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Post by astropoug on Apr 23, 2022 6:02:44 GMT 10
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Post by John Titor on Apr 23, 2022 6:37:35 GMT 10
the aesthetic is called Gen Z Soft Club
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Post by John Titor on Apr 23, 2022 6:39:39 GMT 10
Some Gen Z Soft club examples![](https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/c36d43b83b97145f6721700316779e59/1928857/various-artists-ambient-lounge-1-Cover-Art.jpg) ![](https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/09bc8cf880294ffde200da3502c7ff4c/1259356/ivy-apartment-life-Cover-Art.jpg) ![](https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/3497804e0c65b36c47dd3231c4ff5bbd/4605301/steve-stoll-steve-stoll-presents-the-blunted-boy-wonder-innuendo-Cover-Art.jpg) ![](https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/e92a2115c5f49075211123884eb20bda/3950957/mark-de-clive-lowe-renegades-Cover-Art.jpg) ![](https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/6669a85111fead5460ab29bce573715c/8996251/hooverphonic-blue-wonder-power-milk-Cover-Art.jpg)
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Post by astropoug on Apr 23, 2022 6:42:03 GMT 10
You mean Gen X Soft Club. Yep, that's what it is called. It was a counter-reaction against the dirty, gritty grunge aesthetics of the mid-90s, in favor of something much cleaner, quieter, minimalistic.
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Post by John Titor on Apr 23, 2022 6:44:58 GMT 10
You mean Gen X Soft Club. Yep, that's what it is called. It was a counter-reaction against the dirty, gritty grunge aesthetics of the mid-90s, in favor of something much cleaner, quieter, minimalistic. yupp this
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Post by John Titor on Apr 23, 2022 6:48:05 GMT 10
You mean Gen X Soft Club. Yep, that's what it is called. It was a counter-reaction against the dirty, gritty grunge aesthetics of the mid-90s, in favor of something much cleaner, quieter, minimalistic. Grunge became a joke in 96, even The Simpsons made front of it, I remember that shift to Gen Z soft club ( even if that name is NOT fitting) lol happened pretty gradually
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Post by dudewitdausername on May 2, 2022 9:49:41 GMT 10
From what I see here late 90s/early 2000s minimalism was all about rounded edges, while mid/late 2010s minimalism was obv all about straight rectangles (look at Windows 8)
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Post by astropoug on May 2, 2022 9:55:17 GMT 10
From what I see here late 90s/early 2000s minimalism was all about rounded edges, while mid/late 2010s minimalism was obv all about straight rectangles (look at Windows 8) Electronics and visual design in general became curvier over the course of the 90s as a counterreaction to the angular boxiness of the 80s (though certain things in the 90s, like computers, still looked quite boxy), and then really peaked in the late 90s and early 00s when curved electronics like the iMac G3 and Game Boy Advance came out. The mid 2010s by contrast are probably the boxiest era aesthetically since the 80s.
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Post by John Titor on May 2, 2022 10:12:14 GMT 10
From what I see here late 90s/early 2000s minimalism was all about rounded edges, while mid/late 2010s minimalism was obv all about straight rectangles (look at Windows 8) Electronics and visual design in general became curvier over the course of the 90s as a counterreaction to the angular boxiness of the 80s (though certain things in the 90s, like computers, still looked quite boxy), and then really peaked in the late 90s and early 00s when curved electronics like the iMac G3 and Game Boy Advance came out. The mid 2010s by contrast are probably the boxiest era aesthetically since the 80s. god I hated the ps1 redesign in the 00-01 school year ![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/416GAQ5G26L._AC_.jpg)
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Post by astropoug on May 2, 2022 10:22:09 GMT 10
Cellphones underwent that aesthetic change too. Just contrast the Motorola MicroTac from 1989 to the Nokia 3310 from 2000. ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Motorola_MicroTAC_9800x.jpg) ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Nokia_3310_Blue_R7309170_%28retouch%29.png)
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Post by slashpop on May 4, 2022 20:04:50 GMT 10
Electronics and visual design in general became curvier over the course of the 90s as a counterreaction to the angular boxiness of the 80s (though certain things in the 90s, like computers, still looked quite boxy), and then really peaked in the late 90s and early 00s when curved electronics like the iMac G3 and Game Boy Advance came out. The mid 2010s by contrast are probably the boxiest era aesthetically since the 80s. god I hated the ps1 redesign in the 00-01 school year ![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/416GAQ5G26L._AC_.jpg) I hated that redesign with a passion as well when it came out, it had this cheap knock off feel to it . I even refused to collect it years later.
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Post by John Titor on May 5, 2022 1:30:35 GMT 10
god I hated the ps1 redesign in the 00-01 school year ![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/416GAQ5G26L._AC_.jpg) I hated that redesign with a passion as well when it came out, it had this cheap knock off feel to it . I even refused to collect it years later. The disc drive was terrible in this
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Post by astropoug on May 5, 2022 4:37:08 GMT 10
I hated that redesign with a passion as well when it came out, it had this cheap knock off feel to it . I even refused to collect it years later. The disc drive was terrible in this It was terrible in the PS2 Slim as well
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Post by slashpop on May 5, 2022 4:45:18 GMT 10
I hated that redesign with a passion as well when it came out, it had this cheap knock off feel to it . I even refused to collect it years later. The disc drive was terrible in this I remember hearing that. Total waste of plastic.
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Post by John Titor on May 5, 2022 7:29:59 GMT 10
The disc drive was terrible in this It was terrible in the PS2 Slim as well the slims DVD player was not even a Sony lol
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