Theres lots of scribblings on the web today about the use of ugly design/lack of design to make a website sell.
Here is the article that started it all and a link to the full story.
I wouldnt mind some comment, as it is a toughy….
At the Northern Voice conference I met Markus Frind, founder of Plentyoffish.com. […]

The BBC are asking for your ideas in order to reboot their website. Personally, I think the current version is in no way in need of a makeover, but with prizes galore for highly-rated entries, why not give it a shot? It’ll be hard with competition like this, though.

The astounding credit sequence for ‘Thank you for Smoking’ is another great example of the abundance of creativity in modern film production. Hats off to Stephen Coles for trying to name all fonts present.

A recent eyetracking study conducted by Jakob Nielsen reveals a recurring F-shaped pattern for reading web content.

So I just got word today that Clockwork Orange have just had their website redeveloped courtesy of Tibus after their disastrous foray into the world of eCommerce a few years back. The whole design and approach certainly disappoint.

Apparently so, if just for the revolutionary special effects…
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Moustache Lip…Tender Kiss

Drew McClellan and his 5 most important considerations when planning a site.
Sums things up nicely…

Does downloading music dampen the listening experience?
A recent study commissioned by Dr Adrian North, of Leicester University’s School of Psychology, culminated with the claim that the current trend of downloading music has made people apathetic; suggesting that music is now so easily accessible that it is no longer prized, that it is a commodity rather […]

“A growing, collaborative resource that describes, tracks and explains culture, commerce, politics, media, sports, brands – everything possible, really – through design.”
right here

Gorgeously illustrated and cheekily written, “John, Paul, George & Ben” is a rare specimen; a children’s book containing intimate design and amazing wordplay.
Take this excerpt for example:
“One day his teacher, Mr. Douglas, asked the class to make birdhouses by gluing macaroni to ye olde balsa wood. Tom happily ignored him and used traditional […]

When I packed in the BBC seven months ago and began freelancing, I thought it’d be no more than a month before I tucked my tail between my legs and headed down to Grafton Recruitment. But somehow it — “it” being full-time freelancing — has worked out. Not only have I turned down three jobs […]

Colin, Ciaron and Me Self went to the last one of these and it was great craic all together.
Dont worry it aint as poserish as you would expect from a night out that Jordan would go to.
Design folks from Dublin/UK show their stuff and how they got the contracts, etc…
Candy in Association with IDI, […]

Anyone had a go at this?
Its jiggery-pokery with shutterspeeds and contrast to create wicked awesome images.
(High Dynamic Range) Apparently anyone can do it…
HDR Tokyo

HDR New York

Surprisingly hard. I managed 17/20 fo’shizzle.
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You may not know this but a warthog is also a kind of all terrain vehicle..
I found a neat game online where you have to blow them up to kill aliens, strange suicide bombing attempts by inanimate objects….. Franz?? Are you involved in this??
I could only get to level 5  Play the game

Saw this today and thought is was funny, a story about how good design is based on the C.R.A.P. principle where C.R.A.P. stands for Contrast Repetition Alignment Proximity, and when the boss tells you that your design is crap, they’re actually giving you positive reinforcement.
Okay, that last part was made up, sorry. “Crappy work” is […]

Or…………reunion. what ever you want to call it, the time is fast approaching of our annual meet and its now 3 years since we finished - unbelievable. To save a lot of the problems we had last year we need to organise things ahead. We’ve already had some suggestions for the night out but we […]

They said it couldn’t be done - they said he’s too feckin lazy, they said it’s all talk - When I say ‘they’ I of course refer specifically to Dr (Obscured for Legal Reasons) MD - (Obscured for Legal Reasons) you son of a gun I did it.