I like to write about what is currently going on in my life, and since my free time the last week has been spent on building-out the new version of this site’s design… I’m getting antsy. Growing up my mom had a hard time keeping me from peaking at my Christmas presents and… gosh help me… I have a hard time keeping surprise parties a secret from my friends. So to satisfy this urge to blow it all early.. I decided to give you all a sneak peak on my influences and inspirations me when working on the new design… without actually showing you the design.
Thinking personal website redesign is a daunting task…”Should it reflect who I am? Should it be conceptual? Maybe it should just reflect what styles I like? Wait… who the hell am I? What DO I like?” If you have ever faced the challenge of your own personal site redesign you know… it can make you go absolutely INSANE.
So this time around I focused on design styles I admire and typography, since it is what I talk about most on this blog. I tried to marry the elements that I love about print design with the elements that work beautifully on the web. To give you a sneak peak I retroactively went back through all my bookmarks and paper samples and clippings to put together an inspiration board.
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Is it just me, or is designing your own website *way* harder than anything else? I love your point about the fact that the process of designing your own site requires you to ask some hard questions about who you are as a person. Good post (and, like your inspiration, looking forward to the new design!)
— January 26, 2009
I completely understand what you mean, Samantha!! I recently launched my studio site, but oh boy, it took me forever to decide on the design direction, kept going back and forth on a lot of things and I’m not sure if I’m 100% satisfied… and I completely agree with you, Condredge, it is WAY harder to design my own website than my clients’ sites.
I can’t wait to see what you’ve been working on!! :)
oh! and I’m not sure if you went back and saw my comments, but thank you so much for your comments and the 4th edition is available now! :)
— January 27, 2009
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Thanks for commenting
Your new site looks great… I was checking it out the other day… and when I first saw it my mouth flew open. While my new site and your site are totally different designs you will see how we both were thinking along the same path. You did a wonderful job, I love it.
Thanks for the reminder on the print, I am going to snatch that up right now.. When i get it I will send you a pic of it on my wall next to my desk :-)
— January 27, 2009
Awesome mood board! I recently started a group on Flickr specifically for the discussion and presentation of mood boards and mood board techniques. I would be great if yours could be the first submission.
http://flickr.com/groups/857023@N25/
— February 23, 2009