GALLERY: Vintage Web Design from the Archaeology of the Web Exhibition

Visiting this exhibition was like time travel, taking you back to the internet circa 1999. Curated by Jim Boulton (interview up soon), it cherry-picked the most pioneering websites from 1990 up to the mid 00s, and displayed them on real vintage machines culled from eBay. The aim was to preserve the fast-vanishing crop of websites and to look at the sites and designs that set the shape of the web as we know it today.

Flick through the pictures below to get a taste of life on the old web… and remind yourself what the 90s were really like.

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Anna Leach

5 comments

  • This idea of web exhibition is unique. ebay support for this cause is really appreciable thing. In early 90s only few people know about the internet and computing, but now a montessori student will teach you about facebook and youtube techniques and working.

  • This idea of web exhibition is unique. ebay support for this cause is really appreciable thing. In early 90s only few people know about the internet and computing, but now a montessori student will teach you about facebook and youtube techniques and working.

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  • Thanks for the feedback about the sound. It’s appreciated. We were aware of that as a problem and will try a better microphone and boosting the mixing level.

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