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New aesthetics in web design. With the brutalist movement something new started. People went back to code editors to create websites by hand skipping third-par
by csbartus 10y ago
New aesthetics in web design.
With the brutalist movement something new started. People went back to code editors to create websites by hand skipping third-party, non-web-native user interface design tools prefilled with common knowledge making websites looking uniform.
The idea of design silos and brand-specific design thinking is dropped: no more bootstrap, flat design, material design, etc.
It's like back to the nineties and reinventing web design. You start from scratch, on your own, and build bottom up without external influence and or help.
It's about creativity vs. the bandwagon, about crafting your own instead of putting together from popular pieces.
http://brutalistwebsites.com http://brutalistwebsites.com
- dandare 10y agoIsn't it just a fad? How usable and readable is the brutalist design? Or what are you trying to maximise other than being different?
- jstimpfle 10y agoA fad? Don't you see a problem with many of today's websites? Both from a developer's and a user's perspective.
- dandare 10y agoB specific. Answer the question above, name the problem you have on mind and tell us how is brutalism solving that problem.
- jstimpfle 10y agoDid not downvote. Let's take twitter as a well known and particularly bad example. For a brutalist example, let's take HN. It works. Plus, I'm sure the code is quite simple.
- Crespyl 10y agoFrom skimming the thumbnails in the linked site, I don't know that I'd call HN or reddit brutalist designs, maybe "classic" or "skeletal". The emphasis is on dense content with simple links, and there's not a lot of "live" interactive content on the page. I don't find either site to be particularly ugly or visually offensive, contrary to many of the linked "brutalist" sites. I'd love to see more sites in the HN/reddit model (here's hoping reddit's coming desktop redesign doesn't lose that), but I wouldn't want to actually use more brutalist sites (outside of individual creative expression, anyway).
- jstimpfle 10y agoI didn't coin the term and I don't like it -- but hacker news is actually listed on the linked site.
- pitaj 10y agoSure, many "modern" sites have terrible UX, but that doesn't mean that minimalist or "brutalist" designs are intrinsically any better.
- jstimpfle 10y agoAt least they load quickly. They don't hog you CPU. And they don't mess what you can Ctrl+F. All a great boon for UX, while being easier to design.
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- warent 10y agoI think Craigslist is probably a good example of brutalism. But that website you provided doesn't even have a mobile version, which comes across as inexperienced, not "minimalist"
- edem 10y ago[This] site is my favorite in this regard: [This][https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/ https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/]
- romanovcode 10y agoWhat's so "brutal" about this website? Looks like perfectly normal blog website to me.