza McDonald's, designed by silver & ziskind/mount
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Damn that Mc Donalds looks absolutely stunning

 

[Deleted member 2040]

God I have vivid memories of seeing this so often whenever I was in the Bronx wayyy back when...

AND Timbs... Not quite aesthetic, unless you're into that stuff, but hey, to each their own!

 

[naa]

God I have vivid memories of seeing this so often whenever I was in the Bronx wayyy back when...

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AND Timbs... Not quite aesthetic, unless you're into that stuff, but hey, to each their own!

I know it started in the 90s but man I feel like this look's never ended, saw it through the 2010s, then it dipped and now I think it's back again. feels kinda like how Tripp pants lasted from the 90s into the 2010s, think those are having another resurgence too.

 

[naa]

Technology Sports Remix fashion photoshoot in CUTiE Magazine from 1996

 

[naa]

Two magazine ads featuring Tomoya Nagase, first is 1999 second is 2000

 

[vaporwavemaster1]

God I have vivid memories of seeing this so often whenever I was in the Bronx wayyy back when...

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AND Timbs... Not quite aesthetic, unless you're into that stuff, but hey, to each their own!

ローハンギングパンツもここ日本では大きなトレンドでした。よく覚えていますが、後から考えると、時代遅れになったときは嬉しかったです

 

[naa]

Power Mac G4 "Cube"