Y2K
ワイツーケー / late 1990s–2000s / Style / Digital Retro
Expresses optimism for the new millennium in translucent plastic and rounded futures. Its shine comes from resin and metal you could hold rather than from a screen, which separates it from the interface gloss of the same years.
At a glance
Visual cues
- Translucent plastic
- Silver
- Bubble forms
- Cyber brightness
Best used for
- A light futurity for fashion and youth culture
- Tech expression that isn't too serious
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Dictionary entry
- Type
- Rounded extended faces, pixel accents
- Composition
- Floating ellipses with a centered logo
- Material
- Aqua, lime, silver, transparency
- Caution
- Don't lean on chrome and butterflies. Put the era's optimism into the message too.
- Further study
- Marc Newson / Jonathan Ive
Related entries
- Minimalism (ミニマリズム)Editorially linked for a useful contrast.Compare Y2K and Minimalism
- Tableau Photography (タブロー写真)Shared effects: Play.Compare Y2K and Tableau Photography
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- Synthwave (シンセウェーブ)Shared effects: Futurity / Nostalgia.
- Web 1.0 (ウェブ1.0)Shared effects: Nostalgia / Play.
- Web 2.0 Gloss (ウェブ2.0グロス)Shared effects: Nostalgia / Play.
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