Web Design
1378 sites
https://wyrppad.neocities.org/
WYRPPAD is a carefully handcrafted personal homepage built with Phoenix Code and optimized for desktop Firefox viewing, reflecting a classic old-web aesthetic sensibility. The site is image-heavy and participates in webrings, suggesting it is part of the retro/indie web revival community.
https://webring.getimiskon.xyz/
Gettie's Webring is a small, invite-style ring created by getimiskon to connect personal websites after noticing many webrings had shut down or closed registrations. It focuses exclusively on personal sites, listing over a dozen member pages with simple HTML snippets for joining and linking back to the ring.
https://a-website-is-a-room.net/
Created as an undergraduate thesis project by Nancy Wu, this thoughtful site explores the idea that websites function as rooms offering shelter, quiet, and gathering, drawing on thinkers like Mindy Seu and Legacy Russell. Visitors can submit URLs of websites they find restful or meaningful, contributing to a live communal feed that celebrates the web as a lived, habitable space.
https://axel.mx/
Axel Valdez is a Design Engineer from Hermosillo, Mexico who blends professional front-end development expertise with personal writing, music mixtapes, and reflections on indie web culture. The site serves as a thoughtful hub covering everything from short stream-of-consciousness posts to longer essays on notebooks, headphones, and everyday observations.
https://machine-cat.neocities.org/
Machine-cat's old landing page serves as a redirect hub, pointing visitors to a new webhost while preserving active webring memberships. The sparse page features classic old-web aesthetics with a clickable warp portal and participation in the NewWeb personal pages webring.
http://efatland.com/portfolio/webting/wireframes.html
Eirik Fatland's interaction design portfolio showcases WebTing, a democratic web application he designed as part of his MA thesis 'Democratic Interfaces' at Media Lab Helsinki. The wireframes document a multi-phase civic decision-making tool where users explore, discuss, and vote on issues, offering a fascinating glimpse into early participatory design thinking.
http://contemporary-home-computing.org/affordance
A keynote essay by net artist and Digital Folklore researcher Olia Lialina, delivered at the Rethinking Affordance Symposium in 2018, exploring how interface design shapes human behavior through affordance, forgiveness, and ambiguity in HCI and human-robot interaction. Rich with annotated slides and references, it offers a critical artistic perspective on the hidden power of UI design decisions and the metaphors baked into everyday digital interfaces.
https://humantooth.neocities.org/linkout
A densely packed links page by Neocities creator 'humantooth' collecting essential resources for indie web builders, including graphic tools, script galleries, GIF archives, old OS aesthetics, webrings, and obscure media search engines. It serves as a curated toolkit for anyone building or exploring the retro/small web, making it a genuinely useful reference for the handcrafted web community.
https://kerofutii.net/
Kerofutii's personal corner of the web is a classic old-web-style splash page packed with blinkies, buttons, and animated gifs celebrating internet nostalgia, Hatsune Miku, trans rights, and fandom culture. The site leans heavily into retro web aesthetics with custom pixel art, clique memberships, and a cozy handcrafted feel that invites exploration.
https://firey828.neocities.org/
Firey's Hideout is a budding personal site by a creator called firey, featuring planned sections for calculators, a personal collection, and stamps. The site is in its early stages but shows a clear focus on building interactive tools and curated web content.