This is awesome!
The funky cat that took the time to create this needs a good ol’ pat on the back!

Bookmarked.

Think you missed the point of the “Thornament” post…

Not at all, Colin, although I see what you mean. I know Jessica’s post is basically blasting the style (although she also notes that “some of it is breathtakingly beautiful, compelling, even entertaining”), but I was only referring to it for her canny definition. In other words, yer ma.

There’s a time and a place for every style. Convincing idots that 120 quid jeans (on credit) will make them more important, attractive and successful, is one that “Thornament” is good at.

Personally, I think this kind of look is often done to cover up a lack of basic design skills with illustrator/photoshop skills…. yer ma’s your da

I like to think of “Thornament” as a way of further bridging the gap between fine and digital art. A lot of the ‘natural’ brushes available have been made by scanning in natural elements and working up from there, and this is pretty cool in my book. As long as you don’t to over-the-top bananas, or just throw a load of shit together on the page without first thinking about it, I could see it being the way forward. Interfaces in particular become less alien to us, and more like part of the furniture, and a hell of a lot easier and nicer to use. Yo’ momma.

generally people just want the info, not a “fancy” interface. Your Momma was a snowblower

But just because an interface has been designed in a ‘real-world’, botanical way, doesn’t mean it has to be ‘fancy’, or in other words, ’shit’. As you said yerself Colin, “There’s a time and a place for every style”. If you want to read your emails or check the weather or chart the current location of the Black Arm of Snargle, a basic layout is best, true. But for such things as movie promotion sites, band sites, etc, a nice bit of creative design goes a long way. Yo momma so fat, her picture falls off the wall.

your momma’s so fat, I rolled over twice and was still on top

oh yeah.. design shite….. If it can be argued that it actually adds to the user experience then yes.

The day ish mine! Suck it, Trebeck!

in what percentage of projects would it add to the user experience? I’d bet it’s less than 10.

Penis Mighter please!

[…] He’s resurfaced in New York working for id society, the kind of company that only talks in corporate drivel like “4D Ideology”, but he has put his portfolio up at www.53degreesnorth.net. I’d encourage a good look through his work, and although most of the good stuff isn’t live (yet?) you can still see how his earlier work is still relevant today. (Even Brycie’s “Thornament”) […]