Comments on: Dezeen relaunches http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/ architecture and design magazine Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:19:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Fusspot http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-36289 Fusspot Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:45:14 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-36289 Lose the space between the top of the page and the banner advert. If menu items are taking 2 lines then reduce the type size or the number of words for that item. And try a little leading. >"but I LOVE seeing strong typography next to images" ...me too, if the type pertains to the image. What use is the menu category 'design' on a design blog? Lose the space between the top of the page and the banner advert.

If menu items are taking 2 lines then reduce the type size or the number of words for that item. And try a little leading.

>”but I LOVE seeing strong typography next to images”
…me too, if the type pertains to the image.

What use is the menu category ‘design’ on a design blog?

]]> By: El Greco http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-36269 El Greco Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:35:31 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-36269 El Greco believes: - smaller font size for left/right column - blk/purple/orange? no. Try blk/mustard/grey - logo is fine but banner ad interferes. - thick horizontal divider lines: could be a touch smaller. Don't be discouraged. Keep going. El Greco believes:

- smaller font size for left/right column

- blk/purple/orange? no. Try blk/mustard/grey

- logo is fine but banner ad interferes.

- thick horizontal divider lines: could be a touch smaller.

Don’t be discouraged. Keep going.

]]> By: F http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-36130 F Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:43:34 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-36130 Mr Fairs - You have made your point very clearly - and once again proven what a great writer you are - we would be very bored without you.. Mr Fairs -
You have made your point very clearly - and once again proven what a great writer you are -
we would be very bored without you..

]]> By: Marcus http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-36027 Marcus Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:12:13 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-36027 Well I'm flattered you all care so much! I know a lot of people loved the old-skool dezeen... but I want to move on. I have big plans for the site and it needed an overhaul - technically as well as visually - to accommodate the things I want to start introducing. Dezeen just got too big for my clapped-out web 1.0 WordPress theme. A big point of the redesign is to make it easier for people to find their way around and to encourage people to spend longer on the site. People weren't using the side-column navigation very much - which, let's face it, was a total mess - and so most visitors just looked at one or two pages and then moved on. Not good - that's why its now bigger and clearer. It's working already... traffic today has been incredible and stickiness has gone up significantly. Obviously there are glitches - that's to be expected. Please let me know about them; they'll get fixed over time. And bear with me... you'll come to love it as much as I do I'm sure... Anyway, people visit dezeen for the content, not the layout, and personally I think the layout significantly enhances the content. Images look fucking great now, don't you think?! Especially portrait-oriented images, which blogs hardly ever use but which look amazing now on dezeen, I think (eg today's <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/18/little-disk-program-by-industrial-facility/" rel="nofollow">Industrial Facility story</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/18/wonder-wall-at-selfridges/" rel="nofollow">Selfridges Wonder Wall story</a>...) And maybe it's my print background, but I LOVE seeing strong typography next to images. I don't know why more sites don't do it. Why does navigation text have to be teeny tiny? But whether you agree or not, thanks for your passion - FAR better to relaunch to a tirade of abuse than to silence. Keep it coming! Marcus Well I’m flattered you all care so much! I know a lot of people loved the old-skool dezeen… but I want to move on. I have big plans for the site and it needed an overhaul - technically as well as visually - to accommodate the things I want to start introducing. Dezeen just got too big for my clapped-out web 1.0 WordPress theme.

A big point of the redesign is to make it easier for people to find their way around and to encourage people to spend longer on the site. People weren’t using the side-column navigation very much - which, let’s face it, was a total mess - and so most visitors just looked at one or two pages and then moved on. Not good - that’s why its now bigger and clearer. It’s working already… traffic today has been incredible and stickiness has gone up significantly.

Obviously there are glitches - that’s to be expected. Please let me know about them; they’ll get fixed over time. And bear with me… you’ll come to love it as much as I do I’m sure…

Anyway, people visit dezeen for the content, not the layout, and personally I think the layout significantly enhances the content. Images look fucking great now, don’t you think?! Especially portrait-oriented images, which blogs hardly ever use but which look amazing now on dezeen, I think (eg today’s Industrial Facility story, Selfridges Wonder Wall story…)

And maybe it’s my print background, but I LOVE seeing strong typography next to images. I don’t know why more sites don’t do it. Why does navigation text have to be teeny tiny?

But whether you agree or not, thanks for your passion - FAR better to relaunch to a tirade of abuse than to silence. Keep it coming!

Marcus

]]> By: daas http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-35991 daas Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:08:25 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-35991 It's nice after you scroll down 3 or 4 articles It’s nice after you scroll down 3 or 4 articles

]]> By: kiso takuma http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-35986 kiso takuma Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:56:48 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-35986 your site is a crap ! please stop messing with design ! please do now .. what you show is great ! your site is bad ! your site is a crap !
please stop messing with design !
please do now ..
what you show is great !
your site is bad !

]]> By: Kajihoo http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-35925 Kajihoo Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:17:11 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-35925 :( :(

]]> By: Tanguy Rolin http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-35885 Tanguy Rolin Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:40:19 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-35885 I am all in favor of change but why try to fix sthg which is not broken???? The previous lay-out had clarity and is why it attract over 1million hit I am all in favor of change but why try to fix sthg which is not broken????

The previous lay-out had clarity and is why it attract over 1million hit

]]> By: dAN http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-35876 dAN Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:31:22 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-35876 I think it's looking pretty fresh - nice one! I do agree that the right column is over dominant... also the banner ad at the top feels kind of awkward & cramps the logo... Lastly I noticed there are a number of discrepancies when viewed with Internet Explorer vs Firefox, but hey, it's the web - tweaking is everything! All the best dAN I think it’s looking pretty fresh - nice one!

I do agree that the right column is over dominant… also the banner ad at the top feels kind of awkward & cramps the logo…

Lastly I noticed there are a number of discrepancies when viewed with Internet Explorer vs Firefox, but hey, it’s the web - tweaking is everything!

All the best
dAN

]]> By: george http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-35867 george Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:56:46 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/09/17/dezeen-relaunches/#comment-35867 the nice thing about the old design was that it was so simple so as to not distract or interfere with the beautifully curated content. the same cannot be said now :( but, if the need for multiple columns and more information persists as the site develops, please consider a more elegant delivery, particularly keeping in mind fonts and alignment. the nice thing about the old design was that it was so simple so as to not distract or interfere with the beautifully curated content.

the same cannot be said now :(

but, if the need for multiple columns and more information persists as the site develops, please consider a more elegant delivery, particularly keeping in mind fonts and alignment.

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