Imgur User newwavearch90 catalogued 878 images in ‘an investigation into the aesthetic of the period 1996-02’ dubbed ‘Y2K Futurism’. In anticipation of rapid techno-social change, purveyors of late 90’s ‘cool’ adopted an aesthetic that was probably considered future-proof at the time. Ice white, chromed-out CGI renderings, pleather, black sunglasses and Sci-Fi inspired UI were staples of a …
Addison Foote challenged himself to redesign all 30 NBA logos in 30 days and the results are incredible. The Utah-based digital artist explains, ‘I wanted to try coming up with a few identity concepts for some NBA teams. After I had finished the first few fairly quickly, I asked myself “What if I finished a …
Joshua Bennie’s greyscale, smartphone sized portraits explore our shared digital culture. Typically, contemporary net-art is associated with notions of maximalism. Images of consumer durables, haute couture, logo edits and glitched-out geometric renderings pervade post-internet micro trends. Scottish digital artist Josh Bennie distils themes and ideas habitual to Cyber Ghetto, Vaporwave fonts and Seapunk into his stark, …
Pure Honey’s manic digital aesthetic is an internet-inspired collision of mind, body, soul and technology. Pure Honey is the alias of Troy Ford, a member of Glitch Artists Collective – a sprawling community of like-minded digital artists. Across interconnected Tumblr blogs and Facebook groups, its members share glitched-out 2D and 3D creations. His output lies slightly outside of Glitch …
The pale aesthetic adopted by Brothel communicates the emotionally charged haze that sits, halo-like, atop his Future Trap leanings. Over the last year, the Colorado-based producer has been putting out Future Trap bangers in association with Bass-centric collective Amstergang. As well as amassing a solid Soundcloud following and hundreds of thousands of plays, he has established an …
Contemporary net-art movements imbue Nicole Ruggiero’s minimalist 3D aesthetic. In an interview with The Creators Project, the New York-based digital artist laments “People view technology, and the internet especially, as this elusive and sometimes even threatening void’, she explains ‘I think that it’s wonderful what technology can now do for us: mobile communication, interconnectivity across the globe. It’s beautiful …
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The radical aesthetic of Vaporwave album covers is a bizarre vista through a distantly familiar decade. Drawing on the aural tropes of MOR, Lounge and Smooth Jazz, the Muzak infused micro-genre recalls the 90’s through a haze of chopped and screwed sax riffs and slowed mid-tempo crooning. Appropriately, the accompanying net art movement plays on themes of …
Ruth Shaffer’s heady animated 3D aesthetic is the result of a methodical academic fusion. As a student of UCLA’s school of Design Media Arts and UCLA’s School of Cognitive Psychology, Ruth Shaffer aims to merge ‘the complexities of the human mind with design in order to create innovative solutions in both the fields of computerized technology …
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Severed human appendages, lifeless mannequins and a cast of glitchy marble busts inhabit the bizarre visual world of Spanish digital artist Bartolomé García. Employing the 3D skills that shape his videogame and graphic design studies, Bartolomé García experiments with technology ‘in a more artistic way’ than his academic pursuits allow. The resulting dreamscapes are bizarre manipulations of form and …
The abstract, internet-aware 3D work of Blake Kathryn is digital bliss. Blake Kathryn’s surrealist renderings demonstrate a deft command of digital art tools and a well-defined aesthetic that plays on visual tropes associated with 90’s CGI. Her work has courted the attention of an impressive list of big name clients that includes Macy’s, Microsoft, Animoto and Nooklyn. …
