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http://brassflowers.com/

by nodoubt • 15 years ago

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brassflowers.com

nodoubt3• 15 years ago

Found this link from a talk on Skyara

http://www.skyara.com/s/run-your-project-or-idea-by-a-uxui-e...

Couldn't help myself once I seen the stripy colored in background making the text unbearable to read.

jarin• 15 years ago

It's pretty bad, but I will say in their defense that sometimes the shoemaker's kids go shoeless.

My business's website (http://robotmodehq.com/) is pretty terrible and horribly out of date. I've had a redesign in the works for several months, but since I'm swamped with client work already there hasn't been a ton of pressure to finish it. I just point future clients at my past client sites instead.

Edit: Well now that I put it out there, I guess I should probably finish up the redesign, haha.

petervandijck6• 15 years ago

Hey, I am regularly hired as a UX expert and my website is http://petervandijck.com

unignorant• 15 years ago

For what it's worth, I find your site pleasantly minimalistic. Most academics I know have a similar setup.

petervandijck6• 15 years ago

Thanks :) It gets the job done. I agree I'd never hire the link above because of pure bad taste.

nodoubt3• 15 years ago

Through simplicity I see you have avoided implementing necessary UI improvements.

Though I think your website would be 3x more enjoyable if you at least just indented the content a little bit.

petervandijck6• 15 years ago

3x more enjoyable? Really? Maybe 4x? By "necessary UI improvements" you mean they are necessary because....?

codingthewheel• 15 years ago

Lost me at "renowned".

petervandijck6• 15 years ago

Yea I should remove that. The reason it's there is that people often copy&paste that text for use in other places, where it helps :)

meric• 15 years ago

For what it's worth, you can "change the mood" of the website. http://brassflowers.com/?themedemo=sunrise

petervandijck6• 15 years ago

Oh my god that's even worse!

peng• 15 years ago

In case someone is actually looking for a UI guy, here's some shameless self-promotion: http://nylira.com

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