Brutalist Websites
Websites without the modern design trends
Brutalist Websites launched on April 18, 2016 with 71 votes, #762 of 4,301 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
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Brutalist Websites – In its ruggedness and lack of concern to look comfortable or easy, Brutalism can be seen as a reaction by a younger generation to the lightness, optimism, and frivolity of today's web design. – Submit Who on earth said that the bigger screen you have, the less you willfrom brutalistwebsites.com
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Brutalist Websites2016 · brutalistwebsites.com · ▲8Showcase of "brutal" websites rejecting modern design trends
CBC Spark - 322: Web Brutalism, millennial interests and more2016 · podcasts.apple.com · ▲83Why Brutalism is the hot new trend in web design
The Brutalist Report – A rolling snapshot of the day’s headlines2022 · brutalist.report · ▲232Hi HN. I was inspired by so many other folks also longing for a return to the old web that I put together a service to scratch my own itch: An extremely fast headline aggregator done in 1990s style HTML. Sharing it with you all for those of you that also would enjoy this now esoteric style.
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- BHBrutalist Hacker News – A HN reader inspired by brutalist web design2024 · brutalisthackernews.com · ▲101
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