Web Design Museum

I'm grateful to Web Design Museum for keeping the history of web design alive. I love waking up and seeing something new from days gone by that rekindles that spark.

Re: Web Design Museum

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Post by webdesignmuseum » Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 1:40 PM UTC

chris-vecchio wrote: post #4

I'm grateful to Web Design Museum for keeping the history of web design alive. I love waking up and seeing something new from days gone by that rekindles that spark.

Thanks for the support. It helps us make the Museum better.

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Post by lagniappe » Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 1:50 PM UTC

My favorite artist at the time was Mike Young https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/gallery/designgraphik-2001

Serving 3 is in there, too bad serving phour doesnt seem to be.

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Post by web64 » Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 1:55 PM UTC

It's cool to see the website[1] of the startup/dotCom I worked at in the early 2000s captured there! The website won the navigation award at Macromedia's fashforward event, and I still think holds up quite well even over 20 years later. The zoom navigation was quite interesting and worked well on mobile devices like the HP iPAQ PDAs we tested it on.

[1] https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/gallery/relevare-2002

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Post by romanhn » Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 2:03 PM UTC

The evolution of the McDonalds website is a great example of playful and whimsical 90s design aesthetic gradually replaced to become the blandness that it is today.

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Post by neya » Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 2:16 PM UTC

I still to date prefer the older, full-of-character designs than the modern soulless minimalist designs. We also didn't have to worry about annoying cookie consent popups, "subscribe now!" splash screen popups and the general fear of clicking any link that opens a new window randomly to some walled garden.

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Post by Bjorkbat » Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 2:52 PM UTC

Related https://thehistoryofweb.design/

The book is an interesting read. The death of Flash feels like the start of a dark age for web design when you compare what came before with what came now. Granted, this may be less due to the death of Flash and more due to marketers and UX professionals trying to simplify the journey from visit to purchase.