The similar development course of web design and Western architecture

History is always strikingly similar. Western architecture and web design as a combination of engineering and art, the development process of the two are so similar, and the following four factors have an inseparable relationship:

Provides a place for users

With engineering constructs to build their

The progress of science and technology is their development bottleneck

Nevertheless, they are still a manifestation of art.

Under these settings, you can clearly see that the development path of architecture and web design is very similar. So, if you want to know where the web design will go, look at the buildings in the past.

　First, Neolithic age--Simple and limited structure

At this stage, it's a feat to build things up, and there's nothing to spend on variables like size and position.

　Second, classicism--orderly, appropriate decoration

The classical architecture emphasizes the proportion and the level, the stratification is clear, each part has the different function. Materials and media (stone/pixel) Follow the previous style: the pattern of stone instead of the early traditional wooden beams, embodied in the Web page, then 3D and the object of the button represents the physical keys.

　Three, Romanesque architecture--thick and mellow

The Romanesque architecture began to use soft edges and thick walls and partitions, just as the menu and button styles in the Web design of the late 90 were close: thick and easy to click.

　　Gothic style--the charm of beauty

The beautiful stained glass on the building is embodied in the web design, which is CSS and flash. The use of materials and styles begins to break the traditional limits, and web design begins with unlimited possibilities. Gothic architecture gives the stone a suffocating beauty, and every person standing in front of it holds his breath, and the pages of this stage have similar characteristics, though it is difficult to remember their details, but you will not forget the unique beauty of that complex style.

V. Renaissance--concise, clear, precise

The Renaissance architecture corresponds to our current stage. The return of "flat design" is strikingly similar to that of the Renaissance. In the Renaissance, the intricate architectural style was replaced by a methodical classical style. Simple forms of expression are again dominant, and people are beginning to accept the new rules.

Here, we may wish to use the development of architecture, to predict the future development of web design direction.

Vi. Baroque--the distortion of the rules

After such a long walk in the rules, people began to love to break through the boundaries and rules. In the field of architecture, people begin to break the classical elements and adjust them to more complex forms, which are more emotional and dramatic. So what does it do to web design? Maybe it was the day we got to know.

　　Vii. neo-classicism-connected to the past

This is the design, the cycle. When the design is developed to a certain stage, it will naturally beautify the original classical style, again to retro is only a matter of time. The old Yahoo site may not look big enough now, but it might look a little different in a few years.

Eight, the more distant future-who knows?

Next, the building may run into new Romanesque or neo-Gothic, and they are also old bottles of new wine, which will return to the technical blessing. Of course, these are just a possibility. Future, who knows?