setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoSuch a quirky, yet inoffensive art style for my corporate shitpostlemmy.worldimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1837arrow-down15
arrow-up1832arrow-down1imageSuch a quirky, yet inoffensive art style for my corporate shitpostlemmy.worldsetsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squarethanks_shakey_snakelinkfedilinkarrow-up109·1 month agoThat art style is called “Alegria” or “Corporate Memphis” and it always makes me feel kind of nauseated, even without the cannibalism.
minus-squareGodort@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up64·edit-21 month agoIt’s the comic sans of art movements. It works really well for what it was designed for (eye-catching, inoffensive, and simple) but its both overused and misused in enough places that people have soured on it over the years.
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month agoI’ve got a visceral reaction to it now and see it as threatening and as a sign to run far as fuck from whatever I’m being sold.
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoThank you for the interesting read.
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 month agoThis wiki page is one of my favourites. It’s subtly dripping with distain.
minus-squarethanks_shakey_snakelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoLOL Right? The contempt is just barely contained by the Wikipedia voice and tone.
That art style is called “Alegria” or “Corporate Memphis” and it always makes me feel kind of nauseated, even without the cannibalism.
It’s the comic sans of art movements. It works really well for what it was designed for (eye-catching, inoffensive, and simple) but its both overused and misused in enough places that people have soured on it over the years.
I’ve got a visceral reaction to it now and see it as threatening and as a sign to run far as fuck from whatever I’m being sold.
Thank you for the interesting read.
This wiki page is one of my favourites. It’s subtly dripping with distain.
LOL Right? The contempt is just barely contained by the Wikipedia voice and tone.