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Old-School Apple Layouts

Ben Vessey Goes Back to 1984 with Retro Mac OS Designs

— June 11, 2012 — Art & Design
Instead of making ultra sleek and futuristic designs for the Mac OS laptops, Ben Vessey does the opposite and equips modern technology with a retro interface.

Vessey is an Amsterdam-based art director and conceptual designer who has a liking for the design concepts of computer layouts from the 80s. He has created an old-school design that doesn't use fancy shadow effects or gradients but rather minimal designs that goes back roughly 25 years. Vessey takes modern icons and embellishes it with the styles from the Mac OS '84.

Ben Vessey replicates the original Mac OS '84 wallpaper, which consist of a flat background with a black and white pixelated appeal. There's no money involved here as users can download this retro interface with a simple click on a Facebook 'Like' or Tweet.
Trend Themes
1. Retro Design - The trend of reviving old-school design concepts, like 80s computer layouts, presents opportunities for innovative nostalgia-driven products and interfaces.
2. Minimalistic Aesthetics - The minimalist trend in design, as seen in Ben Vessey's work, opens up avenues for creating visually clean and streamlined user experiences.
3. Nostalgia Marketing - The popularity of retro designs allows for disruptive innovation opportunities in leveraging nostalgia to create engaging marketing campaigns and products.
Industry Implications
1. Technology - The technology industry can explore the use of retro designs to create unique and nostalgic user interfaces for devices and software.
2. Graphic Design - The graphic design industry can embrace the retro design trend to offer clients distinctive retro-inspired branding and visual communication solutions.
3. Social Media - Social media platforms have the potential to capitalize on the retro design trend by providing themed filters, templates, and features that tap into users' nostalgia.
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