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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:16:10 +0000

[...] Looking towards more flexible web-based editorial design: Made by Many discusses how print design has influenced web design, including the limitations in template styles. They call for a more flexible approach to page layout that looks at each post on an individual basis to take full advantage of the medium. [...]

By: Simon I'Anson

Simon I'Anson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:28:06 +0000

Thanks for your comments. There’s bound to be some dispute over nomenclature. Art directed, editorial design, whatever. I think I saw a tweet from Mark Boulton where he (rightly) says that art direction is the process more than the end result. I think that is what we’re saying though. We ‘art direct’ an article by looking at content and context and then produce editorial design tailored to the individual piece.

It’s interesting to note here the views of Shane Richmond, the Head of Technology at the Telegraph. He isn’t so sure. His preference is to consume as much content as possible in the shortest space of time. http://bit.ly/4vqKop

I think it’s time to start experimenting again and see where we go. And, as ever, the process has started with personal sites and blogs. After all, if all else fails, we know what works.

By: Simon Collison

Simon Collison — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:56:52 +0000

Well-written post, Simon. There’s plenty of chatter about the needs and pleasures of such approaches these days, but you’ve articulated the reasoning better than most. At Erskine we’re finding increasingly better ways to enable clients to revel in some tempered editorial design within CMSs without them breaking stuff, and most really appreciate the benefits, as do the users. Of course, you reference our Gregory, so naturally we’re big fans of this creative editorial (see what he produced with our Case Studies).

As people like Mark Boulton have said though, this term “art directed” doesn’t feel like a good fit for how we’re bringing this to the web. I like your use of “editorial design”, and I like “creative editorial”.

By: Yulia Novozhilova

Yulia Novozhilova — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:44:41 +0000

Chris Coyier just redesigned his personal site too, http://css-tricks.com/redesigned-personal-site/ I am mentioning it, because i just happened to read about it the same day.

Comment on blogs too, is a great opportunity for designers. This is a nice example, Russian magazine, sorry it is all in Russian, but I love how the comments are organized, they create a nice hierarchy on a page(without becoming a Christmas tree) and make the conversation more personal.
It has levels of separations, based on user participation. http://www.snob.ru/selected/entry/7768

What about ITunes LP and which creates a visual experience of the record album. Sounds familiar doesn’t it. It sort of happening here too http://justwatchthesky.com/

Sorry, jumping a little here. But what I am trying to say is the road it is taking is quite inevitable. Anything that happened in print, was a result of competition and growing expectations. And the opportunities on a web, also due to technological improvements will be taken by a storm.

And personally, I can’t wait to be a part of it.

Thank you, great read.

Yulia

By: Andrea Ottolina

Andrea Ottolina — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:15:47 +0000

Interesting one! And I can tell you that there are many people aware of these matters.
Just a few weeks ago Google released a new Lab’s tool, called Fast Flip. It could be worth having a look: http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/