Corpsey
bandz ahoy
Everyone laughed at it. Partly cos the window broke, but also cos of how it looks.
It occurred to me that what it looks like is very
Harsh
Angular
Boxlike
Sharp
The modern trend is sinuous, soft, organic, fluid.
So the disgust for this design (if it's not just that it's retro) might be connected to how it doesn't fit with the idea of tech we've been taught to have by advertisers.
The truck itself doesn't matter, more the trick that Apple et al pulled off of making tech not LOOK scary.
It occurred to me that what it looks like is very
Harsh
Angular
Boxlike
Sharp
The modern trend is sinuous, soft, organic, fluid.
So the disgust for this design (if it's not just that it's retro) might be connected to how it doesn't fit with the idea of tech we've been taught to have by advertisers.
The truck itself doesn't matter, more the trick that Apple et al pulled off of making tech not LOOK scary.