There's a distinct market niche in nostalgia. It's the 25-40 generation that's got the most expendable income and as they start to deal with the harsh reality of the unstoppable juggernaut of time, they hark back to their carefree youth... in this case the 80's. For example, you'll notice that the A-Team is coming back in a movie (With South Africa's own Sharlto Copley - District 9's Wikus - playing Murdock).
But I've also noticed another trend and that's pixelation. Moore's Law translates to a blindingly fast evolution in technology and, having grown up alongside the home PC, I feel a certain nostalgic pang when reminiscing about my Atari 800XL. This is where my love of computing technology began.
This is it here on the right. First we had cartridges that went into the slot you see there on the keyboard, then we upgraded to a cassette drive (top right) and then onto the awesome floppy drive (top left).
8-bit is the shit!
Back to this pixelation trend. Check out this awesome video:
And here follows an exploration in to all things 8-bit:
Which brings me to these pixelated 3D images by French photographer Jean Yves Lemoigne.
OR the pixelated glasses range called "6dpi" by contemporary designer Dzmitry Samal. WANT!
Post-Its lend themselves to pixelated art:
And lastly... even my company logo is pixel-inspired (by my mates at Department Fu):
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