undesign the new design trend?

Is undesign the new design trend? Folks such as Garret Dimon and Tom Coates have redesigned their blogs to be über-minimal, leaving me feeling somewhat overdressed, so to speak. It’s not entirely accurate to say that they are ‘undesigned’ since clearly a lot of thought has gone into reducing the unnecessary and achieving maximum simplicity. Subtraction is monochrome (until you hover over links) and looks great. I like this trend – design striving toward transparency.   A paring away of merely decorative elements. But at the same time, a certain boldness from the use of BIG headlines and pictures. And BIG buttons.

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