markus stefan

markus stefan

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• Added: 17 March 2005
• Designer: Markus Stefan

Review:

There's currently all this talk about redefining the box, getting out of the "blog" or "typical" website look and creating something different. But there's definitely something to be said about people who take a look at the box and say, "Hey, this isn't too bad" and works magic off what they have.

I've said it time and again--it's always in the details. At first glance, some may cry, "Too many images!" but the site degrades just fine as the images are called through the CSS. He uses some of those images to "break" out of the box, like in his pull-out text in the right-hand sidebar, and the floating orange postcard image in another page. And frankly, using so many images is rather daring in a CSS-driven site.

I enjoy that his contact form is at the bottom of every page, ready for easy access. Since most of his page contact is brief and succint, it's easy to find.

I wonder, however, how much thought was put into the typographic elements of the site. The type elements in his header don't match with the body elements, as it seems like he doesn't know whether he wants to use a bold condensed sans-serif or a regular/thin weight sans-serif as headers. I suggest he choose one to keep it consistent.

Reviewed by Lea Alcantara

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