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I would like a todo list app with this sort of retrofuturist vibe https://t.co/KFOTDaBbfZ
When you make a song sadder by making it harder to hear: https://t.co/P6iAMCEuQv
A thread about the elegant, minimal and bold majesty of Soviet aesthetics https://t.co/GbPWWiVx6O
If I was going to build something beautiful, with the aesthetic “carried all the way through”, as Steve Jobs put it, I would hire people who worked for perfume brands https://t.co/ynlEvoHdIo
Matrix Reloaded 2k18 https://t.co/8PRxtdHQft
Guitars as a canvas for art https://t.co/fKq1DEp62m
This guy is like the H. R. Giger of guitars. This is the opposite of tacky – it's craftsmanship that goes all the way through. This stuff looks like it belongs in museums; I don't know if there are bands that have mastered their aesthetic enough to do justice to these instruments https://t.co/FEGA2R1g9z
Y2K aesthetic is due for a reboot https://t.co/cVZsJbsJCp
Tech overfetishizes the slick. Give us something goofy and fun, you cowards https://t.co/TOL8K2j5Qv
Imagine a cyberpunk show set in this setting rather than the same old now-stale Blade Runner / Altered Carbon aesthetic https://t.co/L98HhtgGrp
A thread about reimagining and revisualizing cyberpunk by starting with the modern contexts that are actually closest to its spirit. I suppose we’d want a new name for it altogether https://t.co/EYNjLnFBcT
A sort of cheerier OK Computer vibe, applied to city stuff https://t.co/veu8eigxye
Interweaving https://t.co/cYWvi2KREn
Retro-computing https://t.co/AODeamy1Sd
Y2K forum signatures https://t.co/diUnXfjXpu
Intricacy https://t.co/Q5062e3x2j
Your circuitboard is showing, teehee https://t.co/Nvw3mbXa5r
Have always been a fan of this graveyard gothic dark butterfly vampire aesthetic. I even liked that game... Bloodrayne? https://t.co/bZ21xygYfp
I appreciate that Nokia messed around and made weird things like this https://t.co/i28IxBCbdw
I think I looked pretty good as a teenage rockstar-wannabe, feels like it holds up pretty well overall. I could see myself rebooting any of these looks https://t.co/2wIRLk78hD
I really dig what the designer was trying to do here. If it were up to me I would make it a little more understated, softer and wearable, which in turn I think would actually make it look more expensive https://t.co/Gsj9Dn0j8f
Alexander McQueen was really good at what I’m trying to get at - this sort of minimal-royalty vibe, use of whitespace https://t.co/a2FP1ystvc
A Flying V, yakuza-esque tattoos, disco and the flag of the rising sun https://t.co/hgSCU9ifL5
Went looking Yuko up and I love her style. Trying to do something similar myself in my own way for my own tastes and interests, this sort of remixing of worlds https://t.co/DdJt5om0TT
Someone else who’s doing this really well in her own way is Sam Madhu - historical and contemporary, vividly dreamy, the right amounts of sharp and goopy. Love her universe https://t.co/mLj2LpUafk
Also love Saira Hunjan, tattoo artist. One of my desired aesthetics is somewhere between her’s and Sam’s https://t.co/aCEGU2qLH4
Oh, this is so clever! Juxtapose the sacred and the profane, put pretty where people expect ugly, tidy up where people expect a mess https://t.co/WLifqTksn9
Japan! How to describe this? It's half 'hellgoth" and half lighthearted and circus-y. You can see that this is where Lana Wachowski gets some of her influence. Love the bold/direct color injections. These kids are next level https://t.co/vbplnMjXFY
I love that you can see that there's a humor and lightheartedness to it – something that seems to get lost in translation when it ends up in the West. Contrast with Matrix-leather-and-shades goths and Euro-industrial neon goths. This is like Matrix + Visuel Kei + Katy Perry https://t.co/sE4CwtQPK8
Was thinking yesterday about how cool it would be to have a white car with vinyl stickers that give it this porcelain aesthetic https://t.co/oZ2XnhH6Gn
A Japanese illustrator’s take on India, something fresh about this https://t.co/F25GrICyWw
I am always inspired by Chelsea’s aesthetic moodboard tweets. Her genius is not just in picking good things, but in contextualizing them. Chelsea the #1 context-crafting creative champ https://t.co/ilqd2GJmD3
Have always loved this sort of gritty grainy old school video game noir https://t.co/LPlEDYLJd8
ugh i love pixels https://t.co/1sPB1kxsPZ
take something tough and make it tender https://t.co/WSmPlJLp2n
take something small and make it big https://t.co/bhUfsxU2WT
Wow, imagine a whole temple with this aesthetic https://t.co/ChLh0bwrjG
ooh, imagine a fantasy world where all the various roles are informed by nature imagery like this (Horizon Zero Dawn has an interesting take in this sort of spirit with its biomimicking robots) https://t.co/1htIHG9yaZ
I’m a sucker for things like this https://t.co/BsX1j6jPra
Cute! I dig it https://t.co/TjpBqo8EcW
This would go well with that zen-robot aesthetic from earlier https://t.co/VPdUex6jcY
Digging the colors, shapes, lines https://t.co/v6sfa5XwvH
44. really liking the typefaces and stylings of @thehooliganmag! feels fresh, light and bold https://t.co/41qb3FR82A
45. Ryan Koopmans' "A Sense Of Place". There's something evocative about the way he frames things – his sense of scale, perspective and context all feel very fresh and immersive. Somehow different from"look at this cool photo" – it's more about the vibe https://t.co/jsGfoWs0EM https://t.co/oywJCopnoM
46. surreal https://t.co/SWQdVi5wqv
47. tenderness out of scrap https://t.co/S1UlXGIksC
48. I love this!!! I keep looking for a good sort of "introduction to the building blocks of various aesthetics" book or site or twitter account but I've never really found one. Everything complex is built out of simple motifs and components https://t.co/CS21NGYOw2
49. Something fresh about this https://t.co/LMNhze3gKM
50. building on the imaginations of children https://t.co/IQswF10357
51. From the "Nuclear Dharma" Facebook page https://t.co/710M6lKx1D https://t.co/YRMpCCGr1R
52. Something fresh about this - gets me thinking about what the society and culture (rites of passage, insults, etc) must be like https://t.co/DkROrNDGby
53. reverence and awe at crumbling ruins of greatness https://t.co/8Q2OGRnuPG
54. protesters https://t.co/0kZgWKprtI
55. I love Faig Ahmed's carpets – trippy, glitchy, clever, fun https://t.co/pgqUJxiS6a https://t.co/3e3ExWiTRH
56. Take X and make it Y https://t.co/FC24bPIkD5
57. Old, defunct Singaporean logos that still have a place in my heart (rediscovered via https://t.co/HKoRg3yfff) https://t.co/gOSqe4ncYi
58. Old tech company logos https://t.co/jLCkwpj04o
59. street vulvas https://t.co/DawOjV3ZkV
60. I enjoy the softness here, no sharp and edgy straight lines https://t.co/N0lPgWi4Xx
61. Traffic Light Tree, a public sculpture in Poplar, London, England, created by the French sculptor Pierre Vivant following a competition run by the Public Art Commissions Agency. Motorists initially found it confusing, but apparently they love it now https://t.co/2HmBPYx8uk https://t.co/rEE8bbBYTa
62. Now this is a thread. If this person were an art teacher I would take all their classes https://t.co/PZoUheAPSH
63. wow this is beautiful I love it https://t.co/kYRlKusZBG
64. light and shadow https://t.co/xuUL2iIZpx
65. to me, these ads are *art*. they make me feel a sense of quiet reverence, similar to the old paintings of old ruins - but in this case the majestic splendor isn’t lost to the past, but lost within ourselves https://t.co/vhjTuqDzi5
66. Forgot about this thread - just me wandering through my saved pics and screenshots https://t.co/YptaiUoSAu
I'm particularly interested in Indian symbols and iconography – it's interesting how shapes (particularly the mango teardrop shape – paisleys?) can imply culture, context. See also: shapes of eyes, curves, flowers, motifs https://t.co/qdfFG8g8eO
67. Art nouveau https://t.co/F1obfSObFX
while looking up 'chop suey fonts', I saw someone mention French metro stations, designed by Hector Guimard (1867—1942). This guy seems to be disproportionately responsible for what outsiders might describe as "the french aesthetic" https://t.co/frML35FKHj https://t.co/NUmZVZjJOT
68. Ornamental ironwork https://t.co/Bx1gy0mGAD
Cool story: In 1817, this guy Walter McFarlane was born in Torrance, near Glasgow, Scotland. He worked for a jeweller, then apprenticed with a blacksmith. He then bought over Saracen Foundry, which is responsible for a STAGGERING amount of ornamental ironwork around the world https://t.co/5u6Iab1t51
69. nice https://t.co/rej2zFUzyL
70. arabic calligraphy https://t.co/VPTuRfaXkw
Arabic calligraphy has the best aesthetics of all the languages IMO if I could learn one script overnight for purely aesthetic expression, it would have to be Arabic, no contest. They have the *best* curves, and a very interesting, non-linear relationship with space https://t.co/HQgK8bhc7v
71. Ivan Aivazovsky painting 1840s Venice https://t.co/deUXzTh66P
72. fresh vibes; would be lovely to see an anime or movie with this sort of aesthetic https://t.co/L8v7jxQZ9h
73. public transport fabric patterns https://t.co/foHjO6jbIY
74. tropical prints and leafy aesthetics https://t.co/jWXWrEvJ1W
75. quilt astronomy https://t.co/ZocahlIOKV
76. Ariel reimagined https://t.co/rxD7owBPRy
77. Japanese architecture https://t.co/bHKC967C6U
@imhinesmi I think rather both come from post-war anxieties https://t.co/MWwoAwEt4a
I'm going to look this up, but I'd love to hear some anecdotal thoughts and responses: why were robots, cyborgs, Transformers, Astro Boy, etc such a big hit in Japan? Akira, Ghost In The Shell – these are legendary now, but what were their origins? Post-war Industrialization?
78. cigarette packet typography https://t.co/mfsHg9dSBp https://t.co/nV4ZLJXHiw
79. sticky dot nightscape https://t.co/dkIbhkrhmX
80. computer hardware skyscrapers by franco recchia https://t.co/PbTGfZKDZI