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 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The designer is Kostya Petrenko (aka kxdgraphics on IG)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago (2 children)

never realized that discord's logo is supposed to be a console controller

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's way too squished to me to see it as that, the problem with minimalism I suppose. I always saw it as a weird little face, like for Wumpus or a different strangely shaped creature.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

it looks like some sort of dog-pig-goat hybrid, with long floppy ears that hug the head.