Y2K web design may have been chaotic, but it was delightfully playful.
, the Nintendo Website from 2001 is a great example of the Y2K aesthetic, from Mario's greeting to the pixel art icons and playfully chaotic layout. It feels almost like an old newspaper page design, where you're presented with so many stories, you don't know which you're supposed to read first, but it doesn't matter because there's no right way to read it. It's something that's designed to be perused at leisure.
Today, especially after the shift to a mobile-first approach, it's not just that imagery has got bigger and better as loading times reduced, but web designs have become much more streamlined. But some people seem to miss the old approach."I miss the 2000s styles of websites. Each website had character and everything was clear," one person responded on Twitter.
"It's simultaneously chaotic while also just so fun and interactive. Look at those intentional scanlines on the featured sites images!" someone else wrote."My favourite part of old web design is having the same link in 5 different places. I do miss these days," was another response. Looking to build your own site? See our picks of the
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