Lovely website.
This entry was written by , posted on 02/23/2010 at 1:59 PM, filed under CSS, Design and tagged CSS, Design. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Electric Pulp. Good, solid, design work.
This entry was written by , posted on 02/17/2010 at 9:29 AM, filed under CSS, Design and tagged CSS, Design, Studio. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
It’s been done a million times—but I’m still a sucker for this look-and-feel.
This entry was written by , posted on 01/28/2010 at 12:26 PM, filed under CSS, Design and tagged CSS, Design. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Big fan of the watercolour aesthetic. Always have been.
This entry was written by , posted on 01/20/2010 at 10:14 AM, filed under CSS, Design and tagged CSS, Watercolour. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
From Dublin, Ireland. Nice, simple 1-pager—loaded with personality.
This entry was written by , posted on 01/04/2010 at 9:14 AM, filed under CSS, Design and tagged CSS, Design. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
More websites need to adhere to an experience like the new Virgin Racing microsite. Impact = memorable.
This entry was written by , posted on 12/23/2009 at 11:17 AM, filed under CSS, Design and tagged CSS, Design, Microsite. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Campaign Monitor: clean, organized, smart, stylish. After viewing this, I don’t know why one would venture elsewhere for the same service. Good design, is good design—no mater what.
This entry was written by , posted on 11/29/2009 at 11:47 AM, filed under CSS, Design and tagged Campaign Monitor, CSS. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
31Three, straight outta’ Southern Ontario.
This entry was written by , posted on 11/04/2009 at 9:44 AM, filed under CSS, Design and tagged 31Three, CSS, Holy Shit. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Something has been bothering me for some time. I’m a regular visitor to the many design portals and community sites. I’m that increasingly-rare type of designer that doesn’t discriminate when it comes to platform: design is design. If it accomplishes it’s intended goals, communicates it’s message, and does what it should—then I’m happy. CSS, Flash, XHTML, javascript—it does not matter to me.
I, however, am in the minority on this one (at least I think I am). Designers are a finicky lot. The CSS community seems to have a genuine mistrust of all-things-Flash (and often love to spread un-truths, and blatant lies about it), and many Flash designers are just that—Flash “specialists” that rarely venture outside their comfort zone.
One thing I have noticed recently—and it’s almost completely unique to the CSS portals—is that many of the featured designer websites are void of any office location, mailing address, and often even a phone number. I’m seeing this on a daily basis. It’s no secret that there is no shortage of freelancers that masquerade as companies, and there is certainly nothing wrong with this stance. But—when you have nothing more than a 3-field form on your contact page, then something is wrong. How can this reassure any potential client thinking of hiring said designer? As a potential client, I certainly would take issue with this. No office (or mailing) address is one thing—but no phone number, is another.
I’m not bashing the freelance web developer here, and I am certainly not singling-out those without an office, not at all—what I am saying, though, is that this gives the wrong impression—and a bad one at that.
This entry was written by , posted on 03/12/2009 at 8:46 AM, filed under Business, CSS and tagged Business, Clients, CSS, Design. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.