Aesthetics
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- Mooski
Hey I was wondering what do people reckon the main differences in aesthetics are between print-based designers and web-based designers? Does that make sense?
- Mimio0
Reflected versus emitted light.
- Mooski0
Man, that's a lot of reading. I'm going to have to take those home. Quick note though, on a purely aesthetic and readability level, 2 of those webpages were totally... er... butt ugly? I dunno. It seems easy enough for web 'gurus' to crit print designers but they be forgetting what came first and that a page is still called a page... maybe...
- Mooski0
What about your personal take on it?
- neue75_bold0
the level of attention to typography is probably the most obvious difference...
- Jugarelly0
I agree about the typography. However, I think if you're a good designer, you can apply your talent to any medium. You just have to take the time to learn the different limitations.
- Engage0
yeah print designers are stuck in the past, and the only fresh ones are just borrowing from the web aesthetic
- Mooski0
Fer sure. It's always so painful explaining. 'no you only get a choice of this many fonts... and, no you can't use Comic Sans... it's forbodden' :)
- tkmeister0
many print designers don't think about above the fold, user interface and how it would look on different browser sizes. but those are funcitonal elements and not so much on aesthetics.
- Mooski0
Hey Engage, so what do you reckon is a good example of the 'web aesthetic'? Just wondering (and it's hot and I don't want to do any work).
- enjine0
yeah typography is a sure sign.
it's not even the choice of typefaces, print designers are generally better in that area i find.but when a print designer tries to make text readable on a website, they usually follow print conventions and typefaces, which look awful on the web.
it's all about knowing the limitations in either medium
- Mooski0
People make aesthetic judgments all the time. Especially the casual browser. I don't think anyone can help it. It's like everything has a perceived value, yeah. I don't think you can ignore aesthetic value and expect people to not react in that way... mayhaps
- barbtastic0
my web design friend told me that taking typography classes was a waste of his time... nuff sed.
- Mooski0
nuff sed about what? what were they hoping to do wif said course? Typography for the web would have to be totally different than for print etc.
- barbtastic0
i guess all i'm sayin is that his title is "Web designer" but there really aint much design going on there. he needs to be directed and has no sense of what design is...
but he can make flash do anything, in that sense, he's a genius.
- Engage0
yeah coz people who can use flash obviosuly can't design... you surely can't be expected to be able to both!
hypertextz!
- gramme0
I have often been frustrated by web designers who have zero attention to typographic detail. And not just that, but things are often laid out sloppily, regardless of how detailed my AI or Photoshop files were.
When I was designing my portfolio site, I ran into a lot of the snafus that us print designers hit when trying to translate a print background into web aesthetics. It was quite a learning curve.
In general, I'd say that web designers have a slightly keener understanding of 'experience' design, which is not emphasized enough in print design education.
- Mooski0
Yeah, bit Engage, you do it with total ease! :)
- gramme0
*there are exceptions to the above statements, see Josh Davis for example...
- Mooski0
I'm going home. Yay! Fanx for the chats. Laters!