y2k (graphic design)
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The use of graphic design techniques associated with the cusp of the new millennium and the early 2000s. Y2K graphic design is largely non-minimalistic and based in futurism. Colors are bold and bright and paired with high-contrast counterparts, everything seems to have a glossy finish, and text is arranged in unusual ways with blocky or bubble fonts.
Frutiger Metro is a specific subcategory, and Frutiger Aero is a closely related aesthetic.
Common elements
- Square "sci-fi" fonts and chunky text
- Rounded bubble fonts
- Bright colors
- The use of texture and 3D
- "Cyber" aesthetics
- Patterns such as checkered patterns
- Geometric shapes, such as stars, circles, and rounded rectangles
- Gradients
- Abstract backgrounds
- Zoom layers
- Bokeh and lens flares
- Metallic, glittery and glossy effects
- Skeuomorphism