Colorful transparent plastic is nostalgic and tacky, like those object shaped rubber bands/bracelets. On one hand its a bit ugly and clashes with modern aesthetic, on the other the pop of color makes it stand out and seeing the insides of your electronics is kind of novel, dare I say radical
I believe that colorfulness directly correlates with happiness.
Also, most of it was japanese AFAIK.
Automobiles seem to have lost color, too, with various shades of grey in the standard offerings.
What happened to green colored cars? Seems to only be red, blue, white and black now. And when was the last time you saw a yellow colored car?
You are correct, but I can’t give you an answer why.
To each their own.
When I look at these I think of cheap plastic trash. Much prefer current design.
Cheap plastic trash that’s not translucent, or glass stuff that’s more expensive, fragile, and even less biodegradable?
Both. I think the translucent stuff just makes it look bad. Again, to each their own though but I always thought the translucent stuff looked awful and was how to distinguish between cheap knock offs vs better quality goods.
I’m sure it depends on what items you grew up with specifically, but the translucent controllers for me were always the knockoffs. And beyond that, I thought the macs were hideous compared to a boring but at least solid windows beige box.
Colour was awesome, but the translucent stuff with pcb showing through just looked trashy to me.
