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The use of graphic design techniques associated with the cusp of the new millennium and the early 2000s. Y2K graphic design is largely non-minimalistic and based in futurism. Colors are bold and bright and paired with high-contrast counterparts, everything seems to have a glossy finish, and text is arranged in unusual ways with blocky or bubble fonts.

Frutiger Metro is a specific subcategory, and Frutiger Aero is a closely related aesthetic.

Common elements

• Square "sci-fi" fonts and chunky text
• Rounded bubble fonts
• Bright colors
• The use of texture and 3D
• "Cyber" aesthetics
• Patterns such as checkered patterns
• Geometric shapes, such as stars, circles, and rounded rectangles
• Gradients
• Abstract backgrounds
• Zoom layers
• Bokeh and lens flares
• Metallic, glittery and glossy effects
• Skeuomorphism

Related tags:

• 1990s
• 2000s_theme
• frutiger_aero
• frutiger_metro
• memphis_design
• y2k_(fashion)