Guidelines for Brutalist Web Design
&gt; brutalist buildings often reflect back the forms used to make them<p>I like the core concept of brutalism, but I see problems with brutalism in general and in applicability to web design...<p>The problem I see with brutalism in general is that it doesn&#x27;t go far enough! removing the veneer and doing away with facades is the first step, the point is to be honest; not to intentionally make things aesthetically displeasing. Once it&#x27;s honest you can focus on good function and beauty emerging from within.<p>This principle isn&#x27;t entirely incompatible with web design, however there is a significant difference that needs to be understood: With web design the aesthetics are not completely separable from the function, because in the most fundamental way - you operate a web page by <i>looking at it</i>.<p>Because of this, I prefer to focus on minimalism and typography when it comes to creating highly functional, no bullshit web design. In other words, look at how books have been doing it for the past 1000 years, because beyond having to turn a page their basic function is very similar.