Hacker News with Generative AI: Aesthetics

The sad beige aesthetic: why has the world suddenly turned taupe? (theguardian.com)
Whether it’s oat, bone, sand or fawn, this colour palette has a strong anaesthetising effect – and it has become the leading fashion and interiors style of our era

Fashion, Interior Design, Color Trends, Aesthetics

35 points by n1b0m 9 days ago | 65 comments

The enduring power of kitsch (bbc.com)
Modern art was born from a desire to destroy kitsch, but time and again it is drawn back to its lure, says Roger Scruton.

Art, Aesthetics, Culture, History

34 points by breathenew 31 days ago | 16 comments

You need 4 colors (iamsajid.com)
You need 4 colors

Design, Color Theory, Web Design, Aesthetics

180 points by s4i 38 days ago | 133 comments

Permacomputing Aesthetic in Computational Art, Design and Culture (2023) [pdf] (monoskop.org)

Computational Art, Design, Culture, Computer Science, Aesthetics

17 points by sph 98 days ago | 2 comments

Notepat – Aesthetic Computer (aesthetic.computer)
booting...

Design, Aesthetics, Software

176 points by justanothersys 127 days ago | 40 comments

Cellar Door: a quest to find the most beautiful word in English (cellar-door.co.uk)

Language, Linguistics, English Language, Literature, Aesthetics

22 points by ArisC 144 days ago | 19 comments

Ask HN: Why are AI generated images so shiny/glossy? (ycombinator.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Image Generation, Aesthetics

67 points by arduinomancer 155 days ago | 62 comments

Trainwreck Design (j3s.sh)

Web Design, Aesthetics, Humor

148 points by j3s 156 days ago | 103 comments

Brutalist buildings should stay, even if people think they're ugly (npr.org)

Architecture, Aesthetics, Urban Planning

33 points by everybodyknows 158 days ago | 66 comments

Beautiful shadows need beautiful colors (kooslooijesteijn.net)

Photography, Art, Aesthetics

4 points by KoosL 185 days ago | 0 comments

The Banishment of Beauty from Everyday Life (honest-broker.com)

Aesthetics, Society, Culture, Philosophy

23 points by Michelangelo11 215 days ago | 8 comments

Sun Microsystems logo: the most beautiful logo design (objectively) (wikimedia.org)

Logo Design, Sun Microsystems, Aesthetics, Design History

74 points by wesamco 249 days ago | 54 comments

What are the most visually appealing blogs you've seen? (ycombinator.com)

Design, Blogging, User Experience, Aesthetics

18 points by ljdtt 251 days ago | 15 comments

Beautiful Ugly Websites (productidentity.co)

Web Design, Aesthetics, User Interface

35 points by tosh 255 days ago | 8 comments

What is Frutiger Aero, the aesthetic taking over from Y2K? (dazeddigital.com)

Design, Aesthetics, Trends, 2000s

36 points by segasaturn 270 days ago | 14 comments