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Links to Places @jarsoflinks.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

CARI, or Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute, is an online community dedicated to developing a visual lexicon of consumer ephemera from the 1970s until now. #aesthetic #graphicdesign cari.institute

$Screenshot from the website Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute: Austurbane Namesake: Portmanteau of "Austere" and "Urbane". Urbane variety of Corporate Memphis. Serif fonts, muted colours. Black, beige, copper, bronze and gold. Large amounts of whitespace, minimalism but 'classy', incorporating 'zen' elements in materials used. Product photography, whilst still using similar layouts and perspectives (top-down, isometric) as Corporate Memphis photography, generally has a more staged feel, with sharper, more dramatic lighting. Plant and branch shadows, prismatic or refractive elements scattering the light. Natural materials, granite and marble. Often rough stones. Fabric. Period of relevance: Late 2010s - present Sorted decade: 2010s Alternate names: Austere-Urbane Foundational research by: Alex Edwards Name coined by: Alex Edwards$

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Links to Places @jarsoflinks.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

To add to the art resources w/o AI: With the new Preview in Browser feature, Model Resource is a good place for fan artists to get a good 3d close up of their blorbos. (Spirters Resource is also good for pixel art) models.spriters-resource.com #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky #3dmodeling

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Links to Places @jarsoflinks.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Similar to Death Generator, but for the pinkest gay indie horror game, Sorry We're Closed #sorrywereclosed #indieweb vps.itsmeow.dev/swc_dialogue/

Dialog text both from the game Sorry We're Closed. A character named Marty, a black young man with a fringe covering his face says "By the way, there's also wiki now for the game! If you wanna contribute to demonology 101, check out sorrywereclosed dot wiki

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Links to Places @jarsoflinks.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Found this archived site which has a lot of HQ covers of Apple II games & programs. Def before my time, but a lot of cool art work #retrogaming #appleII web.archive.org/web/20130902...

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