i have so much that i’ve been meaning to post about that it’s not even funny, but instead you get this, because it’s easy. :)

i tripped over this blog today, and was struck by a few ways it breaks from the current blog layout cookie cutter. i like how it uses depth, rather than just width, to separate the main content from the sidebars, how it isn’t afraid to use the full screen even though the edges might not fit on low-res displays, and how beautifully it ties the levels together with that nifty thin band of color across the top.

ever since i heard scott mccloud talk at the closing plenary for CHI this past spring in montreal, i’ve been thinking more and more about the idea of the display as a window onto a larger canvas, rather than a projection screen that flips through one fixed-size image after another, and while this example was actually probably just designed by/for someone with the luxury of a wicked huge display, i think it hints at some of what might change if we think about the screen a little differently.

at the very least, it reminds me that i shouldn’t put off my own redesign any longer, and it gives me a few ideas about how i might get around the “sidebar, content, sidebar” wireframe that has been boring me lately.

do you like it?

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