In recent years, we've been constantly seeing reboots or remakes of old TV shows on screens—90s, 2000s, even 80s... It's like everyone wants to somehow go back to the past. Some classics even become so popular that the new generation falls in love with them too. What do you think triggers this nostalgia trend? Maybe it's our need to share a common past? Would love to hear your thoughts, guys 👀
Nostalgia overload: Classic shows are becoming new icons.
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Seeing this frenzy where older series are turned into modern icons made me realize that there’s actually a shared nostalgia market that lives in all of us. Let me tell you about what I’ve been up to: a while back I started designing minimalist posters inspired by X‑Men comics, with a touch that captures the nostalgic vibe of the 2000s. Suddenly, people started posting these kinds of images on Instagram like it’s a serious thing, as if we’re all on a new quest to track down the trace of a lost childhood together.
In my opinion, what’s driving this trend is the need, in a digital age that’s always chasing the next thing, to express what belongs to us (or what should belong to us) with simple, understandable symbols. Turning old shows into icons is exactly that: grabbing a piece of the past and fitting it into a modern form without getting lost in the chaos. In fact, I think it’s a golden opportunity for designers—if you want to do a nostalgia project, just pick your color palette and typography carefully, and then nobody can say “it looks like the old version.”