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Re: Arwes: Futuristic Sci-Fi UI Web Framework

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2advanced Studios was always my favorite, especially https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWkNkQoQY_8 I remember Eric Jordan, the man behind it all, mentioned in an interview that the key was to make the animations flow with a rhythm.

Yes! 2advanced served as an inspiration. I remember surfing it in awe of what was possible to do.

The quirkiness of the web has been somewhat lost. However, I do wonder whether that is just a factor of its expansion and whether somewhere in the depths it still lurks, waiting to be uncovered.

Re: Arwes: Futuristic Sci-Fi UI Web Framework

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2advanced Studios was always my favorite, especially https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWkNkQoQY_8 I remember Eric Jordan, the man behind it all, mentioned in an interview that the key was to make the animations flow with a rhythm.

Thank you! This brought back memories, I never thought I'd come across that UI again

Re: Arwes: Futuristic Sci-Fi UI Web Framework

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I'm building my personal website[1] also inspired by FUI design systems. I don't think usability is an issue at all, at least with the design approach I've taken. They're just React components which you could easily feed real data. The visualizations and animations are more difficult to replicate.

[1] https://x7ci.engineer/

Re: Arwes: Futuristic Sci-Fi UI Web Framework

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Futuristic UIs peaked decades ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xfTryfN050 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exz1KzuthrQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC3k0d4u5BQ I really wish we had more interesting and functional examples nowadays - the web is bloated anyway, why not make more elaborate use of that bloat? Here's another example, albeit just a singular art project: https://virtualself.co/ Still, it requires tas…

On all of those but especially the second two you can really see the influence The Designers Republic had on pop culture and graphic design in the late 90s and early 00’s.

Yup — as someone who grew up with Wipeout and lots of d&b/electronica album art, these are giving me strong nostalgia pangs.
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