Special Interest: 1980s Postmodernism
If Algorithmic Modernism was focused on:
Then Post-Algo Design is focused on:
- Algorithmic success / max social marketing
- Templates
- Vibes
- Conspicuous provocation
- Optimization
- Attention
- Being online
- Conspicuous consumption
- Industry and consumerism
Then Post-Algo Design is focused on:
- Taste
- Humanism
- Romanticism
- Emotional depth
- Intimacy (see the Intimacy Economy)
- Going analog/Offline
- Nostalgia
- Privacy and
Jaime Derringer • Post-Algorithmic Modernism: Algorithmic Design is already dated, here's what's next
As we move further into the Post-Algo era, I think we’re going to see a clearer divide between the design industry and mainstream design culture. Not in a gatekeeping way, but in how taste is formed, protected, and shared.
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Jaime Derringer • Post-Algorithmic Modernism: Algorithmic Design is already dated, here's what's next
Mar. 3, 2020
The Tyranny of Terrazzo
Will the millennial aesthetic ever end?
By Molly Fischer
Illustration by Fala Atelier
Illustration: Fala Atelier
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The Tyranny of Terrazzo
Will the millennial aesthetic ever end?
By Molly Fischer
Illustration by Fala Atelier
Illustration: Fala Atelier
This article was featured in One Great Story , New York ’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly.
You walk beneath a white molded archway. You’ve entered a white room.
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