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The point of a website is to communicate information with your users. Design is important only so far as it helps with this goal. All books look the same too -
by Kluny 11y ago
The point of a website is to communicate information with your users. Design is important only so far as it helps with this goal. All books look the same too - a stack of paper between two covers made of cardboard, bound on the left side, and containing text and/or pictures. The content is what differentiates them. These are two of my favorite websites:
www.sheldonbrown.com
www.toyodiy.com
Neither has got anything interesting in the way of design and I don't care at all. Both of them are completely loaded with content that has been worth (to me) hundreds or thousands of dollars in saved money and effort.
- interactive_guy 11y agoJust wanted to say I appreciate your book metaphor - it's an interesting way of thinking about design and its purpose.
- k__ 11y agoAlso, one of the first things you learn in design classes is, that you don't have to do it all at once. You can differentiate your styling with colors, contrast, sizes, fonts, etc. but you shouldn't use ALL of it to stand out. Design isn't Art. It should make the entity of its focus more understandable.