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by webmaven 1595 days ago
> That page hurts my eyes. Not the font, the colors and motions. I do not understand why we design pages like this anymore. Does anyone like that style?

If I were to guess, whoever designed the page was consciously riffing off of Paul Rand's (designer of the IBM logos that this typeface is based on) graphic work, particularly from the late 70s to early 90s:

https://www.paulrand.design/work/IBM.html

Except that the colors in particular which were a bold choice in print, are positively eye-watering on modern screens.