http://www.refreshlouisville.org/forums/ Refresh Louisville Community Forums en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:41:23 +0000 http://www.refreshlouisville.org/forums/topic.php?id=88#post-382 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:55:29 +0000 Todd Budnikas 382@http://www.refreshlouisville.org/forums/ <p>I have 1 Dribble invite remaining. If you would like one, i'd be happy to share. Please only request if your focus is on design. I LOVE that the invite process requests that you vet your "draftees" considering who you bring to the closed community. They don't require it mind you, but recommend it. </p> <p>Not saying you have to be a rockstar, but would like someone to come play who considers themselves a true designer. </p> http://www.refreshlouisville.org/forums/topic.php?id=76#post-336 Thu, 28 May 2009 17:18:25 +0000 Amber 336@http://www.refreshlouisville.org/forums/ <p>I am interested in the dichotomy of websites designed with focus mostly on information being delivered in the most intuitive manner opposed to sites that are designed to engage the user in a discovery. To better illustrate this division you may look at 37 signals <a href="http://www.37signals.com/papers/introtopatterns/" rel="nofollow">http://www.37signals.com/papers/introtopatterns/</a> paper discussing the method to discover "chunks" positioning, relationships, and relevance or consider the idea of designing from the epicenter(most important element) of the page outward. Then look at <a href="http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/rooms_ideas/ckl/default.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/rooms_ideas/ckl/default.html</a> or <a href="http://archive.bigspaceship.com/hbovoyeur/" rel="nofollow">http://archive.bigspaceship.com/hbovoyeur/</a> and relate the methodology to the UI design in these two motion graphics experiences. I feel like there are some ideas that have been utilized in both, but I think the UI of motion graphics often attempts to break the rules in creative ways while UI for web software applications and content-driven sites tries to homogenize UI design for ease of use. Both seem to have benefits and a slightly different/somewhat over-lapping place in the arena of web design. I'd love to know what anyone else thinks about this. </p> http://www.refreshlouisville.org/forums/topic.php?id=63#post-290 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:57:32 +0000 aboveaveragejoe 290@http://www.refreshlouisville.org/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2009/" rel="nofollow">http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2009/</a></p> <p>I was actually pretty impressed with this site design (and admittedly pretty shocked by that). Any clues among Refreshers as to who designed it? Can't seem to locate a credit anywhere on the site(s)...curious to see the rest of their work, as well. </p> http://www.refreshlouisville.org/forums/topic.php?id=40#post-166 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:39:34 +0000 Todd Budnikas 166@http://www.refreshlouisville.org/forums/ <p>a <a href="http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/02/25/280-north-announces-atlas-web-app-design-changed-forever/">little buzz</a> about a new app called Atlas from <a href="http://280north.com/">280 North</a>. Their site is currently down. The video tutorial shows a pretty slick application and how to use it to help build a UI for a particular kind of webapp. However, reading through this sitepoint article, I came across this statement from the 280 North co-founder Francisco Tolmasky:</p> <blockquote><p> Design shouldn’t be about writing text. Designers shouldn’t have to know how to write CSS or JavaScript to get their web app interfaces to look and behave the way they want them to. </p></blockquote> <p>That's the spirit! Why should a designer need to understand how the web, and particularly browsers work and interpret CSS and Javascript? This is a lousy attitude that plagues our industry and particularly agencies with web departments that feel this pain. The handoff of a design in Photoshop from someone who doesn't know what CSS stands for to someone who has to make that design come to life, bound by the limitations of browsers and infancy of modern CSS support is baffling to me and only stands in the way of progress. </p> <p>Could an industrial designer create a medical device without knowing how the human body works? Maybe. Maybe I'm being too harsh here. Thoughts? </p> http://www.refreshlouisville.org/forums/topic.php?id=15#post-36 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:25:13 +0000 diggum 36@http://www.refreshlouisville.org/forums/ <p>Why do the Gap/Banana Republic/Piperlime/Old Navy sites suck so bad? These are some of the biggest most profitable stores in the country!</p> <p>I'm Deanna, by the way. I'll introduce myself properly when I get a minute. </p>