Ready or not, it will go live on July 1st. I'm looking forward to hear what you think of the (hopefully completed) realignment!

Hopefully the transfer will be smooth and without downtime. But if for whatever reason the site will be down for a bit, at least you know why.

Update: Ouch, almost 2 days of downtime. But I’m up and running again! If you happen to run into any errors, please let me know!

To be honest, I didn't come up with the idea all by myself. Jason Santa Maria's article On the topic of design triggered me to start sharing the most notable books I come across.

I picked 4 winners at random from the participants. Without further ado:

In order to compete, all you need to do is post a comment about what you would use the cards for if you win them. Commenting closes in 2 weeks from today at October 20, 2008. Four winners will then be picked randomly. Read the rest of this article for further details.

First: I am not a Wordpress specialist. Actually, I don't have a lot of experience with Wordpress at all (Textpattern baby!). So creating a Wordpress template would be difficult even if I wanted to. Which I don't: the intention of the Make it worn series was to show you how you can go about creating a worn looking website, not to provide a free template. Although you can use it as such if you like.

Once again, all of the materials I use are available for downloading, you'll find them in a zip at the bottom of this article.

Since last fall I’ve spend so much time behind computer screens that it was time to cut back for a bit and experience offlife (life offline, not sure if the term exists. If it doesn’t, I hereby claim it’s invention!) for a while.

What I'd expect was a small mention, maybe even a tiny screenshot along with an article on one subject or another, but when I got my hands on the magazine this morning I found out there was a 2 page spread dedicated to my site!! Hooray!! :)

Once again, all of the materials I use are available for download, you'll find them in a zip at the bottom of this article.

I'm designing a fictional website throughout these articles to show how I go about several stages and techniques. All of the materials I use are available for download, including the final page design and all in between steps. You may use these to experiment, edit, or whatever else you want to do with them, as long as it is non-commercial. On the bottom of each article will be a link to download the corresponding materials. The final article will contain a zip with everything in it.

While the previous series isn’t even completed, I’m announcing my second: “make it worn”. In a series of three 3 articles I will guide you through the process of designing a worn looking website. I’ll cover the preparation of wireframes and resources, the process of adding texture and detail, and finally the blending of all elements in order to create a unified whole.

Back in 2005, I launched the previous version of my website. It had gradients, drop-shadows, a glossy blue sky, and various other elements that around that time were getting popular. Before I knew it, my site was 'trendy'.

Wether you're designing a (commercial) website for a client or a personal site, like I am in this example, you will need to have some goals set beforehand, in order to know in which direction you'll be going/what criteria your design should meet. Along with setting these goals, you need to consider who your main audience is and define that group so that you know who you are going to address. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/subdued/~3/TPa-wCf47bA/design-process-part-2-goals-and-audience Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:20:28 GMT Bart-Jan Verhoef tag:www.subdued.net,2007-12-04:b8bfd7423f1881b69f3fc6ea71627de4/e9a492dcf3b3e4818e0d07184e827ea7 http://www.subdued.net/design-process-part-2-goals-and-audience A few quick notes on traffic, inspiring websites, podcasts and type.