India, July 10 -- Frutiger Aero visuals. How to capture the excitement and the futuristic optimism of being online in the 2000s? Artist Sofi Xian coined the term Aero in 2017 to describe the vibes of the 2005 - 2013 internet era (It stands for Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, and Open). Think of Windows wallpapers (fluffy clouds, blue skies, endless green fields), glossy skyscrapers, and utopian stock imagery. On FrutigerAeroArchive.Org, you can browse and download old desktop wallpapers and see how the style translated across web design, music players, games and TV. It was core before core became a thing.

HTML layouts. Ah, early websites. Chunks of info dumped link by link, graphics clustered in garish hues. The Web Design Museum has p...