Hacker News with Generative AI: Aesthetics

Cassette Futurism (wikipedia.org)
Cassette Futurism bezeichnet eine ästhetische Richtung im Retro-Futurismus, die von der Technologie und dem Design der späten 1970er bis frühen 1980er Jahre inspiriert ist[1][2].

Art, Design, Retrofuturism, Aesthetics, 1970s-1980s

8 points by doener 1 day ago | 0 comments

Beautiful, boring, and without soul (doc.cc)
What could be more important in life than how you make people feel?

Design, Aesthetics, Philosophy, Human Connection

56 points by alfirous 4 days ago | 13 comments

When Abundance Breeds Mediocrity (nvnt.substack.com)
In Japanese philosophy, "wabi-sabi" embraces the beauty of imperfection and the wisdom found in limitations.

Japanese Philosophy, Culture, Aesthetics, Mediocrity

5 points by pachakuthira 22 days ago | 0 comments

All Lisp indentation schemes are ugly (aartaka.me)
Once you get used to Lisp, you stop noticing the parentheses and rely on indentation instead.

Programming Languages, Lisp, Aesthetics

117 points by birdculture 33 days ago | 98 comments

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 43 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 66 days ago | 16 comments

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

Design, Color Theory, Web Design, Aesthetics

180 points by s4i 72 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 132 days ago | 2 comments

Notepat – Aesthetic Computer (aesthetic.computer)
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Design, Aesthetics, Software

176 points by justanothersys 162 days ago | 40 comments

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