The Rise Of Frutiger Aero

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In recent years, a popular new aesthetic has taken the internet by storm- Frutiger Aero, the bright, bubbly, fresh and nostalgic aesthetic that encapsulates everything great about the 2000's Windows Vista era internet. But as it turns out, the aesthetic is anything but 'new'- it has a fascinating history, as well as a ton of super cool and unique related aesthetics and subgenres. Today, let's take a look at Frutiger Aero- the aesthetic you forgot to remember.
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[@Izzzyzzz]

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[@djungelskog132]

Wowza!!!!!!!!

[@truth4fun]

You are definitely right the zipper was neat. Lol Your room has prison cell vibes.😅

[@cringxpine]

I'd love to get some cool shirtz but the shipping costs are killing me :(

[@haz0816]

a sponsor other than casetify?

[@urinternetangel]

@@haz0816 pretty sure casetify was in hot water right after the last time they sponsored her

[@sergeantemu8206]

I feel so special to be apart of the “I saw the first version” club

[@Oilxx_.echopaper_.xxlliO]

Meee

[@tree_alone]

the purple screen

[@JuiceMade3603]

Me too LMAO😊

[@brugalman1183]

Real

[@peachpopsicle4090]

Same

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

The Frutiger Aero is like an aesthetic equivalent to drinking a glass of iced water after eating a mint candy.

[@craigusselman546]

REFRESHING....

[@ville__]

*Don't translate,..., भवतः हृदयस्य धड़कनं कतिपयेषु घण्टेषु स्थगयिष्यति, अस्य शापस्य मुक्तिं प्राप्तुं एकमात्रं मार्गं मम चैनलस्य सदस्यतां कुर्वन्तु*

[@jaminelvers7250]

not at all?

[@TheVellure]

All that while In ThE fUtUre

[@geckae42069]

or after brushing your teeth

[@alembicsystem]

probably the best aesthetic name possible. frutiger aero not only sounds like exactly what it is but it's also just such a satisfying combination of sounds...............

[@jellystualy]

sounds like an absolutely delightful refreshing drink with a splash of fruit

[@honeyheyhey]

It sounds like candy you'd buy in airport in a foreign country

[@Bubbletkjr]

a nice glossly sunny day with grass fields and a cold class of water🌍

[@hexdepixel1165]

One thing I haven't heard people mention a lot is that the name Frutiger Aero is very aviation-coded. The font Frutiger was commissioned in 1970 for Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport and it has since been strongly associated with airports, a futuristic cultural association which I think plays into why it became so common in the futuristic advertising material that we now call Frutiger Aero. The Aero component obviously comes from the Windows Aero UI theme, which also has that floaty and airy vibe. I remember seeing a lot of Frutiger Aero-esque advertising and general design in airports when I was a kid (in the early 2010s).

[@elliot_rat]

it feels better with a soft g

[@xtieburn]

I think there is something strangely sinister about it because of the juxtaposition of this light bubbly style and the large all consuming corporations that utilised it. Its like looking at a picture of lush green grass and trees while knowing just out of frame is a massive coal based power plant belching out waste.

[@Iamnottheplatypus]

Damm...

[@frog.mp3]

YES this is how i've always felt about this too! it's a beautiful style to look back on but i remember distinctly hating seeing it everywhere as a kid because it always screamed "corporate" to me. at the same time i think it's cool that people now are taking it back and putting their own spin on the aesthetic.

[@heccatia]

I find it to be an extremely sobering, empty and corporate aesthetic, the same companies that sold us products laced with this vain optimism where tech and nature were allowed to exist and flourish within each other were the same ones producing mountains and mountains of e-waste that were sure to end in a landfill or the ocean the second they were out of their shinny (and wasteful) packaging. We've known that the planet was fucked beyond repair for decades now and those same companies did nothing but keep finding more destructive ways to profit, in a way this isn't different from the current green washing companies are doing just less transparent on the whole not giving a shit part.

[@novariousx]

Oh god…the Lorax feel of it all frfr

[@dachel683]

​@@frog.mp3 Ironic considering how corporate modern aesthetics are now

[@anachronism5271]

these colors really gives off the energy of like "the last days of school before summer"

[@jorge69696]

Mario Sunshine vibes.

[@ViktorErikFade]

Lol like sports day at school, Capri sun's, trips to the beach or zoo during summer or backyard pool parties Totally get what you mean

[@ville__]

*Don't translate,..., भवतः हृदयस्य धड़कनं कतिपयेषु घण्टेषु स्थगयिष्यति, अस्य शापस्य मुक्तिं प्राप्तुं एकमात्रं मार्गं मम चैनलस्य सदस्यतां कुर्वन्तु*

[@Cervidae]

@@ville__ i'm gonna die if i don't sub to you? rip me

[@Noveuxa]

I felt that too, but I got "The last days of school before summer but you're a senior and these are your last days of school forever."

[@urinternetangel]

shoutout to everyone who saw the other vid

[@clemclemclemclemcl]

lmao i have it saved for absolutely no reason edit: she took it down 💔💔

[@Emberswildwolfers]

WOOOO

[@Stellarseacowz]

Thanks❤🙏

[@nova_9812]

What happened?

[@cloclo5290]

The movie star planet video ?

[@Rexdrinkredbull]

I once heard Frutiger Aero described as "the future we were promised", and that really stuck with me.

[@jeshirekitenkatt1212]

something i notice about a lot of frutiger aero stuff that might contribute to an unsettling feeling is they often depict a very advanced reality that looks almost alien, but with little to no people pictured in the scene. so it's perfect, but otherworldly and deserted, which probably makes it feel more like it belongs in the backrooms than it fits a hopeful image of the future

[@catboymiles7224]

yeah this is exactly what it feels like to me… some of the older more 2000’s looking stuff that feels less polished has less of this effect on me but the “newer” it looks it reeeally invokes that weird feeling

[@redstickman5133]

I used to be heavily creeped out by the aqua elements in frutiger aero when I was younger and I have no idea why. Maybe it’s because of the uncanny-ness, the kind of “empty” feeling you get from looking at some of these pictures. Maybe the lack of human traces, the feeling that it’s almost a little bit too perfect. And in some cases the ocean is just scary overall, you never know what you’ll find in there

[@TBLIVIN]

Yes frutiger is super liminal.

[@mikuenjoyerXD]

The water can feel suffocating maybe

[@dollarstorevodka]

It is unsettling

[@Boggythefroggy]

This is a huge reason why I’ve not liked the style, bc as a kid and teen, I thought it felt very empty and plastic. I just got a very liminal vibe from the imagery and it still kinda puts me off of it haha.

[@dc_mischief]

I personally dislike the water in frutiger aero because it's usually so clear--like it's indistinguishable from air, or glass. It doesn't act like actual water. Fish underwater in this aesthetic don't disappear into the gloom; they're just as vibrant in the foreground as the background. They look like they're flying, or suspended in plexiglass. They're not *alive.*

[@O_Scud]

On a more serious note, I love your take on why this aesthetic is popular again. It’s comforting to know so many of us have a shared fondness for the 2000s and the aesthetics associated with it. Growing up in the early 2000s things really did feel more hopeful and optimistic. We felt like we were gonna solve world problems. I personally wanted to be a part of the solution to the energy crisis. The bright green futuristic utopia inspired that too in the background. But as you said, things do feel bleak. There’s something oddly “liminal” about frutiger aero. It evokes that feeling of nostalgia with a bittersweet after taste because we know how things ended up 20 years later. BUT!! We can’t lose hope

[@warmachine5835]

I think the recent surge in the popularity of "solarpunk" is related to the aesthetic optimism of Frutiger Aero, and is a bit of 'collective radical optimism' that might lead to something good. I wanna be hopeful about this. We're not going to push back against the problems of today if we lose hope for a better future.

[@aleksasnadar]

it's so sad but i think you're right about how much more hopeful things felt back then...

[@DLN-000]

I feel you about the optimism... As a kid in the late 2000s who loved this kinda stuff (esp bc i also loved turtles, dolphins, and the ocean) & had that one aquarium lamp (& loved it to DEATH) I remember as a kid I was planning to become a scientist to invent advanced prosthetics for my dad whose hands are partially paralyzed. I also really struggle w/ the fact that I never got to properly say goodbye to those brighter, hopeful times & so feel really drawn to frutiger aero and liminal spaces and that kinda stuff

[@rowdycatte7895]

@@warmachine5835 I just yesterday decided to put a community garden in my yard. We might not be able to change the whole world, but enough of us doing small actions adds up over time, y'know?

[@MelikeYuecel]

@@warmachine5835i was waiting for someone to point out the similarities to solarpunk!!

[@moguraaaa4115]

Fruitiger makes me feel so refreshed and nostalgic, it's like a future robbed from us. I want frutiger aero to grow :(

[@justaemptymall]

So you want corporate to grow even more than they already did?

[@NobodyAsked-xh8cs]

​@@justaemptymall bro youre just like what that "Twitter is the only place where people misinterpret perfectly articulated sentences" pic is talking about. thats a completely different sentence.

[@lunamig1006]

​@@justaemptymallWho said that?

[@LailiGonzalezheras]

@@justaemptymallcould you take a minute to read the sentence again? That’s totally not what they meant 😂

[@audi5009]

it is. companies are starting to bring back skeuomorphism designs like the upcoming ios 18 and the iphones 15 wallpaper even soap brands and much more are starting to use more skeuomorphism in there logos frutiger aero will come back this yr trust me it will especially 2025 nintendo is gonna drop a new console that looks a bit like the 3ds in 2025 the future we worked for is coming back even 80s/90s designs are coming back to 2024

[@PastelOddity]

I feel so old, having been there for Frutiger Aero’s rise, fall, and rise again.

[@FlyingFox24]

That Windows XP "on" sound produced an absolutely Pavlovian response and suddenly I was back at my first ever laptop that my grandparents bought me as a high school graduation present in 2004.

[@sydneyw7375]

To me it sounds like some of my earliest childhood memories, lol I’m about as old as XP though

[@vglycorpse]

Reminds me of getting on to play Webkinz after a hard day of school 🥹

[@fableagain]

Same lmao that sound unlocked something in me

[@sydneyw7375]

@@vglycorpse yes 🥹🥹

[@o7whenidi]

the play station 2 startup sound does this to me

[@articution930]

Hi there! 💚 I'm a longtime admin for CARI, and Frutiger Aero specifically was an aesthetic I helped curate quite a bit of content for, so I was quite surprised to see you make a video on this after following you for quite some time now! I feel a pretty personal connection to this aesthetic so I was happy to see how much research you put into the subject. I do feel a need to mention, however, that Frutiger Aero was not quite as pure and devoid of cynicism as it may seem - a lot of major corporations hid behind the aesthetic in an attempt to greenwash themselves while continuing to do harm to the environment. I believe that BP is the most notorious example of this (they leaned very deeply into FA and tried to present a "clean" image even while devastating oil spills were destroying the ocean), though there are plenty of other examples as well. I think this aspect of FA needs to be spoken about more often - not that I mean to say that your video is incorrect or that people are wrong for enjoying the aesthetic, not at all! I love FA a lot, but it's important for us to realize these things and hold corporations accountable for their actions.

[@rowdycatte7895]

Damn, I remember the corporate greenwashing. It felt so cynical even then, but now nobody even cares enough to virtue signal while not actually doing anything.

[@giselletorres4156]

This is a part of Frutiger Aero I'd love to hear more of, people also don't mention we had 9/11, hurricane Katrina and the recession in the 00s, things were never as optimistic as corporate propaganda make it out to be.

[@ville__]

*Don't translate,..., भवतः हृदयस्य धड़कनं कतिपयेषु घण्टेषु स्थगयिष्यति, अस्य शापस्य मुक्तिं प्राप्तुं एकमात्रं मार्गं मम चैनलस्य सदस्यतां कुर्वन्तु*

[@rowdycatte7895]

@@ville__ jesus, you again? get a goddamn life

[@JoeTheLion26]

As much as I personally don't want people to like FA at all. I am so happy even you recognise the forced human veil that hid behind the aesthetic! I never thought of the term Greenwashing so I will be using that in future!

[@mjbraighboy]

I'd love to see you cover Blingeecore, another mid 2000s aesthetic I witnessed while it was happening in addition to this. I was a teen and young adult 1999-2007 and those poorly made sparkle gifs still haunt me.

[@bishielurfer]

Noooo it was so bad 😂 loading up someone's MySpace (or their Gaia online profile if you were on that site) and it's just a nightmare of clashing pixelated images constantly flashing.

[@delanybell5613]

There’s a big revival/archival effort of blingees and those kind of internet icons/gifs on tumblr I’ve been seeing recently in the past few years! Some of the thing we would make sparkle were wild lmao but it’s fun to look back on

[@growingup15]

I started using a website to make blingee's again for my SpaceHey page

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

The Blingeecore images look like the kind of images that came straight out of a cover of a school notebook. The sparkly filters with anime characters or a Bratz characters feels rather strange.

[@agwarddd]

I was teen/YA from 2007 to 2014 and I remember seeing Blingeecore all the way up to 2012, which is what I recall as it’s true fall from grace. It was such an iconic 2000s aesthetic and it does feel a bit forgotten outside of being a bit of a meme now. Blingeecore MySpace really was something, damn.

[@L4mpy]

"frutiger aero represents hope" is so real tho. Everytime I think about frutiger aero and it's subcategories/similar aesthetics I think of a world I all but wish I could live in, where humanity works together for a future with technology and nature co-exsisting peacefully. Its thoughts like that which genuinely keep me alive, the glimmer of hope that things might work out.

[@paranormeow]

yeah I think that’s what corporations who used the aesthetic wanted people to think they were like. it’s a very nice aesthetic and much better than the soulless flat minimalist shit we get now but back then I felt the same way about it, it represented corporate consumption to me. it feels so cynical to miss an older form of corporate pandering because the new form is infinitely worse in every way and hides even worse skeletons in its closet

[@prkp7248]

No, it is not. It represents the times where corporation rule was seen as natural, normal and completely justified. Times where labour unions were in demise, where left was in complete despair, where neoliberalism was THE ideology of the world. Left started to rebirth itself in the middle of 2010s, when this aesthetic was dumped in favor of much more humanistic flat design.

[@dziltener]

LOL no it's not, that's one of the most overly-pretentious pieces of bullshit I've heard in a long time

[@Lee_ee_ee]

Thankfully there's no more Frutiger errors now

[@Gruesome420]

This one deserves to be pinned imo

[@ville__]

*Don't translate,,..., भवतः हृदयस्य धड़कनं कतिपयेषु घण्टेषु स्थगयिष्यति, अस्य शापस्य मुक्तिं प्राप्तुं एकमात्रं मार्गं मम चैनलस्य सदस्यतां कुर्वन्तु*

[@RoryRose_]

@@ville__don't wast your time translating this it's just a spam bot begging for youtube subscribers.

[@tlacuachobonito3157]

​@@ville__ thank gob tbh

[@Lee_ee_ee]

@@RoryRose_ thank you pookie 🙏🙏

[@faye5159]

"Yesterday I had just started a new painting of my dog that passed recently, deciding to make it in a frutiger aero style without even realizing what it was because I wanted to envoke the feeling of calm and serenity. What a funny coincidence :)" was my comment on the original video, but now that I've rewatched it I realize how deeply the style connects to what I want to convey. I want to remember my boy in almost a utopia, running through a lush field under a bright blue sky, where nothing could hurt him. I initially thought the similarities were just funny coincidences, but now I feel like I started painting and this video came out so close together for a reason. It's comforting knowing others have similar feelings, even if in different forms

[@SunnyBeetle1922]

@faye5159,… Im So sorry for your loss!!!… 🐾🐾❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹✨

[@bbysiea]

i hope the painting turns out great! your pup sounds like a good boy

[@Joey856721]

Frutiger Aero is the reason why I bought the “Fish” Softsoap. This Aesthetic truly is my fav.

[@LunaxM]

i know exactly what soap you're talking about omg

[@twigsforthem]

I JUST DID TOO!!

[@RemnantCult]

I'm reminded of the rise of Vaporwave from 2011 to 2016, which part of it involves the romanizations of the aesthetics of consumer and business culture of the 90s. This reminds me of that but for a more recent timeframe that for many folks is what their childhood and teenagerhood looked like.

[@friedeyeball]

I love Frutiger aero, but your video dug up a horrible memory that I had buried deep in there that just filled me with defeat lol. Once I worked at a vet hospital as an IT tech. It had three full buildings of at least 5 floors, research labs, x ray machines, all kinds of specific tools for farm animals AND was attached to a university. Long story short, the wrong e-mail was sent out to the entire staff list about a windows update and THE ENTIRE HOSPITAL WIPED THEIR COMPUTERS COMPLETELY BLANK. Our whole department of like 15 people were slammed for three straight days, walking around the hospital re-installing Windows XP on every single freaking computer because even though this happened in like 2013, all the special vet tech machines were old AF and their software only ran on XP. People were fighting over whose computer should be re-installed first, higher ups were pulling strings to get theirs done, and once XP was re-installed we had to re-install all the software and WORST OF ALL: PRINTER DRIVERS. They took HOOOOUUUURRRRS. It was horrible. I was enjoying your video up until you played that windows XP login sound and suddenly I was back to sitting in front of those damn computers, filled with despair lmaooo

[@friedeyeball]

I must add that not even a year later Microsoft discontinued windows XP and we had to wipe + reinstall windows vista on the SAME COMPUTERS ANYWAYS!!! good times

[@KOTEBANAROT]

This is almost as bad as when my teacher told us about a time where their computer lab at library was flooded and as you know, way back then computers used punch cards and well, they all got destroyed. So the had to remake every punchcard.

[@friedeyeball]

@@KOTEBANAROT my soul left my body in response to that

[@RottenRoadkillStudios]

Poor Izzy had to re-upload two videos in a row 😭lol

[@mrelba9176]

38 Year old Graphic designer here. I absolutely loved using some of this man's fonts for projects a few years ago. I'm a fashion illustration kid so yeah. A time. A vibe.

[@Wyrmknave]

If I had to guess at the prevelance of fish in the aesthetic, maybe it's because a real fish tank is a physical object doing that "bringing the outdoors to the indoors" thing

[@blehthehicka2152]

Man that end part... Made me genuinely a bit emotional. Both because of nostalgia but also like you said, the hopeful optimism of technology back in the 2000s.

[@Cereja-Lua]

I'm more of a y2k enby; but frutiger aero is such a chill aesthetic

[@ville__]

*Don't translate,..., भवतः हृदयस्य धड़कनं कतिपयेषु घण्टेषु स्थगयिष्यति, अस्य शापस्य मुक्तिं प्राप्तुं एकमात्रं मार्गं मम चैनलस्य सदस्यतां कुर्वन्तु*

[@SillytheSkrunklylilfella]

what's your fav aesthetic gender? mine is webcore:)

[@Cereja-Lua]

@@SillytheSkrunklylilfella Japanese cybercore ^_^

[@theclown6217]

crazy that I'm already old enough to have my childhood be an aesthetic for me it always just our family windows 7 (that died only a few years ago) and dentist offices, but what a throwback for that floral stuff being all over things for kids lol

[@bobjimbobjim9006]

Same those are the exact same things i associated it with, how old are you? Im 2005

[@theclown6217]

@@bobjimbobjim9006 2003! Still a youngin' but apparently old for esthetics

[@BFG9THOUSAND]

is anyone else fond of the "Curly Girly" aesthetic? its this specific aesthetic from the 2000-2008s, super girly and flowery, often using the Curlz MT font from Microsoft. it was specifically aimed for teens/tweens. it's often associated with the Groovival aesthetic! it focused mainly on bright pink, purple, yellow and light green colors. some examples that come to mind are the Polly Pocket dolls, the old Barbie website from 2008 and the brands Club Libby Lu, Bang on the door, etc! I hope someone else remembers this aesthetic lol it was everywhere when I was little and I love looking at it now as an adult

[@Killer_Dynamo]

Yesssss I love that aesthetic! I have memories of seeing it around when I was little, usually on toy packaging and stuff.

[@heyimsasa]

i used to be on photoshop graphics design forums creating stuff with frutiger aesthetics. you know the kinds with kingdom hearts and final fantasy with somber quotes surrounded by premade brushes and swirls. sooo nostalgic.

[@aliceinavalon]

Ahhhh this was me too! I used to have a anime graphics website and would make wallpapers and graphics with this style right with Photoshop! It feels wonderful to say we were contributing art to that amazing time!

[@goopherfluff7996]

this brings so much joy to me. life was ultra harsh for last 15 years and i dont even want to start describing it, but now i am slowly recovering. and seeing this aesthetic makes me feel so nice, so cozy, hopeful. like i am a student again, listening to vocaloids while studying to get ready to pass exams in university. this is literally what my soul asks for right now

[@MeltedNipples]

As a man that uses most stuff in a black and white aesthetic this video made me cry. The frutiger aero style is a window to when i wasn't so cynical, bitter and old. I cannot explain it but the nostalgia is hitting hard in this tiring times. I was happy and didn't knew it, a very beautiful memory izzy, thank you.

[@imjustdandy9799]

If people become nostalgic for Corporate Memphis in ten years I will delete the internet this is a threat

[@Little1Cave]

Hopefully by then CM would be out of style for corporations and people who want to appreciate its aesthetics without associating it with them can. 👍

[@LP-kw3kj]

Aestetics are to resresent time periods and the feelings assocuated with them, this aestetic is getting popular because the kids who grew up on windows 7 are becoming adults now, and want to feel those childhood memories again, so it might happen with the memphis whatever, because kids who grew up on it are familiar with it

[@annarose8253]

i get very strong childhood nostalgia from this, it reminds me of being allowed to use the computers in primary school in the late ‘00s - early ‘10s

[@KaiKoi8001]

The first thing I thought of was that greasy soap in elementary school bathrooms. 😂

[@goblin-alley]

as a millennial whose childhood primarily took place in the 90s and early 2000s, seeing the yooths rediscover and archive the aesthetic of my formative years is kind of wonderful. i think it's lovely that, instead of falling into further despair, we're rekindling the hope of a previous era. also, not to be "old man yells at cloud" but i have often lamented the loss of the more tactile aspects of technology--never thought i'd be nostalgic for a button or a switch lmao--but it makes me wonder if newer tech might bring back some of those satisfying embellishments that were replaced by the more streamlined aesthetic of touch screens and sensors.

[@SevDoesMusic]

I'm sort of 50/50 on Frutiger Aero. On the one hand, it is quite nostalgic to look at, especially since this is an aesthetic I grew up on. But at the same time, I've always hated it, even back then as a child. I'm more so ambivalent to it now, but it does bring back this gross feeling of "fakeness", you know? I suppose you could make the same argument about Y2K, an aesthetic that I love, but idk, Aero is just so in your face about how perfect it is, and I've always had a distain for it. Frutiger Metro on the other hand, that's an aesthetic I can get down with, very funky I love it. It was also nice to discover other sub-aesthetics mentioned in this video, Metal Heart rocks so hard.

[@cringe_n_unhinged]

Why is every dentist office so aggressively this aesthetic

[@theholypopechodeii4367]

Because this aesthetic looks incredibly clean and that is what you would want your teeth to be as well.

[@buckshotsshawty]

i administrate the discord server and subreddit for this aesthetic, and my friend tokoni mods those along with running the frutiger aero daily twitter account. i had the pleasure of interviewing sofi about the name of the aesthetic on the server about a year ago. i love to see more coverage on it!!

[@CaesarH3ll]

As a 2000s kid, this aesthetic was definilety my favorite, just seeing everything about it made me feel extremely optimistic about the future and at the same time very safe. It's crazy to realize the youngest generation are now seeing it the same way mine used to see vaporwave or late 80s-early 90s aesthetics back when we were teenagers or just entering puberty

[@mc.gemstone]

It's probably one of my favourite aesthetics, it's so calm and peaceful, even dream like too and yeah I think people yearn for the past more than ever because of how hopeful everything seem back then. We can only hope for things to get better for us and everyone.

[@ruzi.the.spider]

We can`t lose hope but we have to take action every day. Little steps like walking instead of driving, eating less meat and milk, gardening and harvesting own food if possible, helping out living beings in need can be done by everyone.

[@user-pm7zj5vr2c]

even the sound effects are so comforting :') I remember logging onto school computers that looked like this. I miss when computers had square monitors and loud fans and took forever to load anything. I miss when technology felt alive, I feel like it's so taken for granted now

[@dyrr836]

Man, I'm a 90s baby but this video hit me with all kinds of nostalgia bombs. That Metalheart aesthetic? That shit was EVERYWHERE on gaming, anime and sports forums in the 2000s. If you were good at enough at Photoshop to make signatures with that aesthetic you were the coolest person in the entire memberbase and everyone wanted you to make stuff for them, lol. Damn now you've got my heart aching. Also it's interesting to me that the "drab and bulky" vintage Windows aesthetic has gone on to become quite warmly regarded in its own right. I definitely have a fondness for it myself. I'm very glad subsequent generations are keeping all these styles preserved in their own way. Hell I still see soap bottles at the store with the Frutiger Aero imagery on them, pretty sure I've got one in my house right now. Thanks for preserving the magic, gen z, I mean that. Thank you for this video, it did indeed help me love and appreciate the aesthetic and I'd love to see more videos like this. I do kinda wish you labelled the sources of all the images you used though!

[@meowmew444]

You nailed the reason why this aesthetic is popular now, or at least why I love it. It's pretty to look at but it also allows me to escape back to my childhood in the 2000s. Time has gone by so quickly and the world feels terrible now, along with the personal issues I deal with now as an adult. The new flat, bleak, and gray corporate aesthetic seems to reflect this collective cynicism and depression our generation is feeling. It feels good to forget about everything and let myself pretend to be a carefree kid again before I knew how corrupt the world is.

[@growingsage]

You just put what I was feeling into words. Frutiger Aero was the aesthetic of my middle and high school years, and watching everything go from glossy, vibrant, and round to flat, dull, and sharp made me so sad. Of course we should question the corporate marketing behind it, but NOW, since companies care more about minimalism we can take the aesthetic and really make it ours. Frutiger Aero and it's subgenres counter the clinical and boring corporate aesthetic we see now and we shouldn't discount that. Like how corporate Co ops things we like and ruins them, we should take this and run wild with it and make it thrive.

[@bbysiea]

@@growingsageexactly! i find frutiger aero cringe, but in a good way. that might sound a little confusing, but it's just so silly and so outdated that i love it! it really reminds me of my childhood.

[@prkp7248]

World in 2000s was in much worse place. Neoliberalism, Iraq war, right wing dominance in latin america, US, Europe.

[@ZedJay23]

To me Frutiger Aero just looks corporate, I feel a little nostalgic looking at it, but not too much. Cool that y’all are enjoying it though

[@milramas]

The thing that I love about frutiger aero and specially frutiger eco is the same core ideas i love about solarpunk: We NEED to believe that change is possible, we desperately need to be able to imagine a better future. The main difference between those two aesthetics is that frutiger aero is inevitably looked at from a nostalgic perspective, creating a complacent zone of self-pity. I understand that it makes us feel good, but thats at a price. The price of looking at the past is turning your back to the future.

[@dreadcircumference]

been missing this aesthetic recently. it really is interesting how the mood and state of culture can be pinned down through aesthetics.

[@leaf2576]

Omg thanks for including that bit in the end - I thought I was the only one who found this aesthetic weirdly unsettling! Less so now that I'm an adult, but as a kid I remember being really freaked out by those images because they seemed so... idk, I guess uncanny valley? I always felt unsettled about how devoid of human life they looked. You know that Ray Bradbury story There Will Come Soft Rains about that house that's in perfect working order but nobody's around to upkeep it? The perfectly-landscaped fields in Frutiger Aero pics gave me that vibe.

[@ville__]

Omg thanks for including that bit in the end - I thought I was the only one who found this aesthetic weirdly unsettling! Less so now that I'm an adult, but as a kid I remember being really freaked out by those images because they seemed so... idk, I guess uncanny valley? I always felt unsettled about how devoid of human life they looked. You know that Ray Bradbury story There Will Come Soft Rains about that house that's in perfect working order but nobody's around to upkeep it? The perfectly-landscaped fields in Frutiger Aero pics gave me that vibe.

[@ihavenomouthandimustnya]

One thing i love about frutiger aero and other design aesthetics of the early 2000s like global village coffee house isnjust how worldly it all felt. Its reminiscent of the feeling of opening a textbook or watching a documentary in elementary school and realizing that the world is much bigger than the life you have known. Idk if its just because we have so much more access to everyone else through social media that we know about other peoples' lives more than ever that it just doesnt feel novel anymore. Its weird that despite having more access to each other, we feel more disconnected than ever and maybe thats why this aesthetic has appealed to more people now.

[@sp00k1tty]

I really agree w this

[@sp00k1tty]

Also nice username lol

[@cutewebsurfing]

I loove frutiger aero sooo much and I'm so happy it's becoming more popular 💕💕 One other nostalgic aesthetic I've also come to love lately is "Global villge coffeehouse". Would love to see a video about that aesthetic too 💕

[@rolfathan]

I really wish we could try this again. I don't like how "puffy" it was, and how often it had just random stuff, but I absolutely love love love a UI that has "real" glass" or matte glass, or plastics. With the much higher resolution we have today, I feel like we could take a much better shot at using realistic materials in UI design.

[@growingsage]

We, as in the public could try. Now that corporate entities are more focused on being as minimalist and clinical (read: boring), maybe we could d something like that.

[@MxNEWCASTLE]

As someone who adores fish and loves using them as a motif for hope and the future, I love this aesthetic!

[@kiereanm3254]

This aesthetic always reminds me of my grandpas old pc and how he used to let me watch him play solitaire. I miss him very much, it was nice to remember him like this

[@izze9951]

it’s crazy seeing so many people love this aesthetic as someone who always assumed the discomfort was universal- but also so cool to see everyone’s perspectives! i had no idea i was in the minority here. the fish floating around used to give me nightmares as a kid for some reason.

[@bookshelfhoney]

Do you like vaporwave? Because I don't vibe with frutiger aero but i like vaporwave

[@MurakDurak]

i saw a frutiger aero playlist yesterday and was like "oh shit that exists!" a day later and you are up to educate me on why it popped up in the first place a fun aesthetic to get lost in and imagine a different world, aside from the nostalgic value

[@Galacta712]

I was literally JUST thinking about how much I missed this kind of glassy blue 2000s aesthetic, izzy truly is the best youtuber ever

[@kanalet8460]

i heart frutiger aero🌊🌱🌍🐟🐬 another little subgenre i always thought was really cool as a kid and just now learned the name is "bright tertiaries".. it's like totally what i thought adulthood would look like as a little kid

[@genwallpaper]

love the video. took me back to when i would spend the night at my grandma’s. she would start a crime drama series and crochet or knit and i would play on the clunky computer in her craft room with my little sister. sometimes she’d even make cookies and even make extra so we could bring some home to our parents. those were the good days.

[@rolfathan]

While I don't miss a lot of the aesthetic, what I do miss is the Aero, physical aspect of UI. I love the glass, frosted glass, plastic in the UI look. I wish we could take another crack at that. We have better processors, we have higher resolution screens. We could do real-time reflections, light refractions to really make it look like stuff is PHYSICAL in our computers. I don't want the neon, and I don't miss the bobbly plastic, but I truly miss trying to make digital feels more digital and 3D.

[@codyduncan9911]

Spore is totally a close approximation of a Frutiger Aero game

[@Witzels]

My god I was obsessed with that game. Now I wanna play it again.

[@grxryder]

This is by far my most favorite episode by Izzzyzzz, especially that last bit. I find comfort in the aesthetic because yeah! It brings me back to a time where I would sign into RuneScape and escape from this world. So it brings back those feelings. The statements about the world we live in today are so spot on.

[@wingdingdoes6687]

Oh this is fascinating! I love finding out Things actually have Names

[@notnow5217]

MY FAVOURITE KZbinR, COVERING MY FAVOURITE AESTHETIC??? NO WAYYYYY I FEEL BLESSED THANK YOU SO MUCH IZZZYIZZZ!!!!

[@indie-rose6]

Time to spend just under half an hour watching an excellent video on a topic I have neither heard nor cared about before :)

[@rigelrendon1594]

This is the most well explained and in-depth video of Frutiger Aero I've seen. As someone born in 1999, Frutiger Aero was all over the place growing up, but I'm just now realizing how prominent it actually was. The aesthetic was practically everywhere. You really couldn't escape it no matter where you went.

[@revi__]

I have hella deep memories of some kind of art program from like 05 where you created pictures that looked exactly like 16:46. every brush was just super glossy stamps of bubbles, starfish, pebbles and everything else frutiger aero I spent hours making my lil masterpieces on there lmao

[@seventh_line_art]

I COMPLETELY FORGOT THIS STYLE HAD A NAME!! i always tried to explain it as the aesthetic that makes the back of your throat cold from the early 2000s!! Thank you for the video deep diving it!!

[@ivypng]

ur channel embodies us being like "hey what is/happened to ___?" getting lost in a rabbit hole for hrs then finding someone who also finds the 💚 in that random topic. (i was also v high watching the original vid, saw it all in my brain and felt it deeply hahaha)

[@quailking8265]

As someone born in 2003 and has adequate memory of 2000s-early 2010s, this takes me back home

[@rickcharlespersonal]

This gave me an idea for a video game; an open world survival crafter set in a Frutiger Aero-like world with rolling hills, glossy tech building options, and lots of happy wildlife to tame as pets; but as the player ventures into the recesses of the map they uncover underground areas that are like corrupted code, and part of winning the game is cleansing the viruses and bugs from the world.

[@growingsage]

If you ever release it, I'd want to play it.

[@yrednai]

I didn’t know that corporate stock art was an aesthetic now

[@Creative_Crisis]

I've been obsessed with the Frutiger Aero resurgence for months now and was ECSTATIC to see this video pop up on my KZbin recommended. I had been hungering for a video essay for this topic and you did NOT disappoint 🙏

[@BasilLeaf_]

I'm the kind who feels sick when seeing this sort of images. For some reason it reminds me of that uncanny feel, like it's meant to show how modern everything is but it's just not quite there yet. It basically reminds me of the early CGI feel, and a feel that's associated with office and the mundane, as being something that's there to make the environment more lively

[@kappapride6332]

There is one game that perfectly captures the feeling I get from frutiger aero aestethic and that's Steins Gate. The VN that the popular anime was based off. I can't speak on how the aesthetics of that game relate to the one being discussed (outside of the game being released in 2009) but the music is what I think makes me feel this way. OST for Steins Gate was made by Takeshi Abo whose music is often included in those frutiger aero playlists (specifically "Lease").

[@eleanormathews835]

Hi! Just wanted to say you’re quite literally my favourite KZbinr. Your videos are on topics I find super interesting and they’re always so in depth, well-structured, funny, and it’s clear you’ve done heaps of research with all the examples you have to back up the points you make. As a fellow Kiwi, it’s cool to finally see all these trends etc from the late ‘90s/early 2000s portrayed in a more relatable way, i.e. watching cool stuff from afar on our slow ass internet but never really experiencing it fully (or at the same time as everyone else) because little old Aotearoa is so far away from the rest of the world! It’s also awesome to see a fellow Kiwi do so well and put out content of this calibre. You do us proud 👍 Frutiger Aero will forever remind me of being taken to work with my mum over the school holidays because we couldn’t afford a babysitter. She’d let me play Fish Tycoon, Neopets, Petz 5 and The Sims on one of the work computers all day. She’s said she feels guilty about not engaging with me but it’s legitimately one of my fondest childhood memories lol Anyway, I hope you’re doing well. You’re awesome 💖💖

[@Bundle85]

The fish motif is inspired by the art of Christian Lassen

[@yoshgurt]

Idk what to call my favorite aesthetic. It's like a mix of gyaru accessories, late 2000 tamagotchis, hyper customized devices such as 3ds with perfect aesthetics, the vibe and gameplay of style savvy, and generally like pink tinted 2000 girly collectables? Like idk how to explain it. Because alone I would not say monster high or lala loopies are part of the aesthetic. But I would say they can if they're used in a way to accessories a space that gives it that vibe?! Example, rements and bedazzled flip phones with vintage gachapon food charms. WHAT IS THIS AESTHETIC?

[@ssylveon]

it's so interesting that we can now document internet aesthetic eras in the same way we've done with art eras like art deco is to the 1940s lol. living through them you don't really realize it's happening, so i wonder what this last decade will be when we look back on it

[@PetrichorCrown]

You hit the nail on the head with the resurgence reason. The reason I love your channel so much is it brings me back to the days of 2007 DeviantART where life was just better, my Frutiger Izzo if you will

[@angryrat451]

For some reason frutiger aero makes me feel a dull sense of dread and melancholy and I don't know why 💀

[@Pumunke]

Normally your videos are either very personal or just curiosity as an insider or outsider respectively but this I feel will connect with everyone. I better understand my own tastes after watching this and I think that must be true for most people.

[@InsanityRelapse]

I had no idea this had a name! I remember the transition over to this aesthetic and low key hated it at first. But it really is nostalgic to look at these images with that small pang of knowing that tech and nature harmony wont happen in my lifetime. Thank you for this neat nostalgia trip :)

[@unholyzer]

i think one of my favorite aesthetics is olderbrothercore. i didnt even grow up in the 2000s (was more like 2010s) but i did have an older brother and all the images relating to that remind me of what it was like being in his room and watching him play minecraft or something else that was interesting to me... 2012 was my prime (i was 4) also!! ive never heard of cybercore and metalheart before but i am absolutely OBSESSED with it, it has something so unique and beautiful to it. this was a great video! keep up with the great work :D

[@AwesomeYena]

Same story here!

[@popatothederpyfatcat]

Seeing all these pictures of the aesthetic really took me back to my childhood. To a calmer, happier time. I miss it honestly. Thanks for the video!

[@roorock4261]

I CANT IMAGINE WHAT “what do you feel when you look at this image” MUST HAVE FELT LIKE IN THE FIRST VERSION

[@goldensyrupgamingshow2978]

Do you not think people will be nostalgic for the current times? They will.

[@0rchlid]

I love frutiger aero do much i sm trying to decorate my room with this aesthetic

[@JamesLawner]

This aesthetic is so calm and soothing. Windows Vista was the 2nd operating system I was introduced to, and I feel like I’m the only one who actually liked it for what it was. The boot-up sound was iconic, and it takes me back to Spring/Summer ‘07 😭

[@crossidy7223]

The chokehold those aquarium screen savers had on me as a kid omg. Also seeing vista after the longest time gave insanely strong nostalgia of going to the family computer and being greeted by the select user screen with everyones edgy af avatars, logging in getting that chime and booting up sims. Simpler days.

[@Ichigoiche2004]

I swear ive watched every frutiger aero video on KZbin (except for the one im about to watch after this)and this one here is EXACTLY what we needed its SUCH a wonderful video and fully encapsulates what it felt like and what it is and you connected the viewer to it so well with the commentary and pictures. AMAZING video 🌎♥️

[@skateyc]

Beautiful analysis Izzy, really enjoyed this video and made me see what’s special about Frutiger Aero having spent the last 10-15 years thinking it was garish and artificial

[@Ichigoiche2004]

I love the specific way you broke down the topics i cant explain what im trying to say exactly but theres something very specific you brought to this video that just made it SO AMAZING

[@baileyj7968]

It hadn’t occurred to me to think of this style as an aesthetic, but it absolutely is. To me, it represents the elementary school computer lab and ipod touches. It really was a simpler time

[@lepus9588]

ahhh that conclusion made me tear up a little bit. you nailed it

[@artistpend]

I love how you explain this topic so much. It helped me figure out some ideas that I have been trying to put words to for a while. Im doing my college thesis on nostalgia and this is now in my reference playlist lol

[@Y2KHA0S]

omg thank you for bringing some attention to the metalheart aesthetic!!! i had no idea it had a name, but it instantly brought back fond memories of some old website designs and forum signatures

[@TonikoPantoja]

Great video! Im so happy to see a name attached to this 2000s-2010s aesthetic

[@dimimitrijenogic1272]

I was so shocked when my desktop wallpaper showed up in the first frame of the video lol

[@derpkipper]

I'm glad this look came back as a trendy aesthetic. It made me look back and realize "oh yeah wow...that was definitely the fad for technology back then" and honestly I love the look. Glossy, bright, shiny, translucent, just pretty af.

[@rarijax]

YESS IM SO HAPPY YOU MADE A VIDEO ON THIS

[@TheSilliestSillyBilly]

oh the memories of my dad taking me to target, passing by the electronic section to stare at the advertisements being played on the tvs and passing by the boxes and boxes of tvs with the Frutiger Aero aesthetic plastered onto them