Et tu Brute? Intuitive UX, meet Brutalism
Sage Orville Shea (https://www.sageorville.com/)
Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DZuIFoWWmaLlKuOVipVuadENWY6Ok9n2REz7ZLbWxDA/edit?usp=sharing
Modern principles of web design focus most heavily on the user experience and being able to successfully assume and satisfy the user's needs. From menu headings to links, skim friendly and hierarchical written copy to clear functionality, web designers make hundreds of decisions to craft a perfectly intuitive web experience so the user doesn't have to think. Brutalist websites, by contrast, are abrasive and grungy with many rough edge interactions. With no clear discernment for comfort, they seem to throw out the playbook on intuitive design, or do they?
Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DZuIFoWWmaLlKuOVipVuadENWY6Ok9n2REz7ZLbWxDA/edit?usp=sharing
Modern principles of web design focus most heavily on the user experience and being able to successfully assume and satisfy the user's needs. From menu headings to links, skim friendly and hierarchical written copy to clear functionality, web designers make hundreds of decisions to craft a perfectly intuitive web experience so the user doesn't have to think. Brutalist websites, by contrast, are abrasive and grungy with many rough edge interactions. With no clear discernment for comfort, they seem to throw out the playbook on intuitive design, or do they?