> the era of changing trends is more or less behind us I find this statement very odd. Even if everything had somehow reached a state of near-perfection, the h

> the era of changing trends is more or less behind us I find this statement very odd. Even if everything had somehow reached a state of near-perfection, the history of the web (and fashion, architecture, etc) seems to me to be an endless series of proofs that as soon as a period's worth of designers think that the arguments have been settled and all theories have been tested, some new trend (or a resurrected ancient monster) will come along and totally upend what's popular. I think this happens if only because young designers need to rebel. Ten years from now we might be living in a new era of glossy jelly buttons or steampunk or chrome or baroque flourishes. We might hate it - but in fact, the previous generation hating it might be the point.