Dreamhost has an interesting history. Not sure which came first, but they also ran a small design network called Newdream, which was similar to a lot of early W

Dreamhost has an interesting history. Not sure which came first, but they also ran a small design network called Newdream, which was similar to a lot of early Web 1.0 design zines/collectives like Swanky, lockjaw, and others. IIRC, Newdream was responsible for Webring and a few other cool things. Those collectives and early adopters soon gave way to news/content aggregators like k10k and Newstoday. They were neat in their own way but I personally loved a lot of the anarchic spirit of those early groups. So much of the dominant design aesthetic back then was still very much tied to print principles; it was those groups that were really exploring new layouts, what JavaScript could do, and so on. The closest analogue I can think of is the demoscene; really early technologists exploring a new space and coming up with really interesting, modern art. It's a shame a lot of that is lost in time.