Simple, elegant designer websites?
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- janne760
i like her site though. we seem to be really bashing it a little too much, imho.
- janne760
but then,
we are all jaded, spoiled, ..- I am filled with golden lighthallelujah
- but the site is not the best example of this kind of design, in my opinionhallelujah
- iyho...neue75_bold
- ho opinion?hallelujah
- h8r opinion?hallelujah
- ********0
i think it's mostly the approach the thread starter took when asking their question.
- hallelujah0
I have a client who thinks this is the best site in the world. go figure.
- WTFGrotesque
- indeedhallelujah
- hideous********
- I just clawed out my eyes. Can someone drive me home.TheBlueOne
- oh come onjanne76
- not on this planet. lol.akrokdesign
- ********0
"here's a question, why do developers always want to dumb down everything to Tiny Photos, Text and Divs? What's wrong with REAL interaction? "
just saying...
- it's a temporary site. i admit it. check out the old site, links at the top. go for it.********
- screen shot that one.********
- a quit taking my work out of context.********
- ..and i'm also not saying that all other designers should design like i do either.********
- just sayin..********
- alright, alright, calm down.********
- well, don't be a jerk!********
- it's a temporary site. i admit it. check out the old site, links at the top. go for it.
- hallelujah0
tiny photos is where it's at, baby!
- janne760
CAN'T WE JUST ALL GET ALONG?
designers can really be whiners when they get together..
- bebelabree0
kind of like what anxiousarms said, if everyone's were like that, it'd be a lot of the same.
and then we'd all just be "good" or "alright," no one would stand out.
- bkpatterson0
like this: http://www.brendanpatterson.id.a…
- citizen_h0
because everything would then become boring
- mistermik0
what a load of old cock.
- citizen_h0
its not really a great design. The layout could be more interesting in the sense that a more creative use of grid would be better. The use of typography is ok.
- ********0
Lack of imagination on that first website. You can have simple design, but to make it look good is anything but simple, sometimes. Endless layout and type decisions, finding a good gird that works, small design details that add to the design but without distracting from the layout, all these ideas come into play with minimal design.
- citizen_h0
this is a good example of a clean well designed html portfolio
http://www.the2ndday.com- <I like their work for http://www.myglassar…...Complexfruit
- rxphoto0
The problem is that some people do not understand the notion of a neutral presentation for some types of content. And that the "design" does not always have to scream out loud, just for the sake of looking cool.
It's the difference between someone who likes Michael Bay or '300' kind of Hollywood crap and someone who likes Michael Haneke movies. If you are the kind of person who does not see the value in both, you are probably young and just need to grow up a little.
There is more to the world than just designing cool "containers". It's also about the content. And sometimes, it's more about the content and the container should just be a paper box -- not some kind of silly brushed metal spaceship.
- rxphoto0
You kids have a long way to go.
http://www.paradismagazine.com
http://www.acnepaper.com
- citizen_h0
rxphoto your missing the point. We designers should always consider a relevant design for websites. As a designer we always want to achieve the best result. So push things forward creatively. You can have a subtle elegant design, its just that the examples you have listed dont tick any of those boxes. Take a look at this site http://www.icodesign.co.uk - a simple clean design that using interesting layouts and grids for all the pages. Look and learn
- ********0
"You kids have a long way to go.
http://www.paradismagazine.com&q…"That's a totally different point you are making. I am talking about straightforward HTML presentation. Not slick ultra-minimal design that goes out of the way to look cool. Besides, that website is in Flash and annoying as hell. You can't even bookmark anything. In addition, none of the content is crawlable by Google. Only the top level is visible to the spider:
http://www.google.com/search?q=s…you don't make a very coherent argument rxphoto.
- the2ndday0
minimal is not about looking. it is about giving information.
- forcetwelve0
it's not elegant. it's boring.