The new breed of "anti-design" websites

From youcansleepwhenyouredead.com
January 05, 2005

Maybe it started with craigslist, google or maybe ebay. Or if we go way back, it could have been unix itself, but 2004's most popular sites have a nearly "anti-design" approach to online site branding. Gmail, Flickr, del.icio.us, and 43things are conspicuously devoid of design, yet are intensely popular because they focus on speed and serviceability.

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