This is not my....It's begun
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- Kidswift
Just launched this brand new website to promote ethical and environmental living in a fun and fresh way. Me and two of my friends are doing this off our own backs because we fully believe in it. Come along for the ride and please please forward the link to as many people as possible the future for the site is in your hands...so what are you going to do about it???
http://www.thisisnotmy.co.uk/
- digilee0
over hype turns me off.
- Kidswift0
fair call overhype turns me off as well but havn't done this thing before and literally need as many peeps on board as possible.
- konspiracy0
decent enough idea i guess. so its like a portal/yellow pages for all things ethical?
i'd work on the design a little. looks too scrappy and thrown together.
tighten it up a lil and people will take it a lot more seriously, after all, its serious issues you are talking about.
might even bring you advertising too
- Kidswift0
Oh and Phatlee it's an open forum you dick to promote things of substance. If you took the time to check out the link you would see its not spam fool...to much spam will make ya phatlee come back and talk to me when you finish high school and move out of you parents house! Bitch ass punk.
- phatlee0
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- Kidswift0
Cheers bro, yup its like a portal what tips do you have on the design front? The entire point of it is yes its serious issues we are covering but we are trying communicate this to the masses in fun and light hearted way. There is already so much out there discussing these issues in a serious way and clearly it's not getting through to the critical mass. So we thought we would come from a different angle. All constructive criticism greatly appreciated though.
- skt0
Hahaha.
Bitch ass punk.
Tee hee.
- konspiracy0
designwise, hrmm .... better hierarchy of content. maybe use blocks of colour or shades of colour behind content instead of the white. this will help lift content.
e.g
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/about_us…nice use of colour in each section
- konspiracy0
oh yeah, and if you are after help or advice on here, i wouldnt go slagging off regulars like phatlee.
thats how fights break out and strikes get awarded
- who0
the design and the usability are terrible... so.....can you give me a good reason to forward this to someone else....
- Kidswift0
Thanks Konspiracy, duly noted on the slag match not here to get into that sort of thing. But if you give it you gotta be man to take it. Have no problems with criticism as long as its constructive but sending a spam thing without checking it out well your just asking for it. Also if hes a regular he should know better. Thanks for the observations on block colour as soon as I get some more time the design is going to be rejigged.
- Kidswift0
In what way are they terrible, Who? I realise they are far from perfect and time and budget constraints have contributed to it. What can you recommend we do about it? All advice appreciated. The content and the message of getting people involved in change should be enough to anyone who cares about the state of the world, should hopefully be enough reason to forward it on I would of thought.
- the-saint0
I think it's a good idea. It's one thing saying you disagree with the ethics of large companies, but it's another thing having viable alternatives.
I agree the design could pack more punch, tweaked. I like the style of the illustration in the top, (a bit like the greenpeace posters of a couple of years ago) maybe make more of this.
- Kidswift0
Thanx, am a self taught designer so can you maybe ellaborate on adding more punch how would you do this or recommendations of other sites that you would use as an example. Good to see someone who understands what we are on about. Talk is cheap get up and do something about it and hopefully we will be presenting people with some of the tools to do it, its all to easy to say its too big a problem to do anything about it but when you have viable alternative a click away then it all comes down to you and how much you as an individual are empowered to do something about it. cheers
- the-saint0
I'm a bit disapointed in the Responses recieved to this thread. at the end of the day someone is asking for advice as a non designer who is trying to do something with little budget etc.. OK maybe the website doesn't bring anything new to the design world but so fucking what. if the guy is'nt a designer I think he has done a good job.
Pricks that just slag of stuff because there on a faceless forum deserve no respect as far as i'm concerned.
- phatlee0
This is not my....It's begun
Just launched this brand new website to promote ethical and environmental living in a fun and fresh way. Me and two of my friends are doing this off our own backs because we fully believe in it. Come along for the ride and please please forward the link to as many people as possible the future for the site is in your hands...so what are you going to do about it???
www.thisisnotmy.co.uk
Kidswift
(Jan 19 06, 01:24)Doesn't sound like he's wanting advice to me...
- the-saint0
Ok, so he's not asking for advice. maybe it should have been a post in the PBS section.
I still don't see the need to slag it off. It's a decent enough cause. what's the problem?
- Kidswift0
Hey Phatlee, cool your temper know your taking this all a bit personal. If you want a beef i would rather settle it outside a forum. All my dets are on the site I am not hiding anywhere, just don't understand peeps like you I mean whats your problem. If you think somethings whack then tell me (in a constructive way) and allow me to explain myself, I am here for help not a fight any fool can get into one of those. I am not trying to preach to anyone just get some support for a good cause, sorry if i haven't made it into your uber cool design scene but I am not trying to either. Someone said oh don't slag of the regulars i don't give a fuck who you are phatlee your just a anothre person on this planet to me with still nothing of any importance or substance to say.
- Kidswift0
Oh and to the the-saint thanks for the props man. Nice to see someone with a fresh outlook and decent soul!