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  • Machuse0

    Thought provoking if you ask me.
    Are we (designers) thinking of things incorrectly, are companies shelling out thousands of dollars for this abstract concept of 'good design'. When the average user doesn't even see the difference. I don't even talk to my friends about cool websites anymore, the website we say are clean ... they see as plain.
    Cluttered, small text = futuristic
    myspace = just another website

    I cant remember the word, but when a certain group of people become such connoisseurs of something that their taste outpace what the general public can appreciate/care about

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    • WAT?jevad
    • I get what you're saying. I don't agree 100%, but that's alright.ismith
    • Sometimes the best design is invisible. They won't 'see it' but their 'experience' will be better...jevad
    • jevad: but does it matter. Thats excllnt def. of design. But what does it have to do with peps using/liking the siteMachuse
    • everythingjevad
    • The best design should feel right, whether the masses understand and acknowledge the minutiae or not.ismith
    • It could be all subliminal, but it's still there.ismith
    • ...but what would that have to do with the bottom line. Myspace puts a monkey wrench in that theoryMachuse
    • the bottom line for myspace is that they are losing out to facebook.jevad
    • the bottom line for myspace is that they were the first, they caught/caused a massive wave and they've hoovered up a massive nichekelpie
    • ...massive niche.
      bad design or not, they are huge and entrenched.      kelpie
    • also, due to its use (especially for bands) the 'bad design' correlates pretty well with 'lo fi' ethicskelpie
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