Comments on: bearskinrug http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:22:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Benek http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Benek Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:56:00 +0000 http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/#comment-90 I've always adored this site! Great review. I’ve always adored this site! Great review.

]]> By: Elyse http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Elyse Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:51:03 +0000 http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/#comment-66 Absolutely beautiful. I love the header, and am of course intensely jealous of his illustrative skills. As someone who uses a bright color palette more often than not, it's awesome to see a very calm color palette working so well here! Absolutely beautiful. I love the header, and am of course intensely jealous of his illustrative skills. As someone who uses a bright color palette more often than not, it’s awesome to see a very calm color palette working so well here!

]]> By: Kevin Zak http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Kevin Zak Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:24:57 +0000 http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/#comment-49 Very thorough review. I must confess, when I comment on a review I tend to look for at least one point I agree with you on and one point that I disagree with you on. In this scenario, however, I'm surprised to find myself struggling immensely to find something I dislike about the site. Even when ignoring the design and looking at the content I find myself at a loss. The author is not only witty, but he eloquently and tactfully conveys thoughts without sounding wordy or discursive. In the same respect, his illustrations are amusing without coming off as childish or nonsensical. When concentrating solely on the design, as I said, it is difficult to find an aspect that is in need of much criticism. I have never been a fan of Georgia when it is used in excess, but his design seems to utilize the font's dexterity to the point where it does not even appear as repetitive. Perhaps the only thing I found that I did not find appealing was his use of a background color when hovering over his primary links. One could probably chalk this up to personal taste, but it is very rare when I find a hover background color without any padding that strikes me as appealing. It just doesn't look natural. I can understand when this effect is used in lists or even normal links when padding is applied correctly, but when the color ends so abruptly against the text, the result looks so unprofessional, in my opinion. Even a one pixel (or whichever unit of measurement you prefer in your CSS syntax) padding applied to the normal link (so the link's position doesn't shift when one hovers over it) and the hover of that link makes it look so much more appealing when hovering. The reviewed site is obviously the result of enormous dedication and talent by an immensely intellectual person. A tough site to review because of its highly refined design, but a great one all the same. Nice job on the review, Kyle. I would've been completely befuddled when trying to critique the design. Very thorough review. I must confess, when I comment on a review I tend to look for at least one point I agree with you on and one point that I disagree with you on. In this scenario, however, I’m surprised to find myself struggling immensely to find something I dislike about the site.

Even when ignoring the design and looking at the content I find myself at a loss. The author is not only witty, but he eloquently and tactfully conveys thoughts without sounding wordy or discursive. In the same respect, his illustrations are amusing without coming off as childish or nonsensical.

When concentrating solely on the design, as I said, it is difficult to find an aspect that is in need of much criticism. I have never been a fan of Georgia when it is used in excess, but his design seems to utilize the font’s dexterity to the point where it does not even appear as repetitive. Perhaps the only thing I found that I did not find appealing was his use of a background color when hovering over his primary links. One could probably chalk this up to personal taste, but it is very rare when I find a hover background color without any padding that strikes me as appealing. It just doesn’t look natural. I can understand when this effect is used in lists or even normal links when padding is applied correctly, but when the color ends so abruptly against the text, the result looks so unprofessional, in my opinion. Even a one pixel (or whichever unit of measurement you prefer in your CSS syntax) padding applied to the normal link (so the link’s position doesn’t shift when one hovers over it) and the hover of that link makes it look so much more appealing when hovering.

The reviewed site is obviously the result of enormous dedication and talent by an immensely intellectual person. A tough site to review because of its highly refined design, but a great one all the same. Nice job on the review, Kyle. I would’ve been completely befuddled when trying to critique the design.

]]> By: Fubiz http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Fubiz Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:04:10 +0000 http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/#comment-48 Very nice the concept of typesites! Very nice the concept of typesites!

]]> By: Kyle Meyer http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Kyle Meyer Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:16:58 +0000 http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/#comment-47 <blockquote>“The harmonious unification of Design, Art, & Lackluster Humor.”</blockquote> There are bits and pieces of this time of witty copy all over the site, it's even fun to read section titles and the like for the chuckles that follow.

“The harmonious unification of Design, Art, & Lackluster Humor.”

There are bits and pieces of this time of witty copy all over the site, it’s even fun to read section titles and the like for the chuckles that follow.

]]> By: kevadamson http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/comment-page-1/#comment-46 kevadamson Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:32:12 +0000 http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/#comment-46 I'm a massive fan of Kevin's work and his site. The site has been around for a while in it's current incarnation, and that's no bad thing as it's a testament to a very strong and web aware design - future-proof and rather a timeless classic ... I’m a massive fan of Kevin’s work and his site. The site has been around for a while in it’s current incarnation, and that’s no bad thing as it’s a testament to a very strong and web aware design - future-proof and rather a timeless classic …

]]> By: tzReadz http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/comment-page-1/#comment-45 tzReadz Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:56:30 +0000 http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/#comment-45 Thanks for the review kyle, thought I would point out that Kevin is also a contributor to ALA: http://www.alistapart.com/authors/c/kevincornell/ This site is one that haunts my psyche, and I find myself wanting to emulate the graphic typography especially. Checking through the head section, to see if maybe Kevin incorporates sIFR, and he does not at least on the homepage, but there is something called pillowfight.js? Kevin's site description text is kind of a hoot also: "The harmonious unification of Design, Art, & Lackluster Humor." What's not to like about harmonious unification, unless it were disingenuous ;) Thanks for the review kyle, thought I would point out that Kevin is also a contributor to ALA:

http://www.alistapart.com/authors/c/kevincornell/

This site is one that haunts my psyche, and I find myself wanting to emulate the graphic typography especially.

Checking through the head section, to see if maybe Kevin incorporates sIFR, and he does not at least on the homepage, but there is something called pillowfight.js?

Kevin’s site description text is kind of a hoot also:

“The harmonious unification of Design, Art, & Lackluster Humor.”

What’s not to like about harmonious unification, unless it were disingenuous ;)

]]> By: grid http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/comment-page-1/#comment-44 grid Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:55:59 +0000 http://typesites.com/bearskinrug/#comment-44 Sweet article! I may be just late to the game, but I'd never seen Cornell’s personal site before (though of course I've seen his illustrations over at <a href="http://alistapart.com/about/kevincornell" rel="nofollow">a list apart</a>). And The Superest is super-awesome. I'm definitely going to be wasting some time on these sites in the near future. Sweet article! I may be just late to the game, but I’d never seen Cornell’s personal site before (though of course I’ve seen his illustrations over at a list apart). And The Superest is super-awesome. I’m definitely going to be wasting some time on these sites in the near future.

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