[memjay]

Do you have tips on how to get better at design, now that everything looks like the same AI-slop online?

Like how do you come up with a cohesive looking set of components for example? I use design tokens but they are not enough to get to a coherent design where components look like they belong together and kind of stand out from other designs.

[coldtea]

>now that everything looks like the same AI-slop online

Designers have managed to make everything look the same pre-AI too, like the shitty "flat design" era.

[bediger4000]

Flat design is still pervasive, and has horrible ergonomics. If I'm supposed to click on something, make it look that way, OK? Also, a tiny, grey chevron on the far right of some text is not adequate for marking a pull-down list. Who thought any of "flat design" was a good idea, and did they have to black mail all the human factors people to get it in production?

All that to say, I emphatically agree. Lemmings following a trend is not a good way to distinguish anything or any one.

[memjay]

Do you have a good example of a website that does not follow flat design that you like?

[memjay]

Agree. Systems like shadcn accelerated this moving towards sameness a lot.