Simian Design

April 22, 2005

Niggle

Niggle is the site of “an experientially-trained designer”, and it’s quite nice.

The focus of this site is the content. And it shows in the presentation.

The home page doesn’t show any branding, any navigation. Just the post and a big headline. It’s clean, and tight. The text is large, spaced and easy to read. There is a close-proximity photo.

Now scroll down. Under this beautiful large white post we have a dark gray area. Oh yeah, the navigation. the sidebar. The branding. That’s all subservient to the content.

This split is brilliant, and I love it. And I wish I thought of it.

I also like the archive page presentation. It’s just a base categorical list, but the categories are slim, and tight. It’s a clear delineation. (As opposed to my categorial mess.)

Good job.

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Posted at 07:01 AM

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jpwain

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the compliments!

My goal was to throw caution to the wind and see what might be done with a weblog outside of the header/sidebar design mentality.

Posted by: jpwain | April 22, 2005 03:31 PM

Tony

I think it was really successful. The end result is wonderfully unique and new. I think it's just a great job.

Posted by: Tony | April 25, 2005 01:13 PM