The history of Western architecture can teach us a lot about the evolution of web design. As forms of art, both are defined by several factors within these constraints, both have progressed along remarkably.
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The history of Western architecture can teach us a lot about the evolution of web design. As forms of art, both are defined by several factors within these constraints, both have progressed along remarkably.
CSS and Flash were the stained glass of web design. With the fundamentals in place, we began pushing materials beyond the limits of what seemed possible. Gothic architecture transformed stone into gravity-defying spectacles that took your breath away. And though it’s hard to remember now, those early Flash and CSS sites amazed us just as pixels.
People started publishing treatises with the new rules, and it all got a little more meta. Being so logical and precise is fun for only so long. Eventually we’ll just start breaking rules.
This is where we are today. It’s uncanny how similar the recent “flat design” movement is to the Renaissance. Renaissance architecture called for a return to Classical logic. Simple geometric forms replaced ornate complexity. Designs became cleaner.
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