WEB DESIGN BECAME
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- fate0
One day, someone is going to use the web as a platform for art/entertainment on par with a feature film. In terms of popularity, scope, and subject, there will be something that is a legitimate and popular piece of art.
And you'll all chime in "Of course! We knew it all along! The web is magical and special! It's more than a phonebook...I've been saying it for years!"
But you'll bitterly regret that you didn't try it yourself, because you thought web design was only about usability, standards, and hating flash.
- it already is on par with any art form ~SlashPeckham
- Yeh, I've got some great concepts for fantasy-level technology re immersive AR etc..mikotondria3
- animatedgif0
ITT: People who actually liked Flash sites.
- to be an interactive / digital designer and say you never liked a flash site is the most ludicrous statementfadein11
- Yeah I'm only kidding, I did like them in the past.animatedgif
- fredddddd0
But technology and web fonts are better than ever.
There's so many more possibilities now than there were.
And flash always SUCKED!
- There is awesome shit now. Imagine having webfonts and jquery in 1998...!!mikotondria3
- ETM0
Meh. I've been doing this since the 20th century :D
When I finished school, my portfolio was a Macromedia Director site. I've seen a lot of changes, like many here, but I find there are still interesting clients and jobs to be had.It's foolish to lament about days where a client was so ignorant they left it all to you. Every industry matures, it's just the way it is.
- raynor0
Webdesign became twitter bootstrap...
- zoozoo0
99% of digital design became an oversaturated, unholy turd of an industry.
- fate0
There hasn't been anything interesting on the web for a while.
I can think of a handful of cool experiments, but they're far and few between.
The web has become the new phone book. We might as well be working on an assembly line in a factory.
- albums0
...ALL CAPS.
- qoob0
First world problemz
- the_reverend0
When was web design ever exciting.
- jonnypompita0
It has become kinda boring for anything besides big budget brand experience sites which are more ad campaign related, more advertising than ecommerce. There are still some cool shit out there but the one page scrolling sites with huge text, buttons and full bleed photography seems to be the standard now. I think alot of it has to do with the iPad.
- fredddddd0
And graphic design in general became boring once everyone got ADOBE CS on their computer.
You're obviously not hanging out with the right people.
Go talk to people doing better work.
- slappy0
They can be awesome if they form part of a larger strategy/campaign.
They can be the back bone that all the other marketing materials hang off.
How am I doing?
- fredddddd0
And MTV killed music?
There's always going to be interesting stuff made. Whether you make any money from it, or enough to raise kids, that's a whole other battle.
TV killed radio?
- nthkl0
Change where you work. There are a bunch of shops out there still pushing it.
- sublocked0
Responding again because this particular rant irked me a bit. There are some quite stunning examples of innovative + soulful stuff being done on mobile & web. You're just not looking hard enough.
My favorite at the moment is the Sword & Sworcery EP game on iOS. #Googledat.
If you're not feeling creatively fulfilled it's your own damn fault.
- sublocked0
If you want to create some "web art" projects nobody is stopping you. Design is problem solving. Solve your client's problems and their customer's problems.
Save the mastubatory self fulfilling projects for your own time.
- sublocked0
DESIGN != ART
ART != USABILITYI think you're quite confused.
- monNom0
"should this go under 'who we are', or 'about us' "?