Comments on: Web2.0, coffee house, and grunge

By: Freehill Media Web Design

Freehill Media Web Design — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:31:15 +0000

“students should first learn something about good information design for communication’s sake, THEN learn about design for art’s sake… in that order”

very good point, cannot agree more

By: Abraham

Abraham — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:08:57 +0000

Your friend sounds like he doesn’t know crap. But seriously, folks…

Grunge and 2.0 can peacefully coexist, as can coffeehouse and 2.0. I think what the youth are saying is that they aren’t so much into the super clean, corporate styles I had been showing them- lots of lime greens and glossy star buttons.

I think the article is a little silly (and a year old) but it made for great conversation with all my advisory members. And I learned a lot about how people define 2.0 as a design style.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:38:11 +0000

I agree about the coffee house and grunge styles being over. Another style I think came and went was the “green” theme.

Right now, it’s the revival of depression era stuff :)

Actually, I heard a great story on NPR tonight about the design agency that created the logo for Recovery.gov. Very interesting stuff.