Dark Ages of the Web
Notes on the old internet, its design and frontend.
Brutalist design is the bad influence we all need
What these brands are taking from web-brutalism — and truly, we should all be learning something here — is that User-centered design doesn’t need to be monopolized by the same colors, same buttons, same photography and even same copy you see in pretty much every single website or product.
Related links
The Pain With No Name · An A List Apart Article
This rousing call-to-arms by Abby the IA makes a great companion piece to her interview on The Big Web Show.
And They All Look Just the Same
Greg isn’t just lamenting a perceived “sameness” in web design here. He’s taking a long-zoom view and pointing out that there’s always a sameness …and you can choose to go along with it or you can choose to differentiate.
Vitamin Features » Web Design-isms: 7 Surefire Styles that Work
A nice well-illustrated article from Larissa Meek pointing to some design trends that can be applied to the Web.