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Meh. They look very dated to me.
by asaph 8y ago
Meh. They look very dated to me.
- StavrosK 8y agoThat's because they're from 1995... The point of the article was that they represent great design, not that they look current 25 years later.
- asaph 8y agoGreat design stands the test of time. e.g. TrueType fonts from that era are still used today. (Actually the designs of many of those fonts are substantially older than their TrueType implementations.) These icons haven't aged well IMO. They looked cheesy back in the day and they still do today.
- asaph 8y agoMicrosoft was never regarded as a force in graphic design. That was more of Apple's wheelhouse.
- msla 8y agoAnd Apple logos and icons look cheesy, too.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoTo be fair, early OS X hadn't aged well at all either, but it was pretty revolutionary at the time.
- anthk 8y agoOSX Tiger is ideal. Modern-ish, colourful and huge clicky widgets.
- satysin 8y agoAge does not stop something from being great. The Matrix is 20 years old this year, it is dated, it is still awesome.
- asaph 8y agoThat's not what "dated" means in this context. It means the artifact is stuck in its time period and not well suited for the modern era. So if the Matrix is still awesome, then it's not dated.
- implements 8y agoThe matrix is a simulation of the past (the late 90s) - which is a great film idea because it means even the presence of deep CRT monitors doesn't date the movie - unlike (say) in "Alien", where they do (imo).
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoI don't know, the whole aesthetic of the Alien universe is so coherent and well thought out that they don't really stand out to me.