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Neubrutalism is taking over the web
A new design style merges chaotic visuals with good typography
Since the material design revolution, we have been stuck with various versions of the modern-minimal style. Nice, rounded edges on everything, soft, colorful shadows and subtle, pretty gradients. That candy-like style almost appears to give out a bit of a glow.
People get bored with how their apps and websites look after six to seven years.
Every seven years, however, the pendulum swings back between full-on skeuomorphism and complete minimalism, landing at a slightly different approach each time.
People simply get bored with how their apps and websites look after six to seven years. They need a change.
While Neumorphism, and to some extent Glassmorphism tried to steer the UI’s of the future into some new directions, none of those styles succeeded in overtaking the king.
The style I want to talk about today, is not going to win the popularity contest either. Neubrutalism, or Neobrutalism as some people call it, is a mix of regular brutalism in web design and more modern typography, illustration and animation standards.
The fact that it exists makes me happy, because we do need alternatives — otherwise our UI’s will get boring and repetitive and I don’t want to see another Material design taking over everything.
