So here’s the new Wordpress Theme - based on the Starkers theme by Elliot Jay Stocks.The intention with this version was twofold:
- To create something REALLY simple and fast and remove all the fluff and design bull
- To adapt the interface to be more of a content aggregation tool - bringing in my Twitter and Delicious feeds.
It’s not meant to be a piece of groundbreaking design by any means - just something simple and functional. That said, it’s really quite difficult to force yourself not to add a shadow here and a swoosh over there. Intentional simplicity with a touch of class isn’t easy to achieve.
The TO DO list for the theme is still exceptionally long, but in the interest moving forward, here’s the 1.0 release that will be slowly upgraded over the next month or so. Let me know what you think!
There’s been a couple months of silence from my side - largely due to an INSANE workload. Over the last few weeks I’ve been working hard to try and bring back some balance in my life - part of which is having an hour a day to dedicate to this site and producing some cool content that others might be interested in.
Happy to report that things are back on track, and I’m working on a redesign - the aim being to work out a few usability issues and align the site’s look-and-feel with how I would like it to ideally function and serve / aggregate content from various sources. ETA - September 28th. Watch this space.
1eighty has only been live for a grand total of three weeks, and I’ve already redesigned it. Isn’t that just typical? When producing a new piece of work, I always go through a sequence of emotional phases that go something like this (and I don’t think I’m alone):
- Start working on the interface
- Start loving a direction
- Decide that “this is my best work ever… Damn I’m good!”
- Start rolling the thing out
- A few days before completion, realize that the design sucks…
- …but it’s too late to turn back…
- …so there’s no option but to launch it.
- It’s live, the response is good, and people seem to dig it…
- …but the thought still persists… this could have been better.
- Maybe next time?
Does this sound familiar? I sometimes even experience this with other designers’ work I oversee. Is it just a coincidence that C.D. = Creative Director = Cognitive Dissonance?
Luckily this time the site is my own, and I can change it as often as I like. So why did I opt for this type of look and feel? Watch this space - I’ll chat about that in an upcoming post…
Just been featured on We Love Wordpress - an online showcase of Wordpress powered website. Nice one!