The Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute – A visual compendium of niche trends and aesthetics, described as “an online community dedicated to developing a visual lexicon of consumer ephemera from the 1970s until now.” Each of these is a massive shot of nostalgia, and seeing them given cultural context and analysis is really scratching a particular itch. Loving Frasurbane, Whimsicraft, Global Village Coffee House. The Are.na of one of its founders, archivist Evan Colins seems to have even more comprehensive visuals for each aesthetic. (Discovered via the Frasurbane page: this fabulous 1986 secretary desk.) Via Irony Machine.