Welcome to the Frutiger Aero Archive, a website dedicated to
archiving wallpapers, music, videos, and other media from the
Frutiger Aero aesthetic and the 2000s. More than that, it also
features various entertainment such as
flash games, a
music player, a
forum, a
chatroom and more. If you liked the
site, feel free to leave a message on the
Guestbook. For suggestions and feedback, please
email me instead.
For more information about the site, and to receive the latest
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Site Info section. You can also check
my
personal blog
for writings on Frutiger Aero and old web related things.
Frutiger Aero derives its name from the
Frutiger
font designed by
Adrian Frutiger, which inspired many humanist sans-serif typefaces such as
Microsoft's
Segoe UI, and
AERO,
the visual design and user experience guidelines of Windows
Vista and Windows 7, which stands for "Authentic, Energetic,
Reflective, and Open."
Sofi Xian of the
Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute
coined the term in 2017. It indicates the corporate tech
aesthetic from approximately 2005 to 2013. You might have seen
it in Windows Vista, Windows 7, the Wii, the PlayStation 3, or
even on advertisements and certain toys such as the
iDog.
Notable elements of the style are bright and vibrant colors,
glossy textures, glass/transparent materials, aurora borealis,
skeuomorphism, bubbles, bokeh, macro photographs of grass,
futurism, and humanism.
There are also subgenres of Frutiger Aero that have been
coined by the community, the most popular being
Frutiger Eco,
Helvetica Aqua Aero,
Frutiger Aurora,
DORFic,
Dark Aero, and
Technozen. You can take a look at the
History section of my site to learn more
details about its evolution through time. Scroll down for a
few visual examples of the style.
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