Aesthetics Wiki

This category encompasses aesthetics coined, researched, and/or identified by the Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute. CARI is an online community that focuses on "developing a visual lexicon of consumer ephemera from the 1970s until now." Notable aesthetics identified by CARI include Y2K Futurism (originally "Y2K aesthetic"), Frutiger Aero, Whimsigothic, Global Village Coffeehouse, and Frasurbane.

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This is an index of Aesthetics Wiki articles and their CARI and are.na counterparts.

Aesthetics Wiki CARI are.na Coined By Social Media Decade
Corporate Grunge Corporate Grunge / Grungeā„¢ Corporate Grunge N/A N/A 1990s
Corporate Hippie Corporate Hippie Corporate Hippie Jack Grimes N/A 1960s-1970s
Corporate Memphis Corporate Memphis Corporate Memphis Chord Shore Facebook 2010s-Present
Cyberdelic Cyberdelia Cyberdelia N/A N/A 1990s
Cyberminimalism Cyberbougie Cyberbougie Alex Edwards N/A 2010s-Present
Dollar Store Vernacular Dollar Store Vernacular Dollar Store Vernacular tranquility2099 N/A 1960s-Present
Early Cyber Early Cyber Early Cyber TBA N/A 1980s
Factory Pomo Factory Pomo Factory Pomo Evan Collins Facebook 1980s
Festival Marketplace Festival Marketplace Festival Marketplace TBA N/A 1980s-early 1990s
Four Colors Four Colors Four Colors Sofi Lee Facebook 2000s-Present
Frutiger Aero Frutiger Aero Frutiger Aero Sofi Lee Facebook 2000s-2010s
Gen X Soft Club Gen X Soft Club Gen-X Soft Club Sloane Angel Hilton and inbtwn Facebook 1990s-2000s
Global Village Coffeehouse Global Village Coffeehouse Global Village Coffeehouse Evan Collins Facebook 1980s-1990s
Hexatron Hexatron Hexatron Michael O'Donnel N/A 2010s
Hipness Purgatory Hipness Purgatory Hipness Purgatory Elliot Peebles Facebook 2000s-2010s
Indie Sleaze Indie Sleaze Indie Sleaze Dalia Barillaro N/A 2000s
Indiecraft Indiecraft Indiecraft Jack Grimes N/A 2000s-2010s
Internet Awesomesauce Internet Awesomesauce Internet Awesomesauce Alex Edwards N/A 2000s-2010s
Laser Grid Laser Grid Laser Grid TBA N/A 1980s
Live Laugh Love Live Laugh Love Live Laugh Love N/A N/A 2010s-Present
McBling McBling McBling Froyo Tam Facebook 2000s
Memphis Design Memphis-Milano Memphis-Milano TBA N/A 1980s-1990s
Memphis Lite Contempo-Eclectic Contempo-Eclectic TBA N/A 1980s-1990s
Metalheart Metalheart Metalheart Andreas Lindholm and Anders F. Rƶnnblom (Not CARI) Facebook 1990s-2000s
Mission School Mission School Mission School Glen Helfand (Not CARI) N/A 1990s-2000s
Pixelscape Pixelscape Pixelscape Alex Edwards N/A 2000s
Silicon Dreams Silicon Dreams Silicon Dreams TBA N/A 1980s-1990s
Soft Colonial Wanderlust Soft Colonial Wanderlust Soft Colonial Wanderlust Cindy Hernandez and Sloane Angel Hilton Facebook 1980s-2010s
Superflat Pop Superflat Pop Superflat Pop N/A, derived from Takashi Murakami's Superflat movement N/A 2000s-2010s
Synthwave Synthwave Synthwave N/A N/A 2010s-Present
Teenpunk Teenpunk Teenpunk Eblu N/A 2000s-2010s
UrBling UrBling UrBling Froyo Tam N/A 2000s
Utopian Scholastic Utopian Scholastic Utopian Scholastic Suze Huldt and Karl Kraft Facebook 1980s-1990s
Vaporwave Vaporwave Vaporwave Will Burnett (Not CARI) N/A 2010s-Present
Vectorheart Vectorheart Vectorheart Evan Collins N/A 2000s
Wacky Pomo Wacky Pomo Wacky Pomo Eblu Facebook 1990s-2000s
Whimsicraft Whimsicraft Whimsicraft TBA N/A 1980s-1990s
Whimsigothic Whimsigothic Whimsigothic Alex Edwards N/A 1980s-1990s
Y2K Futurism Y2K Aesthetic Y2K Aesthetic N/A Facebook
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1990s-2000s

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