WSA Winner
Thursday September 23rd, 2004
Noscope is the stylish and sleek online home for Danish designer Joen Asmussen. For some reason the design makes me think of the album Born Sandy Devotional by The Triffids. They both share a spacious feel while allowing for living, organic elements.
It's worth noticing how Joen has designed the header graphic to be a bit wider than the main content. To me this creates some positive tension to the page.
Another thing that struck me was the ugly white box around the search field up in the right corner. Why on earth would a good designer put that hideous thing there? Later I found the answer in Joen's Snacksized Usability Tips. I'm not sure who has concluded that you should have a white box around the search field, but a safe bet would be to suggest another Dane.
Reviewed by Johan Edlund
#1
I saw this site a few days ago, glad it's in the WSA now. :-)
Nice clean and simple design. Although I don't think that the white box behind the search field gives anything useful. If anything I'd think it's worse for usability, light Green on White just doesn't work IMO.
Posted by Chris Gwynne :: September 23rd, 2004 at 07:15 PM
#2
Lovely site. Nice banner changing feature, something different I have not seen before. Very clean and easy to read.
Posted by Justers :: September 24th, 2004 at 03:30 PM
#3
Thanks much for this award!
I have some written some words about the current design, including an explanation of why I've placed the search box where it is.
Posted by Joen :: September 25th, 2004 at 09:07 AM
#4
http://www.noscope.com/journal/2004/09/presenting-fauna
Posted by Joen :: September 25th, 2004 at 09:08 AM
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