Creating minimalist designs is so much more challenging than whatever the opposite of that is. In the web’s case, it usually means cutting elements or features that exist only because they’ve been around long enough and never questioned. You have to think, “does the user need this?” “Is this a want that evolved into a need? Or is it still a want.” “If this weren’t here, would anyone notice?”
Ultimately, it’s “If this were gone, would everything else benefit?”
I shouldn’t even call it minimal design, everything else should just be called excess.
Amanda, 2011
Lacey Micallef’s incredible animated .gif’s from Julie Klausner’s live How Was Your Week podcast last night.
Hi Tacotambien. If this is the blazer you are talking about, I think it’s a solid option for a casual to semi-formal winter blazer. Once you get...
Ground beneath my feet: Pianos, LES
coffee break
GPOYF laksa!
I made a home made laksa from scratch for Johnjohn and I tonight, and I thought it was pretty darn special.
John, however, is...
Peter Vidani is literally drinking himself to death so that he doesn’t have to answer the question, “Where do you get your good looks?”
Fun times at Laguardia.
John doesn’t understand where Danielle’s hair stops and Tommy begins.
GPOY Snugglefest with TommyPom