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Category: Design

ShaunInman.com Pirated? Sep 01. 048

Last night while searching for plots of land in berkshire I stumbled across the UK Land Directory and thought… hmm… I’ve seen this somewhere before… :?

UK Land Directory pirated ShaunInman.com

Oh yes, this is where I saw it…

The original

Correct me if I’m wrong (Which I don’t think I am), I reckon Shaun Inman has been pirated. :/

Tagged: Design

Nice or nasty? Aug 31. 0419

There’s something slightly odd about the new iMac. Something about the design just doesn’t feel… well… balanced I guess.

New iMac, nice or nasty?

Usually when I hear that there’s a new piece of mac hardware I visit apple.com and make the appropriate ‘ooh’ and ‘aah’ noises, but this time it was more of a ‘oo…er… hmm’.

Maybe the new iMac just ‘looks’ un-balanced, maybe it’s just me… what do you think?

Tagged: Design

Armadillo v2 Aug 23. 040

Drew has ‘refreshed’ his site with a new look and a slightly revamped structure.

Armadillo v2

If you don’t already frequent his blog then take a gander, not only does it look nice, but it reads well to. Nice work Drew. :)

Tagged: Design

A breath of fresh air… Aug 03. 042

After months of ‘trying’ to find the time we eventually ‘made’ the time here at Mirashade to re-vamp our site.

mirashade, a breath of fresh air.

The initial designs were penned by Chris. I did some design development and then developed the XHTML and CSS using Homesite and TopStyle. Finally the site was deployed using Textpattern. We simply ran out of time to impliment our bespoke solution (Gubbins).

I’d love to hear your feedback and comments on any aspect of the design and implimentation. There are still some areas that need work, but we were keen to get the site ‘out there’.

Update: Mirashade.com is now featured in the CSS Vault and at CSS Beauty and Unmatched Style.

It’s all in the detail Jul 29. 040

Reading my daily blogs I stumbled accross a fantastic entry by Cameron Moll (Authentic Boredom) regarding the 8 things he wish he’d known when he started out as a designer/developer. #1 on the list made me smile simply because it’s exactly what I do on a daily basis.

strong>Details a great designer maketh. If there�s one thing I�ve repeated over the course of my career more than anything else, it�s this simple philosophy: If you have time and talent to care for the smaller details, it almost always means you�ve already cared for the bigger details. Meaning, if you have time and talent to readjust the logo positioning 1px or 1pt to the left or right, it likely means you�ve already solidified usability, cross-browser compatibility, primary headline, and so on. I�m amazed by works that continue to impress as you dig deeper into the details.

Nice post Cameron. :)

Tagged: Design