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On the subject of changing tastes, I suspect that in 10 years anything in a corporate Memphis style [1] is going to look horribly amateurist and outdated. This
by gxqoz 5y ago
On the subject of changing tastes, I suspect that in 10 years anything in a corporate Memphis style [1] is going to look horribly amateurist and outdated. This shows up a lot more in landing pages and tutorials than ads, but I'm sure there are similar artifacts in ads these days.
[1] https://en.communia.blog/corporate-memphis/ https://en.communia.blog/corporate-memphis/
- nostromo 5y agoIt already looks amateurish and outdated. Note how design-focused companies like Apple almost never use it. It’s mostly used by Facebook and Google, who aren’t know for sophisticated design.
- drewzero1 5y agoI seem to remember Apple already having used a similar style of art in manuals in the 90s. [1] [1] http://mattjfuller.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DSC_0702.jpg http://mattjfuller.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DSC_0702.j...
- bhntr3 5y agoThat link is a wild ride. I expected a design blog. Instead I got a communist indictment of startup culture through the lens of the commodification of illustration.
- King-Aaron 5y agoI see any brand that uses corporate memphis design as being slack and amateur. It's literally 2020's MS Clip Art.
- monkeydreams 5y ago> I suspect that in 10 years anything in a corporate Memphis style [1] is going to look horribly amateurist and outdated. I suspect that in 30 years the corporate Memphis style will be a selling point where yet-to-be-born designers try to revive some "Retro Cool".