Frutiger Metro: Tech, Teens, & Partying

Frutiger Metro: Tech, Teens, & Partying

By: Kasey Dugan... If you grew up in the 2000s, you might recall playing Just Dance: a video-game that taught users choreography performed by onscreen dancers. These dancers were nothing more than neon, glowing silhouettes...
Frutiger Aero: The Future of the Past

Frutiger Aero: The Future of the Past

By: Kasey Dugan... If you’ve ever been delighted by a rotating aquarium lamp, or you’ve been inside a medical facility with lime green and aqua blue accents — you might enjoy this familiar-but-forgotten 2000s aesthetic,...
The Frutiger Family: The Font That Inspired Fashion

The Frutiger Family: The Font That Inspired Fashion

By: Kasey Dugan... In the late 90s and early 2000s, people began designating spaces in their homes to display their computer systems. Larger houses may have had a computer room, or a room whose purpose...
We Want Real. But What Is Real?

We Want Real. But What Is Real?

By Kasey Dugan... The internet has cycled through several aesthetics in just a few short years, mainly kickstarting with cottagecore in 2020: a style that romanticizes the simple, pastoral life.  Since then, we’ve been charmed...
The iPod as an Accessory: How Wearable Technology Changed Fashion

The iPod as an Accessory: How Wearable Technology Changed Fashion

By Kasey Dugan... In 2003, Apple launched a campaign that reshaped both technology and fashion. I’m talking, of course, about the iPod — introduced through iconic ads featuring black silhouettes dancing against bold, colorful backgrounds....