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5 votes
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The olympic pictograms are miniature design masterpieces
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Why Top Gun’s sound design is Oscar worthy
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Please share tools/tips/platforms for making a personal website
I figured that more than complaining about the dearth of random and weird websites, I might ought to contribute something. I almost went to MassArt for new media installations. In those days I was...
I figured that more than complaining about the dearth of random and weird websites, I might ought to contribute something. I almost went to MassArt for new media installations. In those days I was a web monkey with a solid design bent and very orthogonal thinking. I still have a smidgeon of the thinking, we'll see what I have left of my design skills, but my tech skills are hopeless. Back then my tools were freehand, dreamweaver, bbedit, photoshop, flash, Perl, Solaris, mySQL. My last website was done with rudimentary css.
I would like to get right to the design and expression phase, I don't have an inclination to dive into coding. I also don't want to worry about security. I'll throw a few bucks down.
I'm still comfortable in photoshop, but would like a more fun tool. I cannot stand illustrator, and would love to have a vigorous chat with the folks at Adobe who chose to promote it and shelve freehand. Better yet, an even more vigorous chat with the moron at the FTC who approved Adobe's buyout of macromedia. You can bet that will be on the website. Is there any equivalent to freehand? I saw the post about a free, online illustration tool that came through recently, that might be a smidge rudimentary. What about dreamweaver? And how to publish? I don't care to learn about content management, scripting, databases, etc. if I can avoid it.
Bonus if there are AI tools to help.
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How the inventor of the troll doll missed out on a fortune
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The forgotten story of Modulex – Lego's lost cousin
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Ecommerce and corporate websites need to adopt some minimalism and de-clutter
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Unpopular opinion: Wikipedia's old look was much better than the new one
I say that after throwing some caution to air because I understand that every new thing has some initial resistance or pushback due to the "past comfort zone" effect. But having said that, I feel...
I say that after throwing some caution to air because I understand that every new thing has some initial resistance or pushback due to the "past comfort zone" effect.
But having said that, I feel the aesthetics of the old site was much better than the new one. But then again, I'm from the old-school world who also prefers old reddit to the new one in browsing experience, so my opinion could be biased! But even considering the modern web design, don't you think the black icons on the top right have a somewhat odd look? And the "21 languages" feels a bit verbose, the I10N icon already conveys what that dropdown is about? And finally, that scrollable sidebar on the left looks a tad ugly?
I just hope this is just a beta stage or something of Wikipedia's new version and a better one will evolve soon! But that's just one humble unpopular opinion, me thinks!
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Wikipedia has spent years on a barely noticeable redesign
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Chainsaw Man! I made a custom Denji doll
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Arne Aksel: ‘Denmark had become this decorative no-go land. We've been in a white or gray or beige box for what – 20, 25 years? I think people have had enough.’
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Inside one of Japan's tiniest houses
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Help me understand how I feel about a particular style of watch
There's a type of watch that's very popular. It has a clean, clear, design. It's definitely a classic. I have mixed feelings about it because of the origins of the design. The watch is big. I has...
There's a type of watch that's very popular. It has a clean, clear, design. It's definitely a classic. I have mixed feelings about it because of the origins of the design.
The watch is big. I has a black dial with white numbers and index marks. At the 12 o'clock position there's a triangle. There's plenty of lume on the dial. They usually have a leather strap, and that strap often has two rivets.
Sometimes the dial has two index rings, the inner ring has hour markings and the outer ring has minute markings.
IWC makes the most well known example: https://www.iwc.com/en/watch-collections/pilot-watches/iw329301-big-pilots-watch-43.html
There are lots of homages:
https://www.watchshop.com/watches/mens-sekonda-aviator-watch-3347.pdp
https://mwcwatches.com/products/vintage-ww2-style-german-pilots-watch-1
This style of watch is called "B Uhr", or "B Uhren"and you get many results if you use that search term. It's German, and it's an abbreviation for "Beobachtungs-uhren" which means "observation watch".
My problem with the watch is that is that it was specifically designed for the Luftwaffe in WW2.
https://monochrome-watches.com/the-history-of-the-pilot-watch-part-five-b-uhr/
After the war other airforces, including the British RAF, started using very similar watches.
Most watch sellers do not celebrate the Nazi history of the watch. But some do: https://b-uhr.com/en/collection/b-uhr-luftwaffe-flieger-chronograph.html
So, I don't know how I feel about this watch. Can its clean design be appreciated when I know of its Nazi link? Can I separate the creator from the product?
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Two-Face, Batman Forever - Sculpture timelapse
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What went wrong with the London Tube map? | Unfinished London
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In 2017, I made an unofficial transit diagram covering the Oslo region in Norway – now, five years later, it's time for a revisit
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Design collective Andra Formen has created furniture from electric scooters fished out of the canals of Malmö
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King Charles III's new cypher is a design classic
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Why food commercials cost hundreds of thousands of dollars | Big Business
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Making of mathematical instruments - transforming a public domain book into a website
14 votes -
On writing better error messages
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Variations of Star Trek TOS computers
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Leftover Star Wars sets
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The smartest website you havent heard of
11 votes -
Adobe in final talks to acquire Figma for $20B USD
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How mushrooms are turned into bacon and styrofoam | World Wide Waste
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How “dementia villages” work
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eCharts for Python
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Velocipedia - Bicycles based on people’s attempts to draw them from memory
16 votes -
Wind chimes - it doesn't have to be complicated
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Five UX improvements that could save lives
14 votes -
Is the open-plan office heading to the grave?
5 votes -
The archive saving home sewing history from the trash
6 votes -
How OXO conquered the American kitchen
18 votes -
Art, fashion, and the French Revolution
5 votes -
Occlusion Grotesque. An experimental, organic typeface
27 votes -
Casino design and why there are no ninety degree turns in most casinos
4 votes -
The great design of the Dutch government
4 votes -
Norway's £500m National Museum to open after eight-year wait – director apologises for delays that have kept Munch's The Scream out of public view
7 votes -
I have no capslock and I must scream
25 votes -
Commercially available chairs from Star Trek
15 votes -
What if phones were actually designed for hands?
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Lessons from a can opener: The obscurity of the "Safety Can Opener"
14 votes -
Nautilus (GNOME Files) icon view retrospective and future
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This week in GNOME #23 - Modernized settings
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Here's why movie dialogue has gotten more difficult to understand (and three ways to fix it)
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Beat Saber level design: Skrillex environment
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Vintage IKEA! A 1960s armchair just sold for £12k – here are ten other surprising secondhand Swedish hits
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LockPickingLawyer keynote at Saintcon
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Possibly the worst user interface I've seen all year
This is a webpage for a courier company. This screengrab is the whole page as served to me. If I want to track my parcel I have to enter the details into the pretend phone on the right and pretend...
This is a webpage for a courier company. This screengrab is the whole page as served to me. If I want to track my parcel I have to enter the details into the pretend phone on the right and pretend to use it like a phone, complete with tiny screen and fiddly controls.
I get that they would like me to install their app but this is almost offensively user-hostile design, and pretty much ensures I'll never install anything of the sort. I might consider installing the app of a company who deliver to me regularly and have a good track record of being good at their jobs, if that app offers useful functionality which can't be offered via a web page - but even that's unlikely. But these guys who I have never heard of until today and are pulling this nonsense? No way.
29 votes