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Design Standards
One of the more consistent issues I’ve seen in the web design world (and artistic world in general) has been the “standards” we tend to use for what is good. Each organization tends to compare its art and creativity with other similar organizations who are doing the same thing.
Unfortunately, a lot of times it’s like playing sports at a small school. You know, those schools where you can be a half-way athletic person and play varsity football, basketball, tennis, lacrosse, golf, be chess team captain, voted prom king, student body president, and even most likely to succeed.
I propose it’s time we begin looking a little further outside our creative comfort zone. Here’s a great place to start…
As an organization, the easiest (and maybe most obvious) place to look when searching for design ideas is at other websites in the same industry.
Instead of just perusing sites like this, check out sites like www.strangefruits.nl. Anyone can tell the difference in design abilities between these two sites:
There’s a whole big, bright world out there full of creative genius to explore. Let’s not limit our designing to what works in our little community just because it’s better than the other sites out there in your own industry.
Explore strangefuits.nl and be mesmerized, discouraged, encouraged and blown away like we are every time we hop on it.
Posted on June 17th, 2008 under Our Opinions by Jim with 3 comments.