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Good read, but I can’t shake the feeling that the author ascribes too much to exactly one “vibe shift” in website design and unsplash’s role in it. Web design

Good read, but I can’t shake the feeling that the author ascribes too much to exactly one “vibe shift” in website design and unsplash’s role in it. Web design trends change every few years, for the same signalling reasons that fashion does. It’s about standing out and leaving an impression more than the cost of technology, which is why fashions can repeat. I don’t think DALL-E will change that in the way author supposes, it will reduce the cost slightly but consumers can’t judge cost only novelty and there are plenty of ways to be creative with DALL-E.

moconnor 4y ago
To be more precise: the author’s theory predicts that new technology moves design away from the things it makes cheap directly as a status symbol. In this case, DALL-E makes websites move away from images it can create. I contend novelty is the prime mover and technology that opens new possibilities moves designs towards these. Only once the market is saturated with them is new novelty sought. In this case, DALL-E will let websites move towards new styles of e.g. smoothly animating / shifting logos and images, images that are slightly but smoothly different every time you visit the site, regularly styles logos ala Google Doodles, websites with automatic dark/light modes and images to match, websites that match the weather in your location etc. Only after whatever new style is found becomes widespread will it become passé. Testable predictions: let’s go!