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English360
Current rating: 5.6 (524 votes)
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- Added: 20 July 2005
- Designer: Cameron Moll
Review:
I have been hiding out, waiting for the right time to give another review.
Cameron has created a simple and elegant presence for his newest client. This site appeals to the more personal aspects of my style. And Cameron frames that perfectly on his own site...
"However, radical approaches need not always require radical design. This design attests to that, relying instead on minimal aesthetics to portray its message."
For me, design is predominantly about communication. And nothing communicates better that simplicity and clarity. The simple color palette and organization of information provide an easily "scan-able" layout, which helps the customer find important content more quickly. And isn't that what we should all be focused on anyway? :)
The attention to detail also keeps the design from becoming boring.
Great job Cameron!
Reviewed by John Peele
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Is it just me, or does it seem like it's getting easier and easier to make minimal sites that make MORE of an impact, are smarter, and more efficient?
Brilliant site, Cameron. An 8 all the way!
ACK! Where was this site when I needed a reference! I really like how Mr. Moll divided the columns cleanly with minimal use of coloured blocks and borders. I was working on a site for a client and I was looking for sites like these! He did an excellent job laying the information-intensive site into a very clean, usable layout! Definitely one of my favourites!
Thanks for the kind words and votes, everyone.
Love the site, especially the headers with diagonal backgrounds. One quip though: the text on the main paige is a bit faint for my liking, and a site about communication should be easy to read. Otherwise i think the clear, dynamic layout speaks well for the site's purpose. The code is nice and lean too.
Good point, Michael. The light gray text may be a little bit too light.
The site can't really be faulted. It doesn't make me go 'wow' in terms of the look, but I don't think that is a bad thing when you take into consideration the subject matter. 'Intelligent' and 'Appropriate' are words that spring to mind.
I think it looks great. Clean, elegant and fits the business without looking cliched or cloned from similar sites in that industry. Awesome work, Cameron!
Does the identity remind anyone else quite a bit of Cingular Wireless? With the forms, colors, and typography together I immediately thought of Cingular. Not to say it's badly done by any means but I wonder if the Moll noticed the similarity.
Nothing really great abt this site. I like the simple layout - but nothing unique.
Maybe I am just bitter.
Oh deary deary me, someone is posting on my behalf! Well I love the site an to the people here at StyleGala I hope you can see my IP because it is the only one I have.
Anyway, not to distract, nice job Cameron.
Who said standards were about accessibility ? As with many websites featured here, the choice for me is to either make the effort to read the small font, or disable CSS entirely [*], because the layout breaks everything when I up the font size.
I know it's hard to design for everyone, but expecting everyone to read 12px font is a bit much (even on 800x640 display)! Some flexibility to up the font size a few notches ? Alternative stylesheet ? Do something !
[*] And think of all those who've no clue about CSS or how to disable it !
I am the J Oxton - who are you and why do you think I am posting on your behalf? Weirdo! The world does not revolve around you, you know.
Yeah, the way it degrades when you up the text size is pretty appalling. It is difficult to make layouts that work well with a variety of text sizes, but surely it can be done better than this! A real pity, because for me it ruins what's otherwise quite a nice, clean design with good presentation of the information.
Amazing what a controlled colors and simple borders can do for a layout. Amazing work.
@ Jennifer: Errr, right well that's a hell of a coincidence, so maybe you could tell me what you are so bitter about? As someone who could well be related to you I'd like to help you get over youself. But please, let's not derail the comments here any further, mail me: johnoxton@gmail.com
Note to self: Stop using px, for Pete's sake. (thanks)
I'm a sucker for this minimalist stuff so I'm giving it a 9. People always tend to be underwhelmed by this kind of almost "zen" simplicity but it's a lot harder to get right then just filling up your pages with background graphics. It takes balls to go this lean ;-)
Nice coding too...
Those bloody Oxtons...
Me likes the site, expecially the horizontal bar in the middle.
Nice job, Cameron.
I think it's a great looking site. Really nice, fresh and inspiring.
Would be cool if you could fix the text re-sizing issue.
Nonetheless, awesome site!
Love the site. Lovely clean layout. On the text sizing issue; if you look through the other sites in this gallery, quite a few 'break' under text enlargment conditions. Beyond the entry page, i think the layout of this site copes well.
Nice work Mr Moll!
Very nice clean site. Inspiring indeed.
Tis quite lovely. Simple and clean.
We are properties seller in paris, and need to have our website designed, is there anyone who can help? I see here are a lot of quality works done by designers, any of them can help us.?
The best sites are those that do not require pop-ups or Google-ads to make an impact on the net or on society. Your site and craigslist come to mind.
It is a well-designed site, but I too had the feeling I was on the Cingular Wireless site.