August 31, 2005
The return of boxy
The return of boxy
Originally uploaded by asarva.
When we were shopping for a new old car, we were hankering for that Volvo look: long, square, 80s-robotic and above all boxy.
Here is a boxy car.
The Motorola Razr is square.
Even maybe the iPod and Powerbooks - very boxy compared to the iMac of 1999.
To me, boxy is more than a fresh contrast to the increasingly dull obloid, curvy silver "tech" look (think of what every cell phone looks like, especially the Samsungs and LGs).
It is a return to pre-plastic futurism. When the future looked like Max Headroom or Star Wars. Now the future is plastic: smooth, molded, color-dyed, computer designed. It used to be metal, square, bolted-on, shiny.
