2000s tech had more soul than todays. pretty much all tech from 1900-2010 had more soul than today's tech. corporate minimalism is a crime but i think its gonna come to an end soon :thumbsup: however, i think that if wild shapes and glossy textures never left then we wouldn't see it nearly as great ...

Belaneura wrote: Mon Dec 22, 2025 10:51 pm

Specifically lakes' site (I probably found it while I was hanging around Melonland). It was linked there, I wouldn't have known about it otherwise.

you found it through me? i'm touched

<div class="message"><font face="trebuchet ms"><font size="3">Check out the intro to Spike Lee's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWRFWWo3_UI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Inside Man</i></a>. You'd be surprised at how "Aero" a white jumpsuit with a matching cap and sunglasses would look ...

Takeshi Abo mentioned, love his work I highly recommend also listening to his other soundtracks, a lot of them got Frutiger Aero vibes (his other soundtracks "not FA related" are incredible too and very atmospheric, but that's another subject)

I would. A cafe with glossy surfaces, vibrant colours and maybe even mini aquariums/fish tanks would be so beautiful.

Depends. What food would be there? (Aero chocolate ?) How much would it cost? How accurate would it be to the aesthetic? What music? If there's Takeshi Abo and Vita music at the cafe then yes

And let's hypothetically pretend this cafe is in every single country that us forum members live in.

If it looked something like this yes.

Source of photograph

I'd have sections in the cafe based on different themes, for example, Helvetica Aero may be overrated or too popular, but I'd like an Aurora area, because that's cool looking, or maybe DORFic too!.

And depending on the location ofc, I probably wouldn't be able to come by, but if I did, I wouldn't ...

Depends. What food would be there? (Aero chocolate ?) How much would it cost? How accurate would it be to the aesthetic? What music? If there's Takeshi Abo and Vita music at the cafe then yes

And let's hypothetically pretend this cafe is in every single country that us forum members live in ...