I hate corporate memphis so much, what a shit aesthetic
this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2025
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its not just a shit aesthetic, though it is truly shit from a butt aesthetically.
but looking at the two messages, the one on the left is aggressive and hostile and my emotional response is to automatically resist it. the one on the right is sending the message that it's all a wonderful party/eternal social event we just have to let go and join.
the one on the left inspires me to find friends and fight it.
the one on the right makes me feel like resisting is anti-social and that everyone else is already inside, having a good time, so why make trouble. it's insidious and anesthetizing as hell.
aggressive and hostile
lmao i saw that the other day. theres something wonderfully jarring about a corporate memphis version of Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son.
the one on the left is aggressive and hostile and my emotional response is to automatically resist it.
Yeah, but at the time, without the historical context, most people probably just thought it was inspiring badass futuristic shit. Maybe in a decade corporate memphis will be gone aside from neo-neonazi PFPs
Corporates could ruin any art style
(Though I agree entirely)
~~Does anyone even do this art style anymore? Can’t recall seeing it in a while other than people complaining about it.~~
Whatever, I’m wrong I guess. Just not seen them in any of the corporate stuff I have to be involved with.
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Yes, corporate memphis is still the default art style for corporate graphics and has been for like 15 years. I would argue it has also invaded a lot of graphic art today, walking around art booths at street festivals this summer it seemed like everything was touched by this style.
There's a lot of it in corporate contexts. They have realized it's out of favor at this point I think, I've noticed a reduction of it in the last few years.
Is there any entertainment stuff that uses corporate memphis style in a Brave New World kinda setting?
There's a pretty decent game that uses the style in an ironic sort of way: Going Under where you're an intern at a soda company but your job mostly involves going into dungeons and fighting goblins with office equipment
It's not dystopian though, it's more light-hearted, but it does have a very negative view of corporate culture and style. It presents the job as gruelling, meaningless, and run by rich goofballs who are disconnected from the day to day operations. The gameplay is pretty fun and the storyline is cool. It gets into commentary about the nature of work and how passion gets sacrificed for profit.
GOING UNDER MENTIONED ＼(°o°)／
It's a good game folks!
My city decided to stop pretending like it had a soul and has been using Corporate Memphis in all the local event billboards. Now I can really feel like I'm living in a propped up business experiment where art remains in spite of it, not because.