alt Hacker NewsWhen you put "modern" or "new" into the name of a thing, you're basically announcing to the world that it was designed for the short term, and when it is no longer new it will no longer be relevant.
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moduspol • today at 2:10 PM
This is from the same company that brought us Windows NT (New Technology).
embedding-shape • today at 1:49 PM
Adding "fast" is similarly fun, it's probably true when you came up with it, probably won't be true in the future anymore.
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nailer • today at 1:55 PM
No. Modern like 1950's modern. Unadorned, functional.
1900s: Noveau - plant shapes. 1940s: deco - geometry. Windows XP: gradients, color. Windows Vista: semitransparency.
1950s, Windows 8: 'modern' - strip away unnecessary decoration.
Modern in the art & design world is actually quite retro.