Clean lines,
loud choices.
This isn't your
old-school
minimalism.
Ever noticed how a blank canvas feels louder than a crowded one? It’s strategy, not accident. According to research*, users form opinions on websites in just 50 milliseconds, and clutter slows them down.
For years, minimalism was hailed as the answer to overstimulation. But now there’s a new wave of minimalism that’s changing everything we know about it.
Curious?
What’s Your Design Archetype?
Minimalist, maximalist or somewhere in between? This short quiz reveals your creative
personality through the lens of design archetypes. Just pick what feels most like you.
Design Through the
Decades: From the
90s to Now!
1970–1975
Psychedelia
Meets Precision
Tie-dye palettes, swirling forms, and type that looked like it was high on disco. Posters had more patterns than a kaleidoscope convention.
Sleek chrome, sci-fi fonts, and space-age optimism. Think “Star Wars” meets Helvetica.
Retro Futurism Rises
1975–1980
1980–1985
Memphis Mayhem
Geometric chaos and joyful rebellion. It was less grid, more “just go wild.”
Designs tightened up. Logos got suit-and-tie serious. Enter sans serifs and IBM-style grids.
Corporate Cool
1985–1990
1990–1995
Grunge Attitude
Ripped paper, messy layouts, type that broke the rules and loved it.
Web 1.0 design: buttons with bevels, gradients galore, and pixel perfection (well… sorta).
Techno Gloss
1995–2000
2000–2005
Flashy Affairs
Intro animations, shiny interfaces, and skeuomorphic everything. UI with a showroom finish.
Design shed the gloss, went flat, and focused on usability. Hello, Google aesthetic.
Flat Finds Its Feet
2005–2010
2010–2015
Minimalist Movement
Whitespace became a power move. Logos dropped weight. Clarity was king.
Neumorphism flirted with us. Calm colors and rounded edges brought in zen mode.
Soft UI & Calm Tech
2015–2020
2020–2025
Minimalism, The Bold Remix
Big fonts. Loud color splashes. Minimal, but with a punch. Less said, louder heard.
Nature's Got the Blueprint. We're Just Copying It.
Turns out, Mother Nature was the original design thinker. Centuries of R&D, zero PowerPoint decks. Here’s how the natural world continues to out-design us, and how we’re (smartly) stealing her secrets:
Slime Mold & the Tokyo Subway
No brain. No problem.
When scientists laid out oat flakes like cities around Tokyo, a humble slime mold created a network that mimicked the actual subway system. Efficient, optimized, and freakishly accurate.
Takeaway: Even goo knows good infrastructure.
Ants & Delivery Routes
Ants leave scent trails to food. Logistics apps now do the same, minus the pheromones.
Their behavior inspired algorithms for traffic flow, courier routing, even data transfer.
Result: Smarter networks, thanks to tiny six-legged trailblazers.
Kingfisher & the Bullet Train
A bird dives silently into water. Engineers borrowed its beak shape to redesign Japan’s bullet train nose, reducing tunnel boom, upping speed, and boosting efficiency.
Nature’s contribution to better commuting: Beak performance.
Termite Mounds & Eco Architecture
Termites invented natural AC.
Termites invented natural AC.
Their mounds stay cool year-round, inspiring architects to build structures like Zimbabwe’s Eastgate Centre, with passive airflow and 90% less energy use.
Lesson: Bugs built it better.
Lotus Leaf & Self-Cleaning Tech
Lotus leaves stay spotless, no scrubbing needed.
Inspired by this, we now have self-cleaning paints, windows, and even fabrics.
Nature’s hack: Just add water.
Gecko Feet & Futuristic Tape
Geckos defy gravity with microscopic foot hairs. Scientists copied the concept to create super-adhesives—strong, reusable, and oddly satisfying.
Grip goals: Courtesy of nature’s wall-crawler.
Mycelium & Packaging
Mushrooms are making moves.
Mycelium (fungi roots) can be grown into furniture, packaging, even bricks. Biodegradable, compostable, future-proof.
From ground to greatness.
Coral Reefs & Green Cement
Corals build solid homes without carbon footprints. Inspired by them, scientists are creating bacteria-grown cement—strong, stable, and planet-friendly.
Who needs concrete jungles when reefs have receipts?