Introduction
Several aesthetics defined my childhood (2000 - 2017). They've all got names, but I've decided to slam them all here in an umbrella aesthetic I call Recession Summer Vacation. It's defined by a nostalgia for a time where you got to ignore all the bad things happening in the world because you were eight years old as your parents were dealing with the effects of 2008. It involves aquatic themes, anime characters, floating aurora and CGI that only tried to be realistic with really cool wallpapers.
I'll sort them all into different categories as I find them. (Last Update: 11 January 2024)
Frutiger Aero
Frutiger Aero is an aesthetic style and movement characterized by an aquatic theme, floating lines and objects, and technology at the center of it all. There is an argument to be made of liminal spaces, seeing as how Frutiger Aero is an aesthetic based on advertising. It was mostly used in advertising in its heyday of the 2000s, but there exists a modern movement to revive the aesthetic in web revival circles. For further information on the history of Frutiger Aero, I recommend the Aesthetics Wiki.
This shrine seeks to catalogue the modern movement, which tends to focus on the aquatic aspect and ideas of freedom. There will be graphics, playlists, HTML themes, and more. This aesthetic is difficult to define, sort of a "you know it when you see it" or a self-identification situation. The people who were born during Frutiger Aero's heyday are coming of age, and are now able to feel a nostalgia for the aesthetic of their childhoods.
Playlists
Playlists that have a Frutiger Aero aesthetic tend to have video game staples of the time, such as soundtracks of games made for the Wii and Gamecube; but they also include genres like breakcore and jungle. These give the listener a sense of floating or movement, similar to vaporwave, with a focus on forward momentum instead of dreamlike nostalgia.
a future that couldn't be | ☆an ethereal frutiger aero playlist☆ - emobunny
Passing Currents - 1992
Takeshi Abo - LEASE
Thrilliam Angels - Anams Song
Otik - Crystal Clear
Dreamweaver - future perfect
tomcbumpz - braincells
YABUJI - FLASH CASANOVA
Torus - Radiate 540
Naked Flames - Pan Matsuri
UNIT KAI - mawaru
Purelink - Earth To
Rachika Nayar - hawthorn
Alton Towers - Air Theme Tune
Google Stock Alarm - Aquamarine Gems
Motorola Ringtone - Momentum (emobun Felt Mix)
Spore OST - Colour a Cell
Solar Fields - Patterns
Bugdom OST - Pond
Ever 17 The Out of Infinity OST - Hologramm
Bloom
Kanon Arrange - Pure Snows
Rachika Nayar - forgiveness
Nintendo 3DS Music - Photo Select
nuphory - nautilus
Tomoyo After OST - Dear Old Home
Nexcyia - SPEDUP
Xbox 360 Avatar Music
June 2011 - Nintendo 3DS eShop Music
Samsung Ringtone - One Step Forward (Original Remix)
yandere - timeless
Solar Fields - Introduction (Mirror's Edge Menu Theme)
Wii Menu Music
Dreamweaver - blue sun (feat. Lunafreya)
Samsung Ringtone - Crossing a River (Original Remix)
EERA - Would You Remember Me If Tomorrow I Was Gone
Endless Ocean - Blue World - Nineball Island (Day)
Wii Photo Channel Music - Scenic
Merely; Cotton Mouth - Tangerine Skies (Cotton Mouth Mix)
Windows XP Installation Music
Ever 17 - The Out of Infinity [OST] - Karussell Delphine
Editing a Mii (Mii Maker) - Nintendo Wii U
Body Measurement Theme - Wii Fit/Wii Fit Plus Soundtrack
Wii/Switch (Origins unclear) - Unused eShop Theme
Nintendo DSi Menu - Nintendo DSi Music
January 2015 - Nintendo eShop Music
Curator's Office - Chibi-Robo: Photo Finder Music
Photo Channel - SD Card Photo List
News Channel - Main Theme
Tilt City - Wii Fit Plus Soundtrack
Wii News Channel - 'Tip cat' Music
September 2015 - Nintendo eShop Music
Pikmin 3 – Day Select
Weather Channel Music
Everybody Votes Channel - Voter Data
Main Menu - Mario Kart Wii
Everybody Votes Channel - Voter Data
Menu 7 (eShop) - Nintendo Wii U
Wii Menu Music
System Settings (TV) - Nintendo Wii U
June 2011 (3DS) - Nintendo eShop Music
Lobby (TV) (Wii U Chat) - Nintendo Wii U
Nintendo DSi Camera (Album: Heart Sticker) - Nintendo DSi Music
The Homebrew Channel Music
Wi Fi Menu - Mario Kart Wii
Pikmin 3 – Garden of Hope (Morning)
Pikmin 3 – S.S. Drake
Global Forecast (Night) OST ｜ Forecast Channel (Nintendo Wii)
Wii Fit Music - Credits
Pikmin 3 – Today's Report
Go Fetch, Sous-Chef - Chibi-Robo! Let's Go, Photo!
Parental Controls (TV) - Nintendo Wii U
Pikmin - The Forest of Hope
Wii Music - Rate Your Vid
Nintendo 3DS eShop Loading Theme
Pikmin - People Who Helped
Loading (Miiverse) - Nintendo Wii U
3DS System Music - Theme Shop
Amiibo Settings - Nintendo Wii U
Photo Channel - Channel Intro
Tracklist
nuphory - Startup Song
Tracklist
In Love With a Ghost - ilya
Tracklist
Dreamweaver - splash
Tracklist
Disc Channel - Wii Fit Plus Soundtrack
BP Night Sky
Iridescence, rainbows, and liquid textures. That's the aesthetic of BP Night Sky, a sort of pastel rainbow. The name for this comes from me. I remember the BP oil spill in 2010, and oil is iridescent in the sun, so...
This aesthetic mostly showed up in clothing with iridescent plastic. Also at the time was a rise in clear or mesh backpacks due to the rising school shootings in the USA. We won't get rid of the guns, so we'll make the clear backpacks as pretty as possible.
Sources
font: Hybrid by Beyond Design
