Visual lexicon of consumer aesthetics from the 1970s until now (cari.institute) 71 points by tontonius 10mo ago ↗ HN
[–] xnx 9mo ago ↗ Great site. It let me put a name to one played out aesthetic: https://cari.institute/aesthetics/paperback-chicWould be even more excellent if it had a timeline.
[–] dtagames 9mo ago ↗ A good idea dragged down by poor UI and lack of content. These are just images with no context or explanation.When did archival displays get such low information density? Not even the names of objects.This is the page with the content they do have: https://cari.institute/aesthetics
[–] rdtsc 9mo ago ↗ These are fun, I like that Encarta of the 1990s has it's own style -- Utopian Scholastichttps://cari.institute/aesthetics/utopian-scholastic.DK (Dorling Kindersley) and especially Stephen Biesty's books use it, a lot of software in the 90s used it. I wouldn't say today it's particularly interesting or special objectively, but I personally like it mostly because of nostalgia.
[–] cosmic_cheese 9mo ago ↗ Some of these make me really want to return to the 90s. Also, airbrushed album art was rad.
[–] geuis 9mo ago ↗ On mobile safari it just loads a "please donate" page with no actual link. No way to dismiss it or continue to the actual content.
[–] casey2 9mo ago ↗ Full of alot of hallucinations and misinformation not very useful nor fun/interesting.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 34.5 ms ] threadWould be even more excellent if it had a timeline.
When did archival displays get such low information density? Not even the names of objects.
This is the page with the content they do have: https://cari.institute/aesthetics
https://cari.institute/aesthetics/utopian-scholastic.
DK (Dorling Kindersley) and especially Stephen Biesty's books use it, a lot of software in the 90s used it. I wouldn't say today it's particularly interesting or special objectively, but I personally like it mostly because of nostalgia.
seriously this is a great trip down memory lane.