Instagram Windows 95
Moscow-based designer Misha Petrick envisions what Instagram would have looked like in Windows 95, or a Windows-based smartphone, over 20-years ago. As you can see, the 8-bit graphics, MS Sans Serif font, and the teal blue background, actually work, or so we’d like to think.


Instagram Windows 95
Speaking of Instagram, did you know that it was initially called Burbn? That’s right, it was basically only going to be a mobile check-in app, created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, that took the best parts of the Foursquare app and combined them into a new experience. However, the founders realized it was too similar to Foursquare, so they refocused their app on photo-sharing.

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Instagram Windows 95
Instagram Windows 95

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