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The design elements he wants to see replace the web 2.0 look: * Retro-Vintage * Warm Dark Color Palette * Rich Textures * Grunge-Retro Fonts
by jraines 19y ago
The design elements he wants to see replace the web 2.0 look:
* Retro-Vintage
* Warm Dark Color Palette
* Rich Textures
* Grunge-Retro Fonts
* Rough Edges
* Ornaments
* Stains
* Rich Full Layered Headers
I can't stand most of these. And boucher is right, they're a lot harder to do anyway.
I think the designs that appeal to me are minimally dressed up stuff, like Hacker News and Socialmoth. And the appeal is not just the high data-ink percentage, but the fact that it doesn't take that much coding to achieve, and so is elegant conceptually as well as visually. It does take some thought and skill though, as my own forays into web-design have shown me.
- oditogre 19y ago>Grunge-Retro Fonts I was actually thinking a lot of the examples had an almost steampunk vibe to them. Others remind me of some of the music videos that came out in 2002 - 2005, when emo bands started playing with goth themes. I can't say I'm a fan of the cluttered clip art look or the 'stains' / Rorschach inkblots, but a lot of the other stuff I could really get behind. Reading dense text on bright backgrounds really sucks after a while, and having a few rough edges or variations in texture and colors keeps the eyes awake. I'd even be happy if more sites went to having a slightly darker background in the areas where text is like news.yc does (instead of solid white like Reddit).