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I don't know what the graphic style is called but I despise it. How is that type of drawing not something anyone can do? Honestly. Unless these drawings are done by children they are horrible, if they are I apologize and feel bad. I think Box.com or Dropbox used similar graphics early on.. apple had some going with apple.com/today but they have moved along.

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I totally agree I find this drawing style of goofy-looking characters with weird proportions that is going through so many tech companies right now so confusing. I hate it.

The "big bodies, tiny heads" style seems exactly the opposite notion of what you'd want to convey with a tech company too[1]. It's like the exact opposite of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibi_(slang)

[1] Unless it's some sly reference to "smart technology, dumb people"?

I honestly think it's done to look more "whimsical" and "accessible" and to dodge any sort of accusation of discrimination or exclusion. Which isn't a bad thing at all. Just the art style is so weird and blobby.

It's called pretentious. It's an attempt to appear to be working on a higher level by deliberately discarding aesthetics and what would commonly be thought of as good design. A sort of purposefully ugly. It was a trend in fashion for a while and sadly it looks to have bled over into places like Google in a desire to be hip.

To me it just looks like bad 4chan memes and trying too hard.

Ew, you weren’t kidding. I haven’t seen anything like these elsewhere, luckily. They’re really off-putting.

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