When we started talking with Om Malik about a redesign of GigaOM, his technology & VoIP blog, you can imagine we were pretty excited. What did catch me off-guard is that he was equally excited about working with us, which I’d say is a pretty large compliment.
Om really likes the Mac OS X aqua interface, and one of the few creative directions we got was that he wanted his site sleek and futuristic like his favorite operating system. So even though I try to stay away from cliché drop shadows and flat gradients nowadays (oh who am I kidding) I busted out all my old tricks for his redesign, and I think it came out pretty well. Om thinks so too!
This project was under a tight deadline (aren’t they all?) so we’re still rolling out new features even though the main site was launched a few weeks ago. Tweaks here and there, iterations, they keep everybody happy :)
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Mike,
all i can say, you have one happy camper as a client. i think this is the first time i have been happy and satisfied with the design. good work, and its been a delight to work with you guys.
Om
I’m extremely impressed with that design. Incredible job.
Nice job you guys. One thing that should be called to your attention: The “next” and “previous” page options near the bottom of the blog appear visually inconsistant with the rest of the blog. At least on my browser (I’m using Firefox). They show up in standard issue electric blue and used-link purple, instead of the elegant color scheme appointed by your team to the rest of the site.
Ty – Done. Thanks!
Wow! Congrats on the Om redesign. The new site is absolutely gorgeous. I actually read it in the browser rather than from my RSS reader (what a concept!)
Great job, again.