Modern web design is everywhere right now - gradients, floating cards, oversized hero sections, glassmorphism, micro animations, dark mode… and increasingly, every site is starting to feel the same. Even AI-generated websites seem to default to the same handful of design trends and layouts. But is that actually a problem? In this edition of the Web News, Matt and Mike discuss whether “modern” automatically means “better,” why so many websites are converging toward the same aesthetic, and whether usability, branding, and originality are starting to get lost in the process.
Modern web design is starting to become homogenized. It feels like everything looks like a SaaS landing page - even AI generated websites are (maybe unsurprisingly) starting to look very similar to one another.
We’re seeing overuse of:
You could argue that this list of features are good indicators of a modern website and aren’t a problem at all.
