Middle of nowhere
Middle of Nowhere is a 404 error page created for a research organization website. A 404 page appears when a requested webpage does not exist, and this design turns that moment into a visit to imagined places. The landscapes shown are made by a generative adversarial network, a machine learning model trained on thousands of photographs of real landscapes from around the world. The results are places that exist nowhere. The page is built as a responsive website, and the intent is to make being lost online calm and engaging.
Middle of nowhere 404 website design by Yijia Xie has been featured as a creative example of communication design by the A' Design Award & Competition. Middle of nowhere 404 website design received the Silver A' Design Award in Website and Web Design in 2022. The A' Website and Web Design Awards is a highly prestigious international design accolade which recognizes outstanding design of web design, portfolios, E-Commerce sites, blogs, news websites, social media platforms, educational websites, Non-Profit websites, personal websites and more.
