<story><title>Neubrutalism is taking over the web?</title><url>https://hype4.academy/articles/design/neubrutalism-is-taking-over-web</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mark_and_sweep</author><text>&amp;gt; People simply get bored with how their apps and websites look after six to seven years. They need a change.&lt;p&gt;Is there any research that supports this claim? If I use an app for 6 years, why would I suddenly need a change?&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m still ocassionally using a 10 y&amp;#x2F;o version of Photoshop. In fact, I&amp;#x27;m very happy that it does not change. I wouldn&amp;#x27;t want to spend time on re-learning the UI. The same is true for many apps that I use.&lt;p&gt;Please don&amp;#x27;t overdo re-designs just for the sake of it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Zandikar</author><text>Agreed, I&amp;#x27;d love to see some data on that claim, and for it to be in context with the friction a new design has against an existing userbase when a design change occurs. I get that as time goes on, functionality, usecases, userbases, developers, frameworks, etc all evolve over time, and it&amp;#x27;s wise to make changes to keep up with those shifts in paradigms (rise of mobile use vs desktop in the 2010&amp;#x27;s for example).&lt;p&gt;Never once heard: &amp;quot;Man, I sure wish this thing that I&amp;#x27;ve gotten used to and enjoy using for the passed 10 years would suddenly reshuffle everything so I have to relearn where everything is just so it keeps up with whatever the new trend is&amp;quot;. To be frank, sounds more like someone in search of some job security.&lt;p&gt;Changes are necessary over time yes, but without some studies backing it up, I can&amp;#x27;t fathom that change for the sake of staying &amp;quot;fresh&amp;quot; belongs anywhere in software design and development. As an imperative from marketing&amp;#x2F;management to attract a new userbase, sure, but that&amp;#x27;s not a Design or Dev motive. If there&amp;#x27;s an opportunity to unify the standard of design or consolidating&amp;#x2F;eliminating technical debt while undergoing a significant overhaul, sure, understandable. But &amp;quot;It seems a little stale, we should change it&amp;quot;? From a User&amp;#x27;s perspective? Please don&amp;#x27;t.</text></comment>
<story><title>Neubrutalism is taking over the web?</title><url>https://hype4.academy/articles/design/neubrutalism-is-taking-over-web</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mark_and_sweep</author><text>&amp;gt; People simply get bored with how their apps and websites look after six to seven years. They need a change.&lt;p&gt;Is there any research that supports this claim? If I use an app for 6 years, why would I suddenly need a change?&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m still ocassionally using a 10 y&amp;#x2F;o version of Photoshop. In fact, I&amp;#x27;m very happy that it does not change. I wouldn&amp;#x27;t want to spend time on re-learning the UI. The same is true for many apps that I use.&lt;p&gt;Please don&amp;#x27;t overdo re-designs just for the sake of it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>DoingIsLearning</author><text>&amp;gt; People simply get bored with how their apps and websites look after six to seven years. They need a change.&lt;p&gt;I would argue that the quote generalizes to all people, just as you are generalizing your sentiment to all people.&lt;p&gt;I have a lot of 15 year old clothes in my wardrobe, I know many friends who feel the urge of buying a new outfit every few months. I am not passing judgement we are just not similar in our desire for novelty.&lt;p&gt;I value function others value form. Form valuing people will likely enjoy app redesigns, function valuing people will likely value knowing where everything is in an app rather than re-training on new designs.&lt;p&gt;Most importantly I would speculate that form valuing people are way more likely to spend money on apps and services, so these services will likely do better in catering to form over function.</text></comment>