Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Organic Modern vs. Cyberpunk Industrial

Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic

Organic Modern vs. Cyberpunk Industrial

ATLS 4279 – Aesthetics in Design

AJ Terio

2/14/2024

Why they are opposite

The organic modern aesthetic I’m hoping to achieve with my project is tailored to the style that my parents already have created in our kitchen back home in Virginia. This aesthetic will utilize natural resources for building such as wood, cork, moss and plants with a white painted coat to match with the rest of the cabinets and walls. 

Examples of Organic Modern

Now cyberpunk industrial pretty much embodies the complete opposite aesthetic I am trying to encapsulate, and here is why. Cyberpunk embodies technology, futuristic elements, neon lights, metal, gears and a lot of inorganic materials. The industrial aesthetic works to capture exposed brick, industrial lighting, large building systems and massive networks of wire, pipes, and structural beams. These two aesthetics combine the concepts of massive and extensive networks of machinery with the futuristic genre of science fiction set in a lawless subculture to create a surreal apocalyptic landscape of artificially run factories and skyscrapers.

Examples of Cyberpunk industrial