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Is there a name for the aesthetic where you simulate something being rough, unfinished? In this case, they simulate a haphazard laptop where the creator ran ou

Is there a name for the aesthetic where you simulate something being rough, unfinished? In this case, they simulate a haphazard laptop where the creator ran out of same color keys and used whatever they had or they simulate not having time to finish the machining of the aluminum and leaving it in the roughing stage. Put another name, what's the name of the very intentional and studied "I don't care about looks" aesthetic, where you "don't care" in a very precise and fashionable way.

tokai 3y ago
Punk. Though technically the laptop is techware I guess.
themoonisachees 3y ago
I guess cyberpunk is the closest. Nasa-punk also has similar features, proffering functional edges over a supposed plastic cover which would add weight, making it unsuitable for sending it to space.
whywhywhywhy 3y ago
>Is there a name for the aesthetic where you simulate something being rough, unfinished? Wabi-sabipunk
michaelt 3y ago
> they simulate a haphazard laptop where the creator ran out of same color keys and used whatever they had See, I interpreted that as like those gaming keyboards where the WASD keys are a different colour - but moreso. With mysterious extra keys.
lioeters 3y ago
> what's the name of the very intentional and studied "I don't care about looks" aesthetic I've noticed this approach and attitude in various arts, but it's hard to put a single word to it. As another commenter mentioned, I think wabi-sabi is related, and punk too. > The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of appreciating beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete" in nature. It is prevalent in many forms of Japanese art. For example in ceramics, they value the crooked, asymmetrical, coarse, and cracked. In calligraphy, it's the splash and drip, the way the brush runs out of ink and how the line fades out near the tail end. In singing, it's the smokey aged voice that breaks perfectly when pushed by emotion. Or other musical instruments, when the sound gets dirty because of the physical material being pushed to its limits, like an over-driven guitar amp, or a violin bowing a string too hard but actually perfectly hitting that point intentionally, to get that stank, that nasty, it makes you grimace with pleasure. In theatre they say, "You need to throw it away." Apparently, acting can get stiff and unnatural when you try too hard, so you need to let go a bit, as if you don't care, to give it room to breathe. I suppose it can be seen in literture too, like "stream of consciousness" style, or certain narrative voice that tastefully breaks the rules of grammar. > where you "don't care" in a very precise and fashionable way That's the trick it seems, that this "don't care" attitude is actually very polished, studied, carefully done, paying attention down to the details, and then letting it go. It's an artful use of "mistakes" and imperfections. Jazz is like that, they value the richness of "off" harmonies, dissonance, polyrhythms which can sound "wrong" to the unfamiliar but which is exactly what the connoiseurs appreciate and enjoy.
- lioeters 3y ago
  This book sounds fun to read. Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers, by Leonard Koren > It is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble. And a discussion around how it might relate to software: >> A related term in literature and the arts is "clinamen", the act of deliberately breaking a stylistic rule to enhance the beauty of an otherwise perfect whole. http://wiki.c2.com/?WabiSabi http://wiki.c2.com/?WabiSabi

tokai 3y ago

Punk. Though technically the laptop is techware I guess.

themoonisachees 3y ago

I guess cyberpunk is the closest. Nasa-punk also has similar features, proffering functional edges over a supposed plastic cover which would add weight, making it unsuitable for sending it to space.

whywhywhywhy 3y ago

>Is there a name for the aesthetic where you simulate something being rough, unfinished? Wabi-sabipunk

michaelt 3y ago

> they simulate a haphazard laptop where the creator ran out of same color keys and used whatever they had See, I interpreted that as like those gaming keyboards where the WASD keys are a different colour - but moreso. With mysterious extra keys.

lioeters 3y ago

> what's the name of the very intentional and studied "I don't care about looks" aesthetic I've noticed this approach and attitude in various arts, but it's hard to put a single word to it. As another commenter mentioned, I think wabi-sabi is related, and punk too. > The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of appreciating beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete" in nature. It is prevalent in many forms of Japanese art. For example in ceramics, they value the crooked, asymmetrical, coarse, and cracked. In calligraphy, it's the splash and drip, the way the brush runs out of ink and how the line fades out near the tail end. In singing, it's the smokey aged voice that breaks perfectly when pushed by emotion. Or other musical instruments, when the sound gets dirty because of the physical material being pushed to its limits, like an over-driven guitar amp, or a violin bowing a string too hard but actually perfectly hitting that point intentionally, to get that stank, that nasty, it makes you grimace with pleasure. In theatre they say, "You need to throw it away." Apparently, acting can get stiff and unnatural when you try too hard, so you need to let go a bit, as if you don't care, to give it room to breathe. I suppose it can be seen in literture too, like "stream of consciousness" style, or certain narrative voice that tastefully breaks the rules of grammar. > where you "don't care" in a very precise and fashionable way That's the trick it seems, that this "don't care" attitude is actually very polished, studied, carefully done, paying attention down to the details, and then letting it go. It's an artful use of "mistakes" and imperfections. Jazz is like that, they value the richness of "off" harmonies, dissonance, polyrhythms which can sound "wrong" to the unfamiliar but which is exactly what the connoiseurs appreciate and enjoy.

lioeters 3y ago
This book sounds fun to read. Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers, by Leonard Koren > It is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble. And a discussion around how it might relate to software: >> A related term in literature and the arts is "clinamen", the act of deliberately breaking a stylistic rule to enhance the beauty of an otherwise perfect whole. http://wiki.c2.com/?WabiSabi http://wiki.c2.com/?WabiSabi