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Wisdump redesign concepts

As I’ve hinted before, there’s a redesign of Wisdump - by yours truly - coming soon. I thought I’d share some elements from this design with you. Overall, the idea is to stay true to the whitespace look, but do a better job placing ads and such. Also, Wisdump will be sub-networked with related Splashpress sites, more on that later on.

It’s still fairly early, but the general feel is there.

The new Wisdump draft

What do you think?

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Published by Thord Daniel Hedengren on January 16, 2008 in Design, Wisdump and tagged , , • Did you like it? Subscribe! Or Submit it to Blogosphere News!

11 people says things!

  1. Hey,

    I guess it’s fairly OK - just lose the “network” thing and you’ll be fine.

    By Alex Kay on January 16, 2008 4:58 am

  2. I’ll miss the circle, but I’ll live. Don’t know anything about the network stuff, so I have no real opinion.

    By Jesse on January 16, 2008 4:14 pm

  3. For someone who writes and talks about design alot it looks like you might want to review some of your own advice.

    By polski on January 16, 2008 7:48 pm

  4. Thanks for the input, guys. Keep it coming.

    Polski, I would love to hear what you had in mind here? Your comment isn’t really interesting unless you’ve got something to back it up with, you know. So shoot, tell me!

    By Thord Daniel Hedengren on January 16, 2008 10:55 pm

  5. Actually, I like the change to the logo Thord. The rest of the design is pretty clean too.

    However, the 125px ad blocks - aren’t we all becoming blind to these within the niche these days? I for one barely notice them anymore. Maybe there’s a challenge - to break that ad unit cliche?

    By Gerard on January 17, 2008 11:11 pm

  6. Maybe you’re right about the 125 pixel ad blocks, Gerard, I don’t know. On this one I’m afraid there are other forces at play (i.e. sales department), so I need to make room for them.

    Personally, I’ve been thinking a bit on ideal ad placements. Actually, I think I’ll write a blog post about it! :)

    By Thord Daniel Hedengren on January 18, 2008 1:17 am

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  8. Not overly impressive. Good minimal designed sites are deceivingly difficult to achieve.

    (Without knowing your goals with the new design) I’d have to say the current is better than the proposed. The top right corner shows an insensitivity to typography and kerning problems. While the angled buttons and logo shape just leave an uneasy disjointed feeling. Wacky angled lines usually yell… change for the sake of change… to me

    By Rhett on January 18, 2008 11:24 am

  9. Rhett:

    In fairness sake the issues you propose in the top right could be due to the resizing of the image. I like the tilted logo and buttons, it gives the site some flair without going from the minimial style. Still, it’s a way to go but that is to be expected from a draft so I don’t want to be overly critical here.

    Keep at it, I think it will be an improvement to the current one, which I think is a bit dated.

    By Sandra on January 18, 2008 10:48 pm

  10. Just wanted to let you guys know that I will, of course, post another draft later on.

    By Thord Daniel Hedengren on January 22, 2008 5:31 am

  11. the round logo should be preserved and optically integrated in the new design and besides I think the layout has a bit too much of asloping squares - though it seems to have concept

    By Tom on January 23, 2008 3:34 pm

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