@Ernest Ojeh I'm going to push out a few changes tonight after dinner to fix that. Firefox is lackluster when it comes to SVG rendering, unfortunately.
The badges are very good, I like the art direction very much. My 2 cents: even though the "T" is technically centred in its disk, the dark green projection makes it look unbalanced. I'm not sure about the dribbble icon being yellow, but i *really* like the fact that it's actually carved out where it should be.
I think the badges are really nicely designed but a real distraction on the site. I like the sweet find idea but more subtle and inline with the minimal look
These are terrific, i’m a big fan of the style and colour palette. I find icon design pretty hard and often rely on the tried and tested language. What I like about these is that they're unique in content and full of character and still subscribe to the brand aesthetic.
These are looking good but I'm not sure about the colour of the apple and dribbble icon. It might just be me, but I think by having the apple icon in red it could get confused for a tomato, more so when you consider the shape of the icon. I also think the yellow of the dribbble icon is a bit too similar to "sweet find". I would probably go with an orange or pink just to make it even more distinguishable.
These are great, but you're wrong to use a tennis ball for Dribbble. It would be like using an orange for Apple related posts. It should be a basketball or it makes no sense, and probably pink.
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Allan Grinshtein
These are badges and badge concepts for Designer News. From top left, in clockwise order:
1. CSS-related posts
2. Typography posts
3. Any Apple-related post
4. "Sweet find," which may or may not end up being used by admins.
5. Discussions
6. A yellow tennis-ball looking thing for dribbble posts.
4 months ago
Nice :)
4 months ago
@Allan Grinshtein Nice badges.. I'll like to point out that the icons on the site don't display properly in Firefox.
4 months ago
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Allan Grinshtein
@Ernest Ojeh I'm going to push out a few changes tonight after dinner to fix that. Firefox is lackluster when it comes to SVG rendering, unfortunately.
4 months ago
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Sorel Mihai
The typography icon makes me think about TechCrunch. Otherwise, all are very sweet.
4 months ago
I like the details on the tennis ball !
4 months ago
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Evan Brooks
These look great - are you still handing out invites?
4 months ago
Yes.
4 months ago
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Allan Grinshtein
@Evan Brooks yup, just email me at allan@layervault.com
4 months ago
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Marc Nash
love the color palette. nice work!
4 months ago
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Charles Riccardi
Allan, these are awesome.
4 months ago
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wesley lauka
These are great, and look fantastic on the page! Awesome job with Designer News!
4 months ago
The badges are very good, I like the art direction very much. My 2 cents: even though the "T" is technically centred in its disk, the dark green projection makes it look unbalanced. I'm not sure about the dribbble icon being yellow, but i *really* like the fact that it's actually carved out where it should be.
4 months ago
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Asher Simonds
The amount of flat these icons have is astoundingly awesome.
Sent you an email a few days ago about an invite, but I figured you just had a backlog of excited invitees!
4 months ago
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Allan Grinshtein
@Asher Simonds for some reason, some requests keep getting caught in my spam filter. I'll reply now.
4 months ago
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Asher Simonds
@Allan Grinshtein Thanks!
4 months ago
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Murat Mutlu
I think the badges are really nicely designed but a real distraction on the site. I like the sweet find idea but more subtle and inline with the minimal look
4 months ago
so sweet!
4 months ago
These are terrific, i’m a big fan of the style and colour palette. I find icon design pretty hard and often rely on the tried and tested language. What I like about these is that they're unique in content and full of character and still subscribe to the brand aesthetic.
Drooolin'
4 months ago
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Sam Jones
These are looking good but I'm not sure about the colour of the apple and dribbble icon. It might just be me, but I think by having the apple icon in red it could get confused for a tomato, more so when you consider the shape of the icon. I also think the yellow of the dribbble icon is a bit too similar to "sweet find". I would probably go with an orange or pink just to make it even more distinguishable.
Great work on Designer News by the way!
4 months ago
Nice badges ! I love Designer News.
Why don't keep the pink color for Dribbble posts ?
4 months ago
I like this colorful badges
4 months ago
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Robert Cooper
These are great, but you're wrong to use a tennis ball for Dribbble. It would be like using an orange for Apple related posts. It should be a basketball or it makes no sense, and probably pink.
4 months ago
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Matías Calderón Bourband
I think it's actually a basketball, I have no problem with the color though I'm not sure if it relates to Dribbble.
4 months ago
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Matías Calderón Bourband
Other than that, these are sweet!
4 months ago