Welcome to the Frutiger Aero Archive, a website dedicated to archiving wallpapers, music, videos, and other media from the Frutiger Aero aesthetic and the 2000s. More than that, it also features various entertainment such as flash games, a music player, a forum, a chatroom and more. If you liked the site, feel free to leave a message on the Guestbook. For suggestions and feedback, please email me instead.
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Frutiger Aero derives its name from the Frutiger font designed by Adrian Frutiger, which inspired many humanist sans-serif typefaces such as Microsoft's Segoe UI, and AERO, the visual design and user experience guidelines of Windows Vista and Windows 7, which stands for "Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, and Open."
Sofi Xian of the Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute coined the term in 2017. It indicates the corporate tech aesthetic from approximately 2005 to 2013. You might have seen it in Windows Vista, Windows 7, the Wii, the PlayStation 3, or even on advertisements and certain toys such as the iDog.
Notable elements of the style are bright and vibrant colors, glossy textures, glass/transparent materials, aurora borealis, skeuomorphism, bubbles, bokeh, macro photographs of grass, futurism, and humanism.
There are also subgenres of Frutiger Aero that have been coined by the community, the most popular being Frutiger Eco, Helvetica Aqua Aero, Frutiger Aurora, DORFic, Dark Aero, and Technozen. You can take a look at the History section of my site to learn more details about its evolution through time. Scroll down for a few visual examples of the style.
