MetaFilter posts tagged with redesign

Revamp

chuckdarwin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:08:49 -0800

If you use Flickr, your home page is about to change. It looks more like a social networking site than ever. (There's a link near the bottom of your current home page... see it? Beware: MIDI track!)

I feel pretty!

Wolfdog — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:45:25 -0800

Gmail Redesigned is a really slick CSS makeover for - you guessed - Gmail. It uses the Stylish Firefox add-on. (So yes, this is something you would need a computer, firefox, and gmail to care about.)

Tabula Disastera?

_sirmissalot_ — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:48:42 -0800

". . . after 3 minutes of reading your new site my eyes started hurting and my stomach tied up in knots." "I am in misery." Slate redesigns its website once again (previous designs here and here), loyal readership freaks out. The interweb responds here and here (note the presence of at least two positive reviews; not all is lost dear Slate!)

The future of Rx?

Dome-O-Rama — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:23:34 -0800

Target introduces first new Rx bottles in almost 50 years. But they might be the only one for some time to do so. I have a couple in my bathroom already and as a designer I have to say they are brilliant example of thoughtful, careful design that can be extremely usable. If you are a design geek, or a wannabe, this other article is a great read about that explains the design and thought processes, as well as some prototypes, they went through with the NYC School of Visual Arts to get this new design. On page two you can see the new bottle with a detailed features list. I personally like that it wont roll off a table, better readability, and the color coded rings for each family member. One more way design makes your life easier.

What a way to run a railroad.

Simon! — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:22:21 -0800

"What we're doing is taking Bugs Bunny, a classic, and changing him for the kids – making him fresh, cool and hip." By fresh, they mean he will be a martial arts expert. By cool, they mean from the future. By hip? Laser eyes.

Apple.com to be redesigned by Zeldman, Bowman

dilokiam — Wed, 27 Aug 2003 19:55:50 -0800

Apple.com to be redesigned by Zeldman, Bowman Apple has contracted Jeffrey Zeldman of Happy Cog Studios and Douglas Bowman of Stopdesign to collaborate on a redesign of the company's Web site. Congratulations!

New UPS logo

zanpo — Fri, 04 Apr 2003 09:01:42 -0800

UPS revamps Its logo and branding. The unveiling occurred a week ago. Say goodbye to the classic Paul Rand logo, and hello to yet another 'swoop'!

ESPN Motion - TV meets Internet

meanie — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:12:10 -0800

ESPN Motion It's been years in the making, but I can finally say that the Internet has finally met TV, through the medium of sports. ESPN and MSN have introduced ESPN Motion. Along with their site redesign, the once static front page is now a video. Right? You think. Usually this stuff doesn't work, but it doesn't require streaming or waiting (I must concede though that I am on a *very* fast internet connection). Basically you have to register for espn.com and then download a 500 KB file and run the installation. After a few minutes, it works fine. I think the program keeps the video updated in a cache on your hdd but it would require more research.
Note: you are required to have Windows 98 or higher, a fast internet connection, and Windows Media Player.

Unofficial competition to redesign w3c.org

holloway — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 20:20:36 -0800

Unofficial competition to redesign w3c.org. In early December last year the w3c.org homepage released a redesign using XHTML and CSS. While everyone appreciated the cleaner use of markup the response was wholly underwhelming and most felt the design did a disservice to CSS. ...hence the competition, duh.

The BBC's virtual monopoly must end (must it?)

feelinglistless — Mon, 06 Jan 2003 13:50:44 -0800

Is the BBCi website far too big and monopolistic? Editorial from 'The Guardian' discussing whether the BBC's website, funded by the British license fee is taking the thunder away from commercial websites worldwide trying to achieve the same results in advertising run market place. There is some logic to the argument -- when e-marketing revenues are dwingling how can some sites compete with this bohemoth? On the other hand, if they were achieving the same results people would be going to them instead, and the BBC's website is very, very good in some places, indispensible in others.

nyxxxx — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 06:21:54 -0800

An example of innovative web design This was a site made for last tuesday's Buffy episode. I thought it was a really good example of what could be done with design...and there's not even any flash. Just the poems and pictures of a fictional girl who knows she's about to die.

zeoslap — Thu, 10 Oct 2002 23:57:00 -0800

Wired just got hit with the ugly stick

liam — Tue, 30 Jul 2002 06:37:03 -0800

The UK Parliament Site gets a new design, with live webcasting. They want it better to serve "grazers" as well as "hunters". For comparison, the US House and Senate, and the French Assembly and Senate.

Irontom — Mon, 10 Jun 2002 07:42:42 -0800

Revamping Yahoo's Homepage "The redesign is being fueled partly by advertisers, which are increasingly demanding more real estate on highly visible spots such as Yahoo's home page. Advertisers are irked that they can only buy minimal exposure on the main page of a site that draws a massive audience."

physics — Sun, 31 Mar 2002 21:46:45 -0800

New Design? Good, Bad? What the hell? Did I click a skin option?

Voyageman — Mon, 25 Mar 2002 13:50:35 -0800

Sneak peek at the new look for the Wall Street Journal "Print buyers were presented with non-disclosure agreements when shown the pages...No media buyer was shown the front page, redesigned for the first time since the 1944." Pretty esoteric subject, but still remarkable how much influence the "look and feel " of a newspaper can have on its reader. Hard to imagine the WSJ looking different. It must be a very tough endeavor to get right. (IMHO the recently revamped Int Herald Tribune looks way messier and more confusing than before.)

ejoey — Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:11:45 -0800

Movabletype 2.0 is released!

thescoop — Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:05:10 -0800

Want to redesign the Senate Web site? The Senate is soliciting proposals for a new CMS and complete overhaul of the current site, which hasn't changed much (or added many features) lately. It does not include individual senators' or committees' sites.

mattpfeff — Fri, 09 Nov 2001 13:02:44 -0800

Iconocast -- a fairly well known (I think) Internet marketing newsletter -- has redesigned its site. Founder Michael Tchong thinks the new, Flash-based design's "fun interactivity" will one day become "the hallmark of all online media." A dangerous claim to make, especially now.... (Google cache of the old design is here.)

textist — Mon, 29 Oct 2001 07:26:40 -0800

If you crow about your redesign, claiming your site is now "better-looking and easier to use" (and not, say, "sludgy as Hotmail and nearly as ugly"), and you offer a graphical tour to "show you how all these slick new features work", the link to which is a 404, are you the stupidest monopoly around?

Just wondering.

catatonic — Thu, 18 Oct 2001 20:03:51 -0800

FilePile has redesigned. I think it's ugly as all getout, but the rating system is much more intuitive. What do y'all think?

Taken Outtacontext — Wed, 26 Sep 2001 09:51:17 -0800

Whoa! Amazon.com's added a new tab to it's menubar. And it's got MY name on it!

pracowity — Sat, 04 Aug 2001 06:18:18 -0800

The New York Review of Books site has been sensibly redesigned. You no longer have to page through essays, and there are now links to related articles from the magazine's archives.

brian — Mon, 11 Jun 2001 14:46:34 -0800

The Standard revisited The Industry Standard print magazine has launched it's new design. Check your mailboxes and discuss...

aflakete — Fri, 20 Apr 2001 23:30:55 -0800

One of the classier TV channels around has done a site re-design. I think it's pretty neat, but it's a bit um flashy and so drags with a slower connection. I've been watching movies for over 30 years, but I'll still come across a gem on TCM now and then that I've never seen, or sometimes even heard of. They're running some more recent films lately too, like The Hudsucker Proxy a few weeks ago.