my vote is for christopher lenz designs or other non generic styles
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Chris Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Noah Slater<[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey, > > > > I am extremely grateful to Christopher Lenz for designing the first > version of > > our official Apache site. However, I think it might be the time for a new > > design. There have been a number of other document databases pop up in > the last > > year, and we would do well to keep our image modern and fresh. > > > > Some of my initial thoughts: > > > > * The header graphic could make the project name much bigger. > > > > * The header graphic could include the phrase "Time to relax" as a > slogan. > > > > * I'm not happy with the content hugging the left side and an empty > right > > gutter. I would prefer a central column with a width between 40 and 50 > em > > and a margin set to auto. Something generally like > http://miscoranda.com/ > > would be nice, but a bit thinner. > > > > * The font would probably look better in Georgia and being about 1em. > > A man after my own heart! > > > > > * Something a bit more like http://books.couchdb.org/relax/ would be > ideal. > > Heh. I've been thinking a move in the opposite direction (more > pictographic, not less) could tell the story well. The obvious > role-model in this dept is http://rubyonrails.org/ > > But that said, I'm open minded and would be happy to see any potential > designs. > > > > > Of course, I could just come up with my own design and see what people > thought, > > but I'm a little too busy, and thought it might be fun throwing this wide > open > > to suggestions from the community. We might have some skilled designers! > > > > Best, > > > > -- > > Noah Slater, http://tumbolia.org/nslater > > > > > > -- > Chris Anderson > http://jchrisa.net > http://couch.io >
