Webby Awards

Check out the winners and nominees. Some unreal stuff in here. I'm gonna del.icio.us this to remind me when I need design inspiration.

Another cameo by M.I.A.'s Web site

I found this article in ID magazine, a design industry trade magazine that my roommate subscribes to (and is awesome) about a trend in web design with designers choosing deliberately tacky, 'old-school' designs. From an artistic perspective, I kind of dig the so-ugly-it's-amazing element to the site's, but from a communications one, it's a bit trickier, I think. Although I noticed that the MIA Web site was actually surprisingly navigable considering all the crap going on, it was still far from user-friendly, which begs the question of how edgy can a Web site be while still getting your message to viewers?

http://www.id-mag.com/article/BacktotheFuture

Color resource

Just got this link from a friend. A tres cool tool to pick coordinating colors. It defaults to mono but check out the contrast, triad, etc., to see nifty combos.