i rather dislike the change to icons, even if they are OG. vaporwave would embrace the odd contradiction of having hiragana alphas with traditional gmk icon + text mods. i'm glad you kept the beige though. it's amazing how so many people do not actually understand vaporwave's original aesthetic (including 90s pc/mac gui) and think it's only pink and neon green.
This is an old comment, but this sums up what I wanted to say from skimming the first couple pages. Tones of older storage solutions and personal computers/peripherals are prominent in the genre. It’s worth noting this is an inspired set and a lot of people would be coming in for the color scheme and novelties themselves which are unique, it won’t necessarily always be the love for the genre or the Floral Shoppe album inspiration itself. I hope that this gets enough interest to where Latin, Hiragana, and Katakana might be able to all run together.
That being said, there’s a big difference between:
Outrun (an alternate reality retrofuturistic 80’s timeline capable of being manifested in a gridline simulation). GMK Laser communicates this very well.
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and Vaporwave (defined as nigh satirical symbolism of technological evolution in capitalism... personally I see it as less comedic and more philosophical). Search “neo batavia” on YouTube for a somewhat obscure but interesting mixtape. I have yet to see a good set besides Iconographic that communicates the quintessence of vaporwave, because it is inspired by one of the most popular albums. Whether or not you consider Floral Shoppe to be pioneering, it’s still a big player. Some of the Saint Pepsi/Skylar Spence music videos communicate the other aspects of vaporwave very well. Infomercials, product placement, Japanese nationalism communicated by retro international commercials and old TV shows. One popular concept which is arguably the main point that vaporwave speaks a lot about is us currently approaching the final frontier, the art is a form of all of us coping to the eventual reality which is this communicated by this quote:
“Global capitalism is nearly there...”, “...at the end of the world there will only be liquid advertisement and gaseous desire. Subliminated from our bodies, our untethered senses will endlessly ride escalators through pristine artificial environments... consuming and consumed by a relentlessly rich economy of sensory information, valued by the pixel. The Virtual Plaza welcomes you, and you will welcome it too.”
It has nothing to do with politics in my opinion, it’s more about thinking how technology is constantly evolving, being popularly traded, that it always has been and will be for the foreseeable future. Take a look at net neutrality for example. That is a considerable step towards this seemingly fictitious “Virtual Plaza” described above.
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