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Ask HN: the "startup" look

6 points by coolpalm 15y ago

I'm looking for a UI designer to help with the front end on my web app. I've been looking on dribble, carbonmade and sortfolio mostly. The problem I'm having is that a lot of the designers on those directories have very "pretty" portfolios but they're not quite the look and feel I want. Startups like Quora for example have a mostly text based UI with very few graphics. That's the sort of UI I want to start with. Am I looking in the wrong places? Does anyone know where I can find freelance UI/UX people? Edited to fix typo

randy99 15y ago
Have you thought about building first version with Bootstrap from twitter? http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/ http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/
- dbanx 15y ago
  Wow, +1 for bootstrap. Did not know about this, thank you
- coolpalm 15y ago
  that's what I'm using at present, but I've hit my limit as a developer.
- chetane07 15y ago
  Wow that is pretty cool. I've been using 960 Grid and Blueprint, but that one looks more "complete".
msencenb 15y ago
Another great resource to get an MVP up and running is http://themeforest.net http://themeforest.net
- coolpalm 15y ago
  Normally I'd agree with you but the admin themes are really only suited to basic CRUD apps. I have to present a lot of complex data without overwhelming the user, hence the need for a UI designer (lots of stats and reporting involved).
peng 15y ago
Not sure if you're still reading this, but feel free to hit me up for UI work. I believe my designs fit what you're looking for. http://nylira.com http://nylira.com
- true_religion 15y ago
  Just want to point out that your demo is broken and/or odd: http://nylira.com/en/projects/ http://nylira.com/en/projects/ If you view it under Chrome on a wide screen monitor: a) To the right you can see a tiny slice of the next site in the slideshow. It's unclear at first if this slice is part of the current slideshow box, or not. b) Clicking on any one of the links, breaks the page---removing all of the links and displaying a screen that shows two different sites side by side (but only half of each due to the window size).

6 points by coolpalm 15y ago

randy99 15y ago

Have you thought about building first version with Bootstrap from twitter? http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/ http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/

dbanx 15y ago
Wow, +1 for bootstrap. Did not know about this, thank you
coolpalm 15y ago
that's what I'm using at present, but I've hit my limit as a developer.
chetane07 15y ago
Wow that is pretty cool. I've been using 960 Grid and Blueprint, but that one looks more "complete".

msencenb 15y ago

Another great resource to get an MVP up and running is http://themeforest.net http://themeforest.net

coolpalm 15y ago
Normally I'd agree with you but the admin themes are really only suited to basic CRUD apps. I have to present a lot of complex data without overwhelming the user, hence the need for a UI designer (lots of stats and reporting involved).

peng 15y ago

Not sure if you're still reading this, but feel free to hit me up for UI work. I believe my designs fit what you're looking for. http://nylira.com http://nylira.com

true_religion 15y ago
Just want to point out that your demo is broken and/or odd: http://nylira.com/en/projects/ http://nylira.com/en/projects/ If you view it under Chrome on a wide screen monitor: a) To the right you can see a tiny slice of the next site in the slideshow. It's unclear at first if this slice is part of the current slideshow box, or not. b) Clicking on any one of the links, breaks the page---removing all of the links and displaying a screen that shows two different sites side by side (but only half of each due to the window size).