Welcome to the Frutiger Aero Archive, a website made by Daniele63. It is dedicated to archiving wallpapers, music, videos, and various media from the Frutiger Aero aesthetic but also other nostalgic things from the 2000s. It also features various entertainment such as flash games, a music player, a forum, a chatroom and more. If you liked the site, feel free to leave a message on the Guestbook. For suggestions and feedback, please email me instead.
For more information about the site, and to receive the latest updates via RSS, head to the Site Info page. You can also check my personal blog for writings on Frutiger Aero and old web related things.
For those not familiar with it, Frutiger Aero derives its name from the Frutiger font designed by Adrian Frutiger, which inspired many humanist sans-serif typefaces such as Microsoft's Segoe UI, and AERO, the visual design and user experience guidelines of Windows Vista and Windows 7, which stands for "Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, and Open."
Sofi Xian of the Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute coined the term in 2017. It indicates the corporate tech aesthetic from approximately 2005 to 2013. You might have seen it before in the glossy UI of Windows Vista, Windows 7, the Wii and Wii U, the PlayStation 3, or even on advertisements, stock images, and certain toys such as the iDog by Hasbro.
The style is characterized by bright and vibrant colors, glossy textures, glass/transparent materials, aurora borealis, skeuomorphism, bubbles, bokeh, macro photographs of grass, futurism, and humanism.
There are subgenres of Frutiger Aero that have been coined by the community, the most famous being Frutiger Eco, Helvetica Aqua Aero, Frutiger Aurora, DORFic, Dark Aero, and Technozen. Go take a look at the History section of my site to learn more about the historical context of the style, or scroll down the page for a few visual examples.
