One of my favorite sites (ever):
Requiem for a Dream by Hi-ReS!
The site made you feel the same way as watching the movie.
In 1999 and the early 2000s, there were no rules. Everyone just experimented and tried things out. Hopefully, we’re starting to get more of that back with AI.
Alexandra (founder of Hi-Res!) writes about it on LinkedIn. And they recreated the site.
Links in the next post.
If you watched MTV, VH1 or Fuse in the 2000's you saw Justin Harder's work many, many times.
This is his 2004 reel, and probably my single favorite design artifact of all time.
He's pretty lowkey these days, but his work blew EVERYONE away back then and he was one of the most copied designers of the decade (myself included).
IMO a lot of this stuff would still look fresh as hell if it came out today, and he definitely deserves his flowers for being such a huge part of that and era/aesthetic that so many people loved.
AFAIK he's not on here, so I can't tag him.