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rglover · 28-12-2007, 06:17

I'm working with a friend to start a local online underground music and culture website. I've spent a good part of the evening working on this mock-up and I like it quite a bit, though, I figured if anywhere DT would be the place to get an opinion. Let me know what you think. (*NOTE* The copy for the Deerhoof review was taken from Home: Pitchfork and was simply used as a placeholder)

rglover · 28-12-2007, 18:23

Nobody, again?

pgo · 28-12-2007, 19:49

It looks good except the diagonal lines are really off-putting and the borders around the nav buttons draw too much attention for my liking.

joey · 28-12-2007, 19:58

It's not amazing. To be honest, the design makes me not want to read it. It doesn't seem very sophisticated, as a "culture" magazine would normally be.

rglover · 28-12-2007, 20:00

Maybe I made the world "culture" too ambiguous. What we're doing is writing an online magazine about UNDERGROUND culture, not the common conception of culture. However, what would you do to make you want to read it?

joey · 29-12-2007, 16:50

I wouldn't give it a dark background.

tsakali · 31-12-2007, 18:02

uit's not bad but you need to seprarate some aspects of it from the continuous background, give a little different color/ brightness as background for some of the content and it will feel more complete imo.. nothing too drastic, just enough of a difference just to soothe the mind's quest of boundaries

saints · 01-01-2008, 06:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by joey

It's not amazing. To be honest, the design makes me not want to read it. It doesn't seem very sophisticated, as a "culture" magazine would normally be.

i agree totally

iblastoff · 01-01-2008, 07:20

deerhoof rules. that layout does not. i agree that the striped background is too strong.

roto · 01-01-2008, 13:12

It reminds me too much of SlideShowPro's look & feel.

pat · 01-01-2008, 14:36

make it fun! It's so rigid and formal, the opposite of bands like Deerhoof's feel surely? This is a blog but you get what i mean, it's slap dash, illustrative etc: Said the Gramophone - an mp3 blog

Break the mould a bit fella, that could just as much be a website promoting some sort of new web app.

roto · 01-01-2008, 17:22

cool site, pat. I like their "Wonderful Video Contest". I just might have a dabble...

rglover · 02-01-2008, 01:23

Thank you for the suggestions, I'll definetly work with some of them and post an update when I'm finished.

Pencil Rebel · 02-01-2008, 10:40

"I've spent a good part of the evening"
considering this time it look alright,

just wonder about header height, looks like you could easily save 40px

28-12-2007, 06:17	#1 (permalink)
rglover asleep at the trigger Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 231	Online Culture Magazine I'm working with a friend to start a local online underground music and culture website. I've spent a good part of the evening working on this mock-up and I like it quite a bit, though, I figured if anywhere DT would be the place to get an opinion. Let me know what you think. (NOTE The copy for the Deerhoof review was taken from Home: Pitchfork and was simply used as a placeholder) __________________ twitter.com/rglover

28-12-2007, 18:23	#2 (permalink)
rglover asleep at the trigger Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 231	Nobody, again? __________________ twitter.com/rglover

28-12-2007, 19:58	#4 (permalink)
joey Joey™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: California Posts: 1,081	It's not amazing. To be honest, the design makes me not want to read it. It doesn't seem very sophisticated, as a "culture" magazine would normally be. __________________ Something here very soon.

28-12-2007, 20:00	#5 (permalink)
rglover asleep at the trigger Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 231	Maybe I made the world "culture" too ambiguous. What we're doing is writing an online magazine about UNDERGROUND culture, not the common conception of culture. However, what would you do to make you want to read it? __________________ twitter.com/rglover

29-12-2007, 16:50	#6 (permalink)
joey Joey™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: California Posts: 1,081	I wouldn't give it a dark background. __________________ Something here very soon.

28-12-2007, 19:49	#3 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	It looks good except the diagonal lines are really off-putting and the borders around the nav buttons draw too much attention for my liking.

31-12-2007, 18:02	#7 (permalink)
tsakali custom title Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: new orleans Posts: 39	uit's not bad but you need to seprarate some aspects of it from the continuous background, give a little different color/ brightness as background for some of the content and it will feel more complete imo.. nothing too drastic, just enough of a difference just to soothe the mind's quest of boundaries

01-01-2008, 07:20	#9 (permalink)
iblastoff gotsa a malanga! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: ottawa, canada Posts: 489	deerhoof rules. that layout does not. i agree that the striped background is too strong. __________________ stevelam.ca \| sickpill.com

01-01-2008, 13:12	#10 (permalink)
roto Floating libation anyone? Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: El Barco del Amor Posts: 4,644	It reminds me too much of SlideShowPro's look & feel. __________________ fun: HGC v.4 \| last.fm: DT \| me \| *oi! fck u roto: ...via meebo! New to interweb design?** Your friends at dt can help.

01-01-2008, 14:36	#11 (permalink)
pat jorge regula Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: B'ham/Leeds Posts: 4,860	make it fun! It's so rigid and formal, the opposite of bands like Deerhoof's feel surely? This is a blog but you get what i mean, it's slap dash, illustrative etc: Said the Gramophone - an mp3 blog Break the mould a bit fella, that could just as much be a website promoting some sort of new web app. __________________

01-01-2008, 17:22	#12 (permalink)
roto Floating libation anyone? Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: El Barco del Amor Posts: 4,644	cool site, pat. I like their "Wonderful Video Contest". I just might have a dabble... __________________ fun: HGC v.4 \| last.fm: DT \| me \| *oi! fck u roto: ...via meebo! New to interweb design?** Your friends at dt can help.

02-01-2008, 01:23	#13 (permalink)
rglover asleep at the trigger Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 231	Thank you for the suggestions, I'll definetly work with some of them and post an update when I'm finished. __________________ twitter.com/rglover

02-01-2008, 10:40	#14 (permalink)
Pencil Rebel Mixed Media Web Design Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sheffield Posts: 21	"I've spent a good part of the evening" considering this time it look alright, just wonder about header height, looks like you could easily save 40px

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