Trend: Is Glossy dead?
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- Gordy220
Cheers for all your help on this.
'preciate it.
- Etype0
I would try to educate your boss on good sites that are in the same industry... see what they use... and be picky about what you show.. cause if they know nothing about design, they could ask you to do something like what you show.
Also show him award winning sites that use a look that you want to go after.
I think that glossy is not really dead... but what happens is people tend to over due it. Gloss on every button and background and image makes a site feel cheap.
- neue75_bold0
as long as the reality is augmented, it's all deadly, bro...
- Gordy220
Actually - I should clarify that this is in-house, not Agency so technically the client is my boss.
- Well, THAT changes everything. I'm sorry...yur screwed.monkeyshine
- jimzyk0
put lens flares everywhere
put drop shadows on everything
get a photo of your client put a drop shadow on his face - see how he likes them apples? and lens flare his balls too.
- clearThoughts0
Glossy was never really alive in my world.
- monkeyshine0
Why not approach it from a business perspective rather than talking about trends...isn't the idea that you are applying effective UI and design solutions based upon business objectives and branding rather than mimicking "trendy", brand bruising solutions?
- kelpie0
not just to get back onside with QBN after talking about the 3*7*sign4ls gys, but I really like the krop site too, especially the nav, it gives really good bevel, the foxy bitch
- utopian0
I hear that "semi-gloss" is the new trend and rave...
- Gordy220
Madness! Reckon we'll get done for attempting to break the law?
- Gordy220
http://www.37 signals.com/
- ukit0
- Starwell990
Hey man, how about go glossy at cover weight, Hit selected areas with a UV hot glossy spot coat, it will make those areas look like glass. Then hit the rest with a dull aqueous coat (separate the spot UV and the dull coat into two seperate plates). The glossy UV will look twice as hot with dull around it.
- kelpie0
hahaha, just found out you can't post 3 7 signals on qbn
- kelpie0
I actually had a big list of about 30/40 quite tasteful sites of this type in work, but its in my old mail account, so lost for ever dammit
- kelpie0
quite liked that, its a nice mix between quite clean and quite clickable
- MSTRPLN0
Bring back grunge