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]]> By: Chris http://www.farfromfearless.com/2006/11/30/web-20-logos/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Chris Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:32:09 +0000 http://www.farfromfearless.com/archives/28#comment-24 I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to certain things, and it usually makes my heckles rise when run across something that irks me. Lesson learned. File said posting away and revisit it when you're less irked. I’m a bit of a purist when it comes to certain things, and it usually makes my heckles rise when run across something that irks me. Lesson learned. File said posting away and revisit it when you’re less irked.

]]> By: Matt Wilcox http://www.farfromfearless.com/2006/11/30/web-20-logos/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Matt Wilcox Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:34:59 +0000 http://www.farfromfearless.com/archives/28#comment-23 While I agree with almost everything you say, I'm not actually too bothered about the issue. In the end, design by tutorial is nothing more than a lazy way to shoot yourself in the foot, and I'll be very surprised if any 'real' designers would even look at these tutorials. Any good designer already knows that jumping wholesale onto bandwagons isn't a smart long-term move. Web 2.0 is nothing more than a trend, and one with a signature visual style. Trends will always happen, they always have - but aiming to be indistinguishable from the current trend is a great way to ensure mediocrity. I've seen tutorials about the web 2.0 colour pallet, the logo styles, the footer styles, the fonts... everything you need to make a truly generic 'Web 2.0' web-page. And what designer worth their salt would aim for 'generic'? By all means take a nod toward the most recent trend, sure - borrow some elements from it and sprinkle them through your own design. But simply emulating a look en-mass achieves a design that looks reasonably nice in the short term, but loses a great deal of any potential uniqueness, and will look tired and boring literally as soon as everyone is moves away from the current trend. Good designers know this - and I don't think these tutorials are aimed at such people. While I agree with almost everything you say, I’m not actually too bothered about the issue. In the end, design by tutorial is nothing more than a lazy way to shoot yourself in the foot, and I’ll be very surprised if any ‘real’ designers would even look at these tutorials. Any good designer already knows that jumping wholesale onto bandwagons isn’t a smart long-term move.

Web 2.0 is nothing more than a trend, and one with a signature visual style. Trends will always happen, they always have - but aiming to be indistinguishable from the current trend is a great way to ensure mediocrity. I’ve seen tutorials about the web 2.0 colour pallet, the logo styles, the footer styles, the fonts… everything you need to make a truly generic ‘Web 2.0′ web-page. And what designer worth their salt would aim for ‘generic’?

By all means take a nod toward the most recent trend, sure - borrow some elements from it and sprinkle them through your own design. But simply emulating a look en-mass achieves a design that looks reasonably nice in the short term, but loses a great deal of any potential uniqueness, and will look tired and boring literally as soon as everyone is moves away from the current trend. Good designers know this - and I don’t think these tutorials are aimed at such people.

]]> By: Joe Nicora http://www.farfromfearless.com/2006/11/30/web-20-logos/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Joe Nicora Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:24:05 +0000 http://www.farfromfearless.com/archives/28#comment-22 I guess I feel obligated at this point to say that the article you mention here is a parody. I wrote this after getting tons of attention from a thread on a frequently visited design forum YayHooray (www.yayhooray.com) reference: http://yh.yayhooray.com/thread/90661/yh-collab:-redesign-famous-logos-in-web-2-0-format?page=1 digg link: http://digg.com/design/Famous_Logos_redone_in_Web_2_0_Format The thread got "dugg" and was recognized on a number of high traffic blogs, so to add to the joke, I wrote this tutorial. People, I was just kidding ferchristssakes. I guess I feel obligated at this point to say that the article you mention here is a parody.

I wrote this after getting tons of attention from a thread on a frequently visited design forum YayHooray (www.yayhooray.com) reference: http://yh.yayhooray.com/thread/90661/yh-collab:-redesign-famous-logos-in-web-2-0-format?page=1 digg link: http://digg.com/design/Famous_Logos_redone_in_Web_2_0_Format

The thread got “dugg” and was recognized on a number of high traffic blogs, so to add to the joke, I wrote this tutorial. People, I was just kidding ferchristssakes.

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