Comments on: UrbanOutfitters.com: The Grid http://www.blissfullyaware.com/design/urbanoutfitterscom-the-grid/ BlissfullyAware is the online home of UI / UX / Product Designer, Josh Lane. It features his thoughts, ramblings, photos, tweets and (more often than necessary) links to random stuff on the internet. Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:51:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew Meyer http://www.blissfullyaware.com/design/urbanoutfitterscom-the-grid/#comment-172145 Andrew Meyer Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:31:05 +0000 http://www.blissfullyaware.com/design/urbanoutfitterscom-the-grid/#comment-172145 Hello. I want to tell a story: I was just looking at UrbanOutfitters.com, when I told myself, "Wow, this I like." I then wondered to myself, <em>self, who designed this? It's nice.</em> I googled it and found myself here. Really nice job on it. The grid is great plus I really appreciate the typographical hierarchy created, largely, using the size of elements. It works well and seems to just feel really good to navigate. Excellent work. Additionally, I like your blog design, here, a lot as well. Props. Hello.

I want to tell a story: I was just looking at UrbanOutfitters.com, when I told myself, “Wow, this I like.” I then wondered to myself, self, who designed this? It’s nice.

I googled it and found myself here. Really nice job on it. The grid is great plus I really appreciate the typographical hierarchy created, largely, using the size of elements. It works well and seems to just feel really good to navigate.

Excellent work. Additionally, I like your blog design, here, a lot as well. Props.

]]> By: Noah http://www.blissfullyaware.com/design/urbanoutfitterscom-the-grid/#comment-132088 Noah Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:36:26 +0000 http://www.blissfullyaware.com/design/urbanoutfitterscom-the-grid/#comment-132088 Overall, I'm not a huge fan of this design. I don't know what the previous version looked like so I can't comment on that. I understand the whole aesthetic is that "grass-roots minimal" look, but it doesn't really work for me. I'm not a usability snob AT ALL, but everything is so stark black and white, that it's almost laborous to try and distinguish all the content apart from each other. The catalog portion also has gray text on a gray background, which I don't understand. All the different type faces don't mesh either. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesnt. On this site, not so much. I understand that you said there were changes, so I apologize if I'm commenting on things not related to your original work. Overall, I’m not a huge fan of this design. I don’t know what the previous version looked like so I can’t comment on that. I understand the whole aesthetic is that “grass-roots minimal” look, but it doesn’t really work for me. I’m not a usability snob AT ALL, but everything is so stark black and white, that it’s almost laborous to try and distinguish all the content apart from each other. The catalog portion also has gray text on a gray background, which I don’t understand. All the different type faces don’t mesh either. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesnt. On this site, not so much.

I understand that you said there were changes, so I apologize if I’m commenting on things not related to your original work.

]]> By: Partially Insane http://www.blissfullyaware.com/design/urbanoutfitterscom-the-grid/#comment-127749 Partially Insane Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:36:36 +0000 http://www.blissfullyaware.com/design/urbanoutfitterscom-the-grid/#comment-127749 Soooo funny!! When this launched this morning, I immediately thought of you and told my co-workers how proud of you I was b/c it looked so good. I'm really impressed. It is SO much easier to read/navigate!!! I don't know what in the hell you're talking about regarding the grids.....all I know is that it's awesome! Soooo funny!! When this launched this morning, I immediately thought of you and told my co-workers how proud of you I was b/c it looked so good. I’m really impressed. It is SO much easier to read/navigate!!! I don’t know what in the hell you’re talking about regarding the grids…..all I know is that it’s awesome!

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