the blandness that has become...

[remixedcat]

of the world.....

I feel as if alot of things have been more bland lately. Everything from websites (too much of the web2.0 overuse of gaydientz (gradients) and boring blue and white and grey colors) to album covers and "the teen image" (teen stuff is so boring these days (High school musical wtf? snoozefest) and companies taking the attitude out of there image like nintendo who changed their popping red logo to grey (to reflect thier "grown up" image) and the worst change of them all the pepsi logo!


seems so corporate and the yin-yang balance of the logo is thrown off by red (the rebublican party)(specially since the blue has overtaken this country) with what it used to be


it used to look alot more edgy and like a drink, not box1 product company's product1. they totally threw thier brand identity down the toilet.

this image kinda makes me a lil wary as well

becuase it shows how corporate even pop stars have become. this is about as bland as a doctors office self help free brochure cover. but this is supposed to be a hot young teen artist with style and the like and this is how they make her look. snooze. and they have forgettable names that will be forgotten in 15m-1hr like it's just a throwaway product. where have all the catchy acts gone? with awesome names and awesome covers and images and teens were alive and had that spunk that is very lost this day. teens have become too corporate. and so has everyone else.

this all is very odd and I hope people don't become more bland than these examples.

I also think it is a result of apple's ithis campaign people want to be white and boring like them. now eveyone wants an image like apple. and they sacrifice thier own unique and awesome image becuase they think it will give them the success apple got. but it does not work.

clothes have also gotten more bland:

here's an outfit I really like and people used to wear clothes like this on a daily basis:

this is nanase aikawa in case you wonder:

and another


and this is the blah from vanessa h.



people used to look alot more edgy back in like 1999-2001 and now they wear just boring old clothes that have no edge.

[whicker]

Random blogger misquote:

"I’m sorry, but I have to say that the author’s constant references to radiuses, radii and rounded corners annoy me to no end. It’s not commonly known to most designers, even Industrial Designers, Apple products don’t use radiuses at corners, they use curvature matched splines. Therefore I’m not surprised that the author did not get it, but I would have expected that for someone attempting to write a critical essay on Apple’s physical design to at least know a little more about the subject matter. Sadly this point is a reflection of the entire article, argumentative but contains very little substance."


...I don't hate macs. I just hate the "lifestyle" or whatever it is that surrounds it.

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yes they seem to be all stuck up and think they are the best things in the world if they own a mac. Steve Jobs is the most arrogant person I have ever seen. I talked to someone who worked with him and they say he is a diva and he takes credit for eveything apple does. He thinks he IS apple. And his company has the highest pay disparity. The people that work at apple stores make less then some of the people at best buy and circuit city make and some of the people that work 80+ hour weeks at apple's offices get paid like 20/hour which is nothing in cupertino and surrounding areas. That will get you a room at a large house or 1/4th of the avaerage home price with 3 other roommates. Cupertino and the other apple office locations have the highest rent prices.

It seems that companies in these kind of areas have alot of issues with thier staff and often times affects there products. EA is in a stuck up rich area that has the highest rent per capita in the country and there isnt a house under 2mil. the stress in trying to afford that shows through thier games, they seem rushed, thrown together and like someone has not had sleep in ages.

Valve on the other hand is in a laid back area, nice trees and weather, lower per capita rent, nicer housing, and lots to do and the median home price was 400,000 dollars. so people dont have to struggle to live much so their games come out better, same as bethesda, they live in a smaller city in maryland somewhere and thier offices look laid back and the people dont look uptight, and thier games are kickass.

so the area a game studio or a company is located at has a HUGE effect on them and it DOES show.