Ismael Burciaga

My Thoughts On This Design

Ok first of all this site is beautiful. The colors really glow on this site. When I saw this on CSSMania, it really drew my attention. Most sites that are dark sometimes just have a few pop colors, but this site has the entire color spectrum. Coming from a print design background, this site reminds me of a poster layout. There is a lot of negative-space (whitepsace) and the gutter spaces are all consistent. Designers sometimes don’t think about keeping gutter spaces consistent, they like to go all over the place and never align things up. I am not not talking about beginners, but I have seen designers who have been designing for years and still don’t align things up. It’s one of my biggest pet peeves.

The designer of this site really paid lots of attention to the smallest of details. I like the little dashes above the color spectrum bar and of course the stitching below it. I also like how the designer kept the gradient on the pie chart very subtle. I am not a fan of harsh gradients and of course when a designer uses strong shadows. I like my shadows to be very light and subtle.  Also notice how the designer did not go crazy using many fonts on this site. If I can still count, I think I see 3 different fonts. He used a slab serif for the main title, a serif italic for subtiltes and complimented with sans-serif for the content. This design was well thought out. Oh I almost forgot to say that the button on the bottom is sexy.

I really can go on and on about this site. Enough of me talking, go check it out.