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by Naz Hamid | June 28, 2010 | 400 × 300 | 838 views

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  1. About_naz Naz Hamid

    Redesigned and relaunched the blog/Tumblr thingy for Absenter. Things that don't really fit into the scope over at Weightshift and are more personal/fun/photography go here.

    I've enjoyed Tumblr themes but have been wanting to design one for a while now and we're planning on developing this into a full-blown theme at some point in the near future. Consider this beta testing. It's based on the design I did for my Weightshift colleague, Scott Robbin.

    2 months ago

  2. Dancederholm-peek Dan Cederholm

    Looks great, Naz. And go go Tumblr! :)

    2 months ago

  3. About_naz Naz Hamid

    Ditto and likewise on yours, Dan!

    2 months ago

  4. Trav-1 Travis Fleck

    Definitely like both a lot.

    2 months ago

  5. 9927261_300 Joshua Blankenship

    It's a design I want to look at in context, not read in Tumblr. Tasty grid work, great use of space.

    That said, the "A blog by Naz Hamid" tagline feels just a tad too tiny (or maybe needs a boldness to it?) Something about it throws me off a little.

    Everything you design makes me happy.

    2 months ago

  6. Fchimero Frank Chimero

    It's great, Naz. I think you should release it as a premium theme and make some beer money for yourself...

    2 months ago

  7. About_naz Naz Hamid

    Travis: thank you.

    Joshua: yes, agreed. I'm using Tumblr because I find it so very easy to use and publish, especially from mobile and on the go.

    I'm not completely happy with the tagline either just yet — it's meant for the "description" field/text and I wanted a certain amount of conciseness rather than a paragraph of text to detract from the content proper. I'll play with it some.

    2 months ago

  8. About_naz Naz Hamid

    Frank: thanks and we're thinking that may be the plan...

    2 months ago

  9. Phil_newavatar2 Phil Coffman

    Nice and clean Naz, great work.

    What's the reasoning behind why some photos extend into the left column and why others don't? Is it a portrait vs landscape decision?

    2 months ago

  10. About_naz Naz Hamid

    Phil: thanks.

    Yes, it's a landscape vs. portrait thing — I'm quite fond of "breaking" grids in this format, cheating photos negatively in the margins. This is a common design component per grid systems. It provides a nice visual breakup from uniformity or monotony.

    I like to maintain photo aspects as much as possible as well, but also working within Tumblr's constraints and the grid I'm using. The photo should be relatively close in size when possible — it's also difficult given the cameras I shoot and their respective ratios and sizing them appropriately for the grid.

    I tend to obsess over these things a little.

    2 months ago

  11. Phil_newavatar2 Phil Coffman

    Naz-

    I definitely like the "breaking the grid" look. What's interesting about your approach is that all of the photos have the same general "weight" on the page, which is a great solution to the typical disproportionate photo layouts that follow a fixed width for all photos, which is what I do on my site and has bothered me since day one.

    So as usual I'm filing this idea of yours away for future reference. :)

    2 months ago

  12. Trav-1 Travis Fleck

    BTW, what is the favicon?

    2 months ago

  13. About_naz Naz Hamid

    Travis: heh, it's my default Tumblr avatar, which I thought was sort of funny since posts in your dashboard are meant to look like a speech bubble.

    And, the photo is of Henry Rollins, who I respect a lot.

    2 months ago

  14. 28675_1352905857066_1063980088_30857661_3707571_n Joey Pfeifer

    Looks great, Naz. Really nice.

    2 months ago

  15. Mobile_photo_2_ao_t_2010_18_56_00 Benoît Burgener

    Love this Helvetica/Swiss style. Great work!

    2 months ago

  16. Twitter Alex Carabi

    Clean as a whistle!

    2 months ago

  17. Dsfejsprofil Sandro Dujmenovic

    great! this is what I would use definitely :). great work.

    1 day ago