To refer to LSD: Dream Emulator as a game can be as misleading as it is reductive. It was a three-pronged attack on contemporary art conventions as they existed in the mid-to-late 1990s, one comprised of an interactive dream, a profusely illustrated journal, and an avant-garde electronic music album. It was also the most sophisticated coalescence of art and interactive media coming out of Japan at the time. There had never been anything like it before. One may even argue there has never been anything quite like it since.
M-zone, based in Seoul, was a tech store that sold specific Samsung products, Designed by schmidhuber + kaindl. There is a clear influence from frutiger aero, with curved walls, and colorful glass.
Artwork by kentaro Mori, the artist for futureexpress, which is a perfect example of y2k art. futureexpress still exists today, with the original art still on the site.
h.r. giger was most known for his biomechanical art, by creating the infamous alien character, the xenomorph, and his work on the Emerson, lake, And palmer album art for brain salad surgery. One of his paintings (not displayed due to being nsfw) was put in every copy of Frankenchrist vinyls by the hardcore punk band, dead Kennedys. His art still influences many today.
Artwork by Wayne coyne, frontman of the flaming lips, (one of my favorite bands) artwork for their smash hit album, yoshimi battles the pink robots. These can be a perfect example of y2k art, with some, (such as the 1st image) still ranging on today. This album is based around a character, yoshimi, battling "pink robots", which are cancer. This is a very thoughtful, touching, amazing album that i never get bored of.
Artwork by Alex grey, mostly known for has his paintings for the band tool, and the album cover for their album lateralus. His work can resemble heavy similarities to trips.
70s-80s Japanese graphic design, mainly focusing on minimal colors/warm, ambient, tones. This was pioneered by artists such as kazumasa nagai, koichi sato, and ikko tanaka. Source: are.na