Thread: 'IDN Pro: Iconography' (2003) by Systems Design Ltd.
A showcase of various late 90s-early 2000s design firms. It also included a CD with extra fonts, graphics, screensavers, etc.; I'll post a download link to the ISO + zip file at the end!
Works by Astro Graphica, a firm formed by Koji Takeuchi & Teksuro San in 1997. Their website is still up, and has most of their older work! adesigner.jp/#
Works by 123Klan
"They are a 'graffiti crew' created in 1992 in the north of France by Scien & his wife Flor." Some of these works also exhibit the 'Vectorheart' style we study at CARI.
Works by Furi Furi Company (Pt. 1)
'Furi Furi was founded by Ryosuke Tei & Miho Sadogawa in 1998. Their mission is to "design the cool and the cute to their extremes, and bring a smile to everyone's face".'
Works by Furi Furi Company (Pt. 2)
The fourth image is neat, I didn't know they did some early 00s pixel art-type stuff as well. We haven't delved as much into that style yet.
Works by Graham Rounthwaite
This illustration style is mainly associated with the 'Gen-X Soft Club' aesthetic. His works were all over the place in the late 1990s, most notably in various Levi's ad campaigns.
Works by Faiyaz Jafri
1. DaB (unknown what that is) 2. Bambi illustration for Numero Magazine 3. Liberty proposal for OP Vodka 4. 'Leila'
A little blast of odd 2000s nostalgia I didn't expect to see, Hotelli Kulta Kala (launched Summer 2000)(eng. Habbo Hotel). Part of that same 'pixelscape' aesthetic popular at the time (eg. eBoy).
Works by Lucas Ionescu
Love this collection of logo design; I scanned it at the highest quality I could. Right-click and open in a new tab for the best view.
Works by Designershock
These designs span several aesthetics, including Y2K, @vectorheart , and @genxsoftclub -- check out these accounts connected to our CARI project for more information & examples!
Here is a link to the ISO file, and a regular zip file. Let me know if you're able to get the screensavers & icons working; w/ this stuff being ~20 yrs old some of it seems incompatible/unreadable or in archaic formats.
Thread: Selections from the book, 'Lounge Design' by Daab (2007)
1. 'Cyberhelvetia' installation by 3Deluxe ('02) 2. Baden-Württemberg lounge by Atelier Brückner ('02) 3. Deutsche Bahn Lounge Expo by AG4 Mediatecture ('02) 4. Museum Ludwig Videolounge by AG4 Mediatecture ('02)
They went hard with the intricate and exuberant color & lighting schemes back then, don't see as much wild lighting these days.
Pearl Club & Restaurant - Miami FL (2003) designed by Stephanie Dupoux
The Universum Lounge in Berlin is great example of the revival of 1960s-70s Ultramodern space age styles. Love the use of period space imagery in the 'window', and the sleek wood banding.
I love the dense layering and various PS effects; it's mainly in the 'Metalheart' style pioneered by design firms like the Attik. Unfortunately it seems that only the splash page is preserved on the Internet Archive.
FCB Electric Ocean self-promotion portfolio (ynl)
Set against a backdrop of bioluminescent 'cells', clicking on them initiates an animated submarine-like pop-up window with information & images. The site also includes underwater & hydraulic machine sound effects.
Thread: Some design selections from Volume 14 of the SPA-DE book series, always a wonderful collection of (then) contemporary interior design & architecture. (1/X)
'Freudenhaus' eyewear store by Marie Aigner (Mar. 2008)
Boscolo Exedra Hotel Milano by Italo Rota (Oct. 2009)
Some Y2K touches here, though the design overall is a mix of different influences. The colorful geometric patterns remind me of 1950s-60s design, like Tomorrowland in the 60s or something.
Greenhouse Nightclub, NYC by Bluarch + Interiors (Jan 2009)
I hadn't heard of this place before, but it was apparently somewhat notorious for fights & shut down in 2014. Beautiful design, seems like there was a late 2000s eco-design wave from what I can tell.
Thread: Early 2000s Aesthetics Overview (CARI In-Progress Research Post)
We've recently been delving more into the early 2000s design/fashion landscape at CARI, and wanted to share some of our finds so far, to help differentiate certain aesthetic strains.
One of the earliest and most prominent aesthetics to carry over from the very late 90s was the newfound appreciation for 70's glam & kitsch, part of an aesthetic we've termed 'Millennium Disco'.
It also helps to lay the foundation for the 2000's love of excess (with a tinge of that leftover 90s knowing irony). It first appears in high-fashion mags & music in the heady days of the dotcom boom in 1999-2000. It may even be the reason for the infamous 'dido flip' (img. 3).
Featuring popular Y2K fashion labels such as Fötus, Cyberdog, and more! This article also delves into pop culture references including Evangelion, Ultraman, Mobile Suit Gundam at the end.
'Levi’s ICD+ Jacket' with built-in GSM cellphone and MP3 player (2000-2002)
“A collaboration between Philips and Levi’s, the ICD+ Jacket launched in summer 2000, and is considered to be the first commercial wearable electronics garment."
The jacket had strategic pockets for a Xenium cellphone, Rush MP3 player and earphones along with channels for the wiring throughout the garment. A central control module connected all the devices to allow the wearer to switch between them and control their separate functions.”
Philips had been developing wearable concepts for years, as seen in books like New Nomads (samples shown below), and the partnership was supposed to generate a full line of clothing with various electronic functionality, but like most Y2K things it vanished after a few years.