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Sunsets & Grids

December 18, 2025 · 28 min

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An investigation into ubiquitous stock imagery used to depict cyberspace, technology and the 1980s. I examine the pop culture of the 80s, the influence of technology, certain cities, and synthwave.



🔗LINKS:

📰 Useful articles on the subject: 

https://www.psd-dude.com/tutorials/resources/80s-font.aspx

https://medium.com/@cywjoel/outrun-the-aesthetic-deconstructed-dbd3cd8679b7

https://wearethemutants.com/2017/02/16/vanishing-point-how-the-light-grid-defined-1980s-futurism/

https://indieground.net/blog/80s-grid-history/

📕 Michel Tcherevkoff's book: https://archive.org/details/tcherevkoffimage0000tche/page/n151/mode/2up

🎥The Rise of the Synths documentary website: https://theriseofthesynths.com/ 

🎥My documentary, Follow the Stickers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_6Q4uOLIY4 

📼The 77-Year-Old Giga-Chad Boomer who loves GIFs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9SO7cZU_nM 


👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATT

You can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocs

Here's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/

Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/


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