Comments on: minimalist design http://dan.hersam.com/2002/07/17/minimalist-design/ A computer programmer's commentary on news, Linux, programming, music, web design, trivia, humor, usability and whatever else strikes his fancy at the time. Wed, 16 May 2012 03:16:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dan http://dan.hersam.com/2002/07/17/minimalist-design/comment-page-1/#comment-221 dan Wed, 12 Mar 2003 16:03:17 +0000 /?p=322#comment-221 <em>I do not think that usable and from artistic point of view - atractive web site is something not possible.</em> I believe you misunderstood Sandra. The way I interpreted it was she does not think having a usable and attractive web site is not possible. In other words, she thinks it <em>is</em> possible. I do not think that usable and from artistic point of view – atractive web site is something not possible.

I believe you misunderstood Sandra. The way I interpreted it was she does not think having a usable and attractive web site is not possible. In other words, she thinks it is possible.

]]> By: f220 http://dan.hersam.com/2002/07/17/minimalist-design/comment-page-1/#comment-220 f220 Wed, 12 Mar 2003 05:19:27 +0000 /?p=322#comment-220 Actually you could pretty much take that sentence and contort it to any application of minimalism... when I wrote it I was thinking more about two breeds: furniture design (for some weird reason) and graphic design. It's true that any design SHOULD have functionality and design co-existing, but minimalism arose around the idea of making art functional and intuitive, yet still expressing concept. What I was commenting on was the other poster who said it's 'impossible' to combine the two - which is just... wrong...? Actually you could pretty much take that sentence and contort it to any application of minimalism… when I wrote it I was thinking more about two breeds: furniture design (for some weird reason) and graphic design. It’s true that any design SHOULD have functionality and design co-existing, but minimalism arose around the idea of making art functional and intuitive, yet still expressing concept.
What I was commenting on was the other poster who said it’s ‘impossible’ to combine the two – which is just… wrong…?

]]> By: Levi http://dan.hersam.com/2002/07/17/minimalist-design/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Levi Tue, 11 Mar 2003 17:34:03 +0000 /?p=322#comment-219 f220: You speak as if minimalism was a term invented for web pages. This is not so; it's an art/lit term used to describe a movement towards extreme simplification of form and color. As applied to web pages, it refers to the layout, color scheme, and other presentation aspects of the page. The actual usability of the page is different, but not entirely disjoint, from the 'minimalist' aspect of it. Any web design should have functionality and design working well together, it's not particular to minimalist design. f220: You speak as if minimalism was a term invented for web pages. This is not so; it’s an art/lit term used to describe a movement towards extreme simplification of form and color. As applied to web pages, it refers to the layout, color scheme, and other presentation aspects of the page. The actual usability of the page is different, but not entirely disjoint, from the ‘minimalist’ aspect of it.

Any web design should have functionality and design working well together, it’s not particular to minimalist design.

]]> By: f220 http://dan.hersam.com/2002/07/17/minimalist-design/comment-page-1/#comment-218 f220 Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:43:35 +0000 /?p=322#comment-218 yea right... minimalism, if done well, is all ABOUT functionality and design working well together. You take out all the extra, unneccesary frills and focus the user at what's important. It's elegant, intuitive, natural. yea right… minimalism, if done well, is all ABOUT functionality and design working well together. You take out all the extra, unneccesary frills and focus the user at what’s important. It’s elegant, intuitive, natural.

]]> By: Sandra http://dan.hersam.com/2002/07/17/minimalist-design/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Sandra Thu, 18 Jul 2002 08:55:07 +0000 /?p=322#comment-217 I must agree again with you, while they are working well together, I do not think that usablle and from artistic point of view - atractive web site is something not possible. I must agree again with you, while they are working well together, I do not think that usablle and from artistic point of view – atractive web site is something not possible.

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