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  • VolcelPolice [any]
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    4 years ago

    Please do not fuck the silicon valley corporate neoliberal brutalism artstyle girl

  • MerryChristmas [any]
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    4 years ago

    I like it because it's super easy but bosses think it is hard. I've definitely used similar styles to meet project deadlines when I don't have enough time to make something good.

    • kilternkafuffle [any]
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      4 years ago

      So it's slapdash work that successfully fools tasteless boors? Kudos for making it work for you, but it'll hopefully die away in a truly free world.

      • InnuendOwO [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        Yes, actually - I know a few people in the industry and they've basically agreed that the entire reason this style exists is because someone will come to your design firm and say "Hey, I've got this thing I need designed ASAP, here's my budget", and said budget is way too small to make something actually good in as short of a timeframe as they give you. Doubly so if they're going to your competitors as well and fishing for results from them too. So you slap together some stupid bullshit that looks fine, trying to get a good enough result back to the client before your competitors do, hoping they go with yours for the finished product.

        And I mean, "cheap, looks fine to advertising wonks, can be put together in a hurry"? Yeah that pretty much perfectly defines this art style.

    • PouncySilverkitten [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      I always thought there must be something I was missing to this style, some craft to the design that my pleb brain couldn’t appreciate. Trying to imitate it always felt too simple.

      I’m glad to hear that it’s just easy to do.

      • MerryChristmas [any]
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        4 years ago

        Nope, if you have a copy of Illustrator and know how to use grids then you're pretty much all set! Everytime I throw something like this together my employers are impressed and I die a little more inside.

  • Wmill [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I always wondered how to describe this art style.

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      It looks like early 20s Russian Futurism decayed into trash through multiple layers of Corporate art design.

      • Wmill [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        I really don't know art terms so I'll take your word for it. The corporate part feels right since it reminds me of google.

      • Wmill [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        This Memphis stuff looks cute ngl. Like the colors and odd shapes.

      • Tittyskittles [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        This would be correct but it really came about because it’s the easiest thing to do in illustrator

      • Wmill [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Can't tell if this is an art style or play on words. Image search isn't helping but if it's the latter maybe it's for the best lol.

    • Wogre [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/dont-worry-these-gangley-armed-cartoons-are-here-to-protect-you-from-big-tech/

      • Wmill [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Liked the article, a shame the corporate world uses it as a sheep skin to get closer to the flock. Is the rest of the site good too?

        • MerryChristmas [any]
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          4 years ago

          AIGA is basically a trade association for graphic designers, so I doubt you'll find much leftist critique there. Everyone I've met at their events has been super LinkedIn-core, but it's a helpful group if you're looking for design work.

          • Wmill [they/them]
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            4 years ago

            Good article still but thanks for the run down on the site.

  • skeletorsass [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Time for new javascript framework #255 with 8 minute SCSS compilation time and 800000 Node dependency.