My Feelings Over Frutiger Aero & Flat Design (reposted from my website)

 I like frutiger aero (no surprise there). I do acknowledge it was at the end of the day a corporate artstyle with no deeper meaning. But boy it did sure look nice.
The truth is I see the revival of frutiger aero & skeuomorphism more generally (and even some things relating to y2k) as a reclamation of corporate art (or "art"?).
Turning it more into a bit of personal expression and removing it from its once corporate origins while still acknowledging them.
Flat design on the other hand: A lot of minimalist flat design just ends up looking boring to me & equally corporate (and if it's a corporate website that only has light mode, down right unusable).
But seeing some of the personal websites people had made me realize how beautiful flat design (and light mode too) can be if there's actual passion behind it.
 I guess the reason I like skeuomorphism & older design trends is that there was more of a sense that there was effort & thought put into it. Making the youtube app icon a tv just makes sense.
 The reason I don't mind the new firefox icon is it's still of, well, a firefox and makes sense namewise.
 I also like the brave icon for being one of the few modern browser icons that isn't swirly & has a strong outline, reflecting its name, even if I dislike them as a company/product. (They're still better than google but if you know, you know.)
I guess for the most part what I'm trying to say is that the corporate web has mostly forgotten that graphic design is an artform. But a lot of personal websites still remember. And I think we can reclaim any artstyle that originated from corporations & make it into something even more beautiful.