Welcome to the Frutiger Aero Website!
This is a site about the design aesthetic of the same name. It contains tutorials, examples, and information about the aesthetic itself.
About the Aesthetic
Frutiger Aero employs glass effects, bright color palettes, smooth curved lines, and elements of nature. It began from 2005-06 and was popularized by Windows Vista. It ended around 2011-13, during which flat design took over.
Windows Vista, Microsoft (2007)
Nintendo DS demo kiosks at E3 (2006)
iDog Mini, Hasbro (2007)
Related Aesthetics
Y2K Futurism preceded Frutiger Aero and as such appear similar. Instead of glass, metal is the primary "material", and it has a strong emphasis on swooshes, blobs, and 90's - early 00's CGI.
Frutiger Metro is a "flatter" version of Frutiger Aero that was popular around the same time (2000s). Instead of heavy textures and glass, subtle gradients and plain fills are used.
Neumorphism was introduced in 2020 as a skeuomorpism revival and as of now is slowly replacing flat design. It uses subtle lighting effects, slight texture, and aims to combine the cleanliness of flat design with the tactility and texture of skeuomorphism.
