> These prefabricated brand signifiers combined to give us what we now know as the “millennial aesthetic,” a blueprint designed to entice Instagram-obsessed young people.
I would love to point out that Zoomers are out here voting, and some of them are in their 20s. Millennials are not young people anymore.
> A 2021 Road & Track article titled “Why does every new car look like every other new car?” compares the form factors of midsize SUVs from 24 manufacturers. Despite a wide range of price points, they’re more alike than they are different:
This has been true for decades, and unlike the other points I think this can be fairly characterized by industry required risk avoidance. Bringing a car to market is wildly expensive, having one flop because of an edgy design would be, and has been, very consequential. I think as we move into our electric car future we might see more radical designs and more bespoke manufacturers as drivetrain stops being such a big cost and differentiator.
> Website design, especially for SaaS companies, is depressingly mundane
I like to take a stroll through the Japanese web from time to time, it's an alternate universe that looks nothing like the western web.
I would love to point out that Zoomers are out here voting, and some of them are in their 20s. Millennials are not young people anymore.
> A 2021 Road & Track article titled “Why does every new car look like every other new car?” compares the form factors of midsize SUVs from 24 manufacturers. Despite a wide range of price points, they’re more alike than they are different:
This has been true for decades, and unlike the other points I think this can be fairly characterized by industry required risk avoidance. Bringing a car to market is wildly expensive, having one flop because of an edgy design would be, and has been, very consequential. I think as we move into our electric car future we might see more radical designs and more bespoke manufacturers as drivetrain stops being such a big cost and differentiator.
> Website design, especially for SaaS companies, is depressingly mundane
I like to take a stroll through the Japanese web from time to time, it's an alternate universe that looks nothing like the western web.