Cassette Futurism

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A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the 70s and 80s.

Whether it's bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers and cell phones, Cassette Futurism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, computers reminiscent of microcomputers like the Commodore 64, freestanding hi-fi systems, small LCD displays, and other analog technologies.

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How modern logos would look like in 1984 (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 4 days ago by rei@piefed.social to c/cassettefuturism@lemm.ee

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The designer is Kostya Petrenko (aka kxdgraphics on IG)

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[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 40 points 4 days ago (1 children)

1984 flickered a lot

[–] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

It's what the yout's think the 80's looked like.

[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

Needed more rolling shutter and film grain. Also sepia tone.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Or it actually did look that way and our brains were just trained to look past it because it was in everything