On: Why everything looks the same

[anthk]

> think that the current minimal aesthetic really started in the early 00's with Apple's iPod. That design was striking at the time and was the antithesis to 90's grunge aesthetic.

Unix users had flat designs on Fluxbox/Blackbox and lot of themes.

http://tenr.de/styles/

On the rest of the platforms, I remind you System6 and 7 on Apple were minimal and flat.