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I think HN is better example of "brutalist" web design than most of the examples. Plain typefaces and colors, rigid lines and block-y structures. As for the bi
by SlapHappy 8y ago
I think HN is better example of "brutalist" web design than most of the examples. Plain typefaces and colors, rigid lines and block-y structures.
As for the bit about brutalism being "honest, unpretentious and anti-bourgeois" - LOL - the only people who actually rave about it as an aesthetic are the most pretentious people I know (not that there's anything wrong w/ that).
- Semiapies 8y agoAnd "challenging" people or making them "uncomfortable" was never what the Brutalists were trying to do. They were utopians trying to build useful, life-improving structures unhampered by convention and superficial decoration. Any aesthetics had to come from the fundamental design and undisguised materials. Their designs often had a lot of practical problems, but they were never trying to be weird or off-putting for the sake of artiness. Hell, a lot of Brutalist buildings were the most functional, utilitarian structures you can picture. This whole thing uses Brutalism as a clickbait buzzword; it has nothing to do with the principles. A web site inspired by Brutalism would consist of the elements that the designer considered core to building it and avoid anything else. If CSS is not core, don't use it and instead rely on the browser styles. If JavaScript is core to function, use it. Etc.
- eeZah7Ux 8y agoDescribing a startup-happy billionaire-loving site like HN as "anti-bourgeois" is comical.
- cwkoss 8y agoDescribing any CSS style or design pattern as "anti-bourgeois" is comical.
- DonHopkins 8y agoSounds like a job for Comic Sans!