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  • TheBlueOne

    http://www.wikipediaredefined.co…

    http://d1hfzzcaiqc5zu.cloudfront.net/img/15.png

    Aug 8, 12, 4:23 p.m. – Permalink
  • brains

    Some interesting ideas, some bad execution.

    • I was with them until they got to the internal content pages.ETM
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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 4:43 p.m. – Permalink
  • autoflavour

    looks like google and vimeo had a baby.. and it was called wiki

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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 4:43 p.m. – Permalink
  • Nathan_Adams

    Why the hell did they use a W flipped upside down for MetaWiki, instead of an actual M? Agreed with Brains - good on ideas, lacking in execution.

    • usage of the wiki brand...set
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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 4:50 p.m. – Permalink
  • monospaced

    Nice find. The obtrusively large header and footer design bothers me, but other than that, this is a nice project and exploration.

    • Yeah, jumbo sized headers and spacing. It's like it was designed for iPad.nikdaum
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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 4:51 p.m. – Permalink
  • ukit2

    Starts off with some interesting ideas, but the actual UI looks kind of clunky. What's with the huge search box?

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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 4:54 p.m. – Permalink
  • inteliboy

    The branding ideas are nice, though they lost me at that rainbow line diagram logo thing. The overall pitch needs more restraint... a bit of designer wank going on here.

    Agreed that the UI is clunky. Wikipedia should just be basic basic CSS with no overly designed nonsense hanging around. This is one of the reasons why wiki, google, facebook (initially) and even sites like reddit have become so popular.

    That said - I always enjoy looking at stuff like this. It's great to see designers tackle faux-projects just for the hell of it.

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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 5:10 p.m. – Permalink
  • tOki

    I was looking at this yesterday, interesting stuff indeed.

    I also felt that the execution of some parts was a bit lacking but overall quite a solid attempt.

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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 5:19 p.m. – Permalink
  • Amicus

    I'm surprised they used that bold font for the explanatory text...

    http://i.imgur.com/N0XhX.png

    Jmagine?

    http://i.imgur.com/z1LL7.png

    Oh, so the difference between an I and a J is the descender, right, that wasn't disruptive or anything.

    • Jmagine all the people..ukit21/9
      Jiving in the worjdtOki2/9
      J like it!nb3/9
      JOLernexbcn4/9
      ThJs probably Jsn't the dJscussJon they wanted...MrT5/9
      Saw this site discussed on 4chan and even they called them out on the J/Ianimatedgif6/9
      who's Iimmy Wales?set7/9
      godt J hate that typeface.fresnobob8/9
      DamJt, I was going to comment on the I/J thing!fooler9/9
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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 5:22 p.m. – Permalink
  • fourth

    yeah I was wondering about that typeface selection myself...

    • its their font they're presenting with, it's not used in their comps.doesnotexist
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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 5:25 p.m. – Permalink
  • jaylarson

    i entered this for the site to redesign:
    http://www.wikipediaredefined.co…

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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 5:28 p.m. – Permalink
  • i_monk

    It's been redesigned with tablets in mind, which means it wastes as much space as possible so things are big enough and spaced out enough for fingers to poke. Design-for-tablets has to stop.

    There are some good ideas here though.

    The WikiMedia logo is not one of them, however.

    • "Design-for-tablets has to stop."
      Alleluia.
      mikotondria31/3
      why must it stop? got to stop people buying them first.MrT2/3
      RESPONSIVEanimatedgif3/3
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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 6:02 p.m. – Permalink
  • tOki

    ^ No, design with a single form factor in mind has to stop.

    Embrace responsive design :)

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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 6:20 p.m. – Permalink
  • i_monk

    ^ I don't disagree, but it seems that tablets have suddenly become the baseline.

    • Well 30% of American households own a tablet of some kind.ETM1/4
      30% isn't a majority, you see, and how many of those households only have tablets?i_monk2/4
      Yes, but adoption of tablets vs desktops. It took over a decade for desktops to get that saturation.ETM3/4
      Tablets are growing so incredibly fast.ETM4/4
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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 6:24 p.m. – Permalink
  • JG_LB

    ^ this is what the tabs over there > are for

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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 6:46 p.m. – Permalink
  • doesnotexist

    i think it's great.

    looks real sharp and i'm glad the text doesn't go from far left to far right.

    what are you all on about?

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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 6:57 p.m. – Permalink
  • Douglas

    i can't remember the last time i went to the wikipedia page to type in a search. it might as well not even exist.

    • << Google 4 evapig1/3
      it barely works, may as well just google itanimatedgif2/3
      google: [whatever] wikimonNom3/3
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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 10:27 p.m. – Permalink
  • moldero

    looks familiar again

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    Dog-earAug 8, 12, 10:59 p.m. – Permalink
  • 5timuli

    Typed then deleted a big rant. Goodnight.

    • Don't wimp out bro. A problem sharedpig
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    Dog-earAug 9, 12, 1:04 a.m. – Permalink
  • animatedgif

    Can we please stop using a spectrum of colours to represent the many spokes of a brand.

    It's lazy as fuck

    • who doesn't like color? what would you suggest? i'm curiousdoesnotexist1/4
      something a little deeper than "durrrr each dept is a different colour"animatedgif2/4
      Such as...? You must be full of ideas then.ETM3/4
      i think it's good. you understand it at a glance.doesnotexist4/4
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    Dog-earAug 9, 12, 1:58 a.m. – Permalink
  • i_monk

    ETM – eBooks are selling fast too, does that mean paper books should be typeset like ebooks?

    • ahhh hahahaha HA. ha.doesnotexist1/2
      Weak analogy. I am not comparing digital consumption against analogue.ETM2/2
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    Dog-earAug 9, 12, 5:08 a.m. – Permalink

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