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The nomenclature is just wild... So concrete monoliths in architecture translate to high-contrast, colorful, fluffy graphic design? I actually like the examples he has shown, looks a bit retro and futuristic at the same time.
I totally agree. The described style has nothing to do with béton brut. Rather the opposite.
> It was the architects showing they were bored with the status-quo and trying something different. That feels very similar to the current search for the UI trend to take over design.
"Brutalism" doesn't come from "brutal" but from "brut", meaning raw or unaltered. It also had goals and values beyond being bored with the status quo, in that it was a close offshoot of modernism concerned with authenticity.
Although it's true that the name wasn't very good and it's now mostly understood to refer to the massive angular concrete structures we know and love.
The nomenclature is just wild... So concrete monoliths in architecture translate to high-contrast, colorful, fluffy graphic design? I actually like the examples he has shown, looks a bit retro and futuristic at the same time.
Reminds me of 90s pop music magazines, just less cluttered https://archive.ph/NrIHS
Luckily, I don't see this “taking over the web” at all. This looks like design created by people who aren't good at design.
Is there any research that supports this claim? If I use an app for 6 years, why would I suddenly need a change?
I'm still ocassionally using a 10 y/o version of Photoshop. In fact, I'm very happy that it does not change. I wouldn't want to spend time on re-learning the UI. The same is true for many apps that I use.
Please don't overdo re-designs just for the sake of it.
example: https://www.art.yale.edu