This sounds like a classic example of "Seinfeld isn't funny" or "The Beatles aren't original".
Yes, Kai's look feels dated and overwrought. That's because when it came out, it was so radically innovative that it created a huge graphic design fad. It was emulating nothing, and it feels cute and twee because it was so successful that it's seared in everyone's consciousness.
> Definitely part of that late 90s bright-colours-and-glass OMG Internet aesthetic
It was one of the primary originators of that aesthetic. Our whole mental picture of the 90s would be very different without Kai Krause.
This sounds like a classic example of "Seinfeld isn't funny" or "The Beatles aren't original".
Yes, Kai's look feels dated and overwrought. That's because when it came out, it was so radically innovative that it created a huge graphic design fad. It was emulating nothing, and it feels cute and twee because it was so successful that it's seared in everyone's consciousness.
> Definitely part of that late 90s bright-colours-and-glass OMG Internet aesthetic
It was one of the primary originators of that aesthetic. Our whole mental picture of the 90s would be very different without Kai Krause.