Best of Design 2010

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by shadowpwner • 16 years ago

64 9 16 years ago

I wish I could make sites like these. However I have the aesthetic sensibilities of a fridge magnet, so I think I'd better stick to code.

Neputys• 16 years ago

well maybe fridge magnets have awesome aesthetic sensibilities and you write beautiful code? ;)

csytan2• 16 years ago

I used to think the same thing, but now I think that artistic skill is like any other. Some people are more natural than others, but in the end you've got to work hard to get it. I guarantee you that every one of those designers have put forth enormous amounts of effort to be proficient.

I'm learning design because I don't want to have to rely on others to be creative for me. It's a slow and laborious process, but can be fun when I look back on previous projects.

2008: http://pycmds.appspot.com/

2009: http://www.caterpi.com/

2010: http://www.thrutched.com/

In my own path I'm far from there yet, though I know where I want to be.

thenbrent• 16 years ago

Can you share some of the best resources you've found for learning?

efsavage• 16 years ago

I think you are absolutely right. While we all have natural talents and proclivities, being good at one thing, like coding, doesn't mean you're hopeless at another, like designing. I think coders expect that if we can't design as effortlessly as we code, we've got no business doing it, but if you put the same level of effort into learning it as you would a new technology, you'll probably be surprised at the results.

kj12345• 16 years ago

It's too bad these design awards often highlight sites that don't show much of anything and interfaces that don't do much of anything. There's some nice art there (most of it self-promotional) but there just aren't many design challenges to solve on many of those sites. This is my favorite design of 2010 (though it's been around in lesser forms for a while): http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/live/NBA_20101216_A...

That interface takes all the information about an ongoing basketball game and organizes it visually while making it look appealing. It's also very much _web_ design, with dozens of useful links woven in all over the place. I guess you could say that's technically information architecture or UX or something, but to me it's the core of really valuable design.

psadauskas• 16 years ago

Yeah, I'd like to see "Best UI/UX of 2010". Not to degrade the work they've done, some of these designs are really nice, but it's more like "art", than something functional.

trotsky• 16 years ago

agreed. scanning through it was obvious most of it was agency work, much with that distinct corporate design style. The agency sites themselves are usually mis-representative anyway because of the shear amount of effort and polish that gets put into them. Most clients won't be willing to pay for that much work, and often won't get the cherry picked staff assigned to them.

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