Works. Awesome.
Gesture seems to be the next frontier.
YC Facelift: Flutter
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#32Cute and fun. I'd try the app if it had this page. As a working designer, there's a few things I love about this guy's approach: * use real language, not lorem ipsum. Text is half of the design. * branding is just as much about giving personality as it is choosing a visual treatment, like "playfully nerdy with Jedi references" here or "sleek VIP club" like with Exec. The people that ripped on last week's mocks don't…
Yes, we at Flutter feel that we would try the app if it had this design too. :) We appreciate all the hard work that Kyro put in behind this!
So are you going to buy the design off kyro?
Re: YC Facelift: Flutter
#33Cute and fun. I'd try the app if it had this page. As a working designer, there's a few things I love about this guy's approach: * use real language, not lorem ipsum. Text is half of the design. * branding is just as much about giving personality as it is choosing a visual treatment, like "playfully nerdy with Jedi references" here or "sleek VIP club" like with Exec. The people that ripped on last week's mocks don't…
Realized I was so busy I didn't get a chance to respond to last week's Exec redesign, but in general I was happy that Kyro took a shot at it and thought he surfaced some interesting ideas, and that it definitely looked much prettier than what we have today. Unsolicited designs are definitely not disrespectful and are very much appreciated: I love to get other people's thoughts on what we can do better in all aspects…
Since it looks prettier, are you going to buy the design off kyro?
Re: YC Facelift: Flutter
#34Cute and fun. I'd try the app if it had this page. As a working designer, there's a few things I love about this guy's approach: * use real language, not lorem ipsum. Text is half of the design. * branding is just as much about giving personality as it is choosing a visual treatment, like "playfully nerdy with Jedi references" here or "sleek VIP club" like with Exec. The people that ripped on last week's mocks don't…
> go straight to high fidelity, none of this nonsense of wireframes and personas and other deliverables...
Reminds me of this good how-to article [1] a while back on prototyping without Photoshop or wireframes, but directly in HTML/CSS.
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#36YC should hire this dude as their designer in residence. This and the Exec facelift he did last week are gorgeous.
It looks nice. It doesn't matter. I'm not convinced that redesigns done in isolation are useful. As the AA designer's reply to dcurtis indicated [1]--in the prototypical example of this kind of stunt--the design can't operate in isolation from the structure and goals of the organization (even if those are dysfunctional). These "blank page" redesigns disrespect the hard work these YC companies are doing A/B testing an…
Completely different contexts. These are startups with fire at their backs running as fast as they can. They don't have time to be methodical and their brands are completely in flux. They have far fewer stakeholders to please and much quicker reaction time. In short: they are not American Airlines.
An outside contribution at this stage is as valuable as anything the companies themselves have the resources to put together. Meanwhile, we all see different angles to attack these problems while learning about a great designer. Everyone wins, and it sounds like it matters a great deal.
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#37Cute and fun. I'd try the app if it had this page. As a working designer, there's a few things I love about this guy's approach: * use real language, not lorem ipsum. Text is half of the design. * branding is just as much about giving personality as it is choosing a visual treatment, like "playfully nerdy with Jedi references" here or "sleek VIP club" like with Exec. The people that ripped on last week's mocks don't…
Realized I was so busy I didn't get a chance to respond to last week's Exec redesign, but in general I was happy that Kyro took a shot at it and thought he surfaced some interesting ideas, and that it definitely looked much prettier than what we have today. Unsolicited designs are definitely not disrespectful and are very much appreciated: I love to get other people's thoughts on what we can do better in all aspects…
+1 to Justin's response.
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#38Really like the redesign. Great, great work Kyro! My one feeling, as a non-designer and merely as a user, is that the product itself is so much fun, I wish there would have been a bit more of that vitality infused into the design. Just experientially, I feel like using the site should closely mirror the experience of using the product. So something a bit more dynamic, maybe in color or vibrancy, might have punched it…
Great feedback on redesign and product Adahm. Thanks!
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
It looks nice. It doesn't matter. I'm not convinced that redesigns done in isolation are useful. As the AA designer's reply to dcurtis indicated [1]--in the prototypical example of this kind of stunt--the design can't operate in isolation from the structure and goals of the organization (even if those are dysfunctional). These "blank page" redesigns disrespect the hard work these YC companies are doing A/B testing an…
Completely different contexts. These are startups with fire at their backs running as fast as they can. They don't have time to be methodical and their brands are completely in flux. They have far fewer stakeholders to please and much quicker reaction time. In short: they are not American Airlines. An outside contribution at this stage is as valuable as anything the companies themselves have the resources to put toge…
Agreed about the value of outside perspectives to resource-poor startups. The (purposefully provocative) point I was trying to make with American Airlines was simply that in all cases design is applied in service to goals which may not be obvious to an outsider.
Of course, an outsider might see what users want more easily than the product team.
Re: YC Facelift: Flutter
#40Cute and fun. I'd try the app if it had this page. As a working designer, there's a few things I love about this guy's approach: * use real language, not lorem ipsum. Text is half of the design. * branding is just as much about giving personality as it is choosing a visual treatment, like "playfully nerdy with Jedi references" here or "sleek VIP club" like with Exec. The people that ripped on last week's mocks don't…
Realized I was so busy I didn't get a chance to respond to last week's Exec redesign, but in general I was happy that Kyro took a shot at it and thought he surfaced some interesting ideas, and that it definitely looked much prettier than what we have today. Unsolicited designs are definitely not disrespectful and are very much appreciated: I love to get other people's thoughts on what we can do better in all aspects…
Thanks for the contrary perspectives, everyone. You've convinced me! Best of luck to Kyro and to Flutter!