Why the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the web
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Why the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the web
Sterling Proffer and added
One glance and you aren’t subsumed by “visual cacophony” (no disrespect to visual cacophony, which we of course love) but you can tell that these sites are clearly operated by cool people with unique & interesting taste nonetheless…
from Too Many Places Are STERILE and TORCHED — Let’s Make Them COOL and FUNKY by Blackbird Spyplane
alexi gunner added
- The usual cycle with social media sites is that they start out being very flexible and open, and are happy to have users even if those users are sharing content that sends other users off-site. But, over time, they try to get more content hosted on their own systems, and to promote it more relative to the competition. Google, while not a social pla... See more
from Price-First or Thesis-First Research? by Byrne Hobart
sari added
And because it has been so effective — stoking desire, after all, is a million times more easily done than satisfying it — virtually every design practice in the digital landscape has taken cues from it. The result is a crowded landscape through which we voluntarily speed, faster and faster, and one in which almost every piece of information is ens
... See morefrom What Eyes Want - Christopher Butler by chrbutler.com
Jonathan Simcoe added
- For this reason, websites like Craigslist and Are.na strike a chord: Their analog internet style and chunky buttons feel daring and intriguing in this modern context. Compared to the blasé, blue-branded modern tools we all spend so much of our time using today — and that contribute to that uniform sameness described earlier — these tools feel decid... See more
from Why We Crave Software With Style Over "Branding" by Andreessen Horowitz (AZ)
sari added
- Unlike an HTML website where you can right click on the background and select “View Page Source” to review every creative decision, what we see on social media is powered by vastly complex “black box” algorithms. For New Yorker contributing editor Kyle Chayka, the appeal of the early-internet aesthetic is its contrast with the “repetitive tem... See more
from 💾 Why we’re nostalgic for the early web by New_ Public
Keely Adler added
- Design is about empathy, accessibility, communication of ideas, and improving lives, regardless of context. Design trends come and go, so don't get caught up in the hype and remember that the way a product or service is used today may be entirely different in five or ten years.
from Trends Will Come and Go, but Good Design Is Forever by Chris Kernaghan
Mo Shafieeha added
If there is a single thing that I, as a designer, find hopeful about the current state of digital design it is the dismantling of the brute harnessing of distraction. While digital advertising isn’t going anywhere, the way we attach ads to content is becoming more visually elegant, and less aggressively distracting.
from What Eyes Want - Christopher Butler by chrbutler.com
Jonathan Simcoe added