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Sorry if this is too off topic, but is there a name for the art style they are using in the illustrations? It seems to be all over corporate sites these days.


"Corporate Memphis," perhaps?

Previous HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27107820

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_Memphis

Edit: I had this open in a tab for ~20 mins. which is why I didn't see caseyohara's reply before submitting mine. Please excuse the redundancy.


That design style is called "Corporate Memphis" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_Memphis) and you're right it is pervasive.

Here's a YouTube video about it if you're curious: Why do "Corporate Art styles" Feel Fake? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFb7BOI_QFc


used to be a nice twitter blog documenting the style, but it got suspended at some point: https://web.archive.org/web/20190426022335if_/https://twitte...




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