YC Facelift: Pebble

#1

Post by mahipal » Mon, Apr 16, 2012, 6:12 PM UTC

Re: YC Facelift: Pebble

#2

Post by kenrikm » Mon, Apr 16, 2012, 6:24 PM UTC

I like your design better, much cleaner. I was not a fan of the exec redesign you did however this one is a big Improvement. Good job.

Re: YC Facelift: Pebble

#3

Post by untog » Mon, Apr 16, 2012, 6:27 PM UTC

Unlike most of the other facelifts, I'd say that the inPulse web site is definitely in need of a refresh. So this was interesting to see.

Re: YC Facelift: Pebble

#4

Post by flavien_bessede » Mon, Apr 16, 2012, 6:29 PM UTC

You should start accepting requests, I know so many startups that could use a big redesign.

Re: YC Facelift: Pebble

#5

Post by Angostura » Mon, Apr 16, 2012, 6:30 PM UTC

Coming at this fresh, I have absolutely no idea what a facelift is in this context, and you don't give any. Have you redesigned their web site? The product? What's the relevance of biosensing?

Confusing.

Re: YC Facelift: Pebble

#6

Post by ryanglasgow » Mon, Apr 16, 2012, 6:32 PM UTC

No offense but this looks like a generic template with content filled in. A clean and simple design like this needs to demonstrate excellent typography and spacing, neither of which I see here.

If you wanted to let the product speak for itself, I would have drawn inspiration from Flipboard or Path. Both of these sites heavily rely a clean design coupled with custom typography and a well integrated video.

Re: YC Facelift: Pebble

#7

Post by replicatorblog » Mon, Apr 16, 2012, 6:46 PM UTC

It would be cool if you included the "Before" in the blog post as well. Nice work on the design, especially for a medical student!

Re: YC Facelift: Pebble

#8

Post by ericabiz » Mon, Apr 16, 2012, 6:47 PM UTC

A couple things about this one that didn't click with me:

1) You mention "iPhone" at the top. Sorry, I've already clicked "Back"--I'm an Android user. Except Pebble is the first thing I've ever funded via Kickstarter, and I'm ridiculously excited about it, so I'm clearly in their target market.

2) I don't get the "Beam your music, Scotty." part--it's not the biggest draw for me (and I'm not a Star Wars/Trek person, despite being a huge geek!) My biggest interest in Pebble? It's a watch that lets ME do what I want with it--I can display the time in weird fonts, or make it say:

seven

thirty

THREE

...or any of those other cool things. In other words, it's the design and flexibility that interest me more than the features.

Pebble lets me be crafty...with my WATCH. That is freakin' awesome. It is SO awesome that I will be wearing a watch for the first time in years. And that's exciting. I feel like this page misses that genuine excitement that got me to buy a Pebble and tell all my friends about it.

Re: YC Facelift: Pebble

#9

Post by citricsquid » Mon, Apr 16, 2012, 6:55 PM UTC

I think this idea is cool (YC Facelift) but without explaining why you did what you did your designs are just "oooo pretty". Nobody will learn from your work if you can't explain why you did what you did, and if you can't explain why then the criticisms here are probably valid. Design is more than just pretty.

Re: YC Facelift: Pebble

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Post by pg_bot » Mon, Apr 16, 2012, 7:02 PM UTC

Angostura wrote: post #5

Coming at this fresh, I have absolutely no idea what a facelift is in this context, and you don't give any. Have you redesigned their web site? The product? What's the relevance of biosensing? Confusing.

The author has been redesigning the landing pages of different YC companies.