Every couple months I have a Friday night where I’m inspired by incredible design.
It’s no secret that I’m schizophrenic when it comes to my site, so this shouldn’t come as a surprise to you. And I also enjoy trying to see how far I can take Genesis.
This time I’m going Tumblr style. But with WordPress.
Discusss, or bash me, in the comments below.
Like or dislike?
Nice one. But where are the images on the home page? Only text doesn’t look sexy
Still a work in progress. I like fixing things on the fly.
Brian Gardner finally has a design that he’s satisfied with. Again. =P
I’m never fully satisfied. It’s usually temporary.
Bash
I can take it. Shouldn’t you be coding right now? Saw your tweet and it looks like you have a lot on your plate. Go eat!
Looks nice as always…Meanwhile there is only one tumblog style theme in StudioPress Theme collection, i.e. I know – Tapestry. Are there any plans to launch tumblr and posterous style theme in future..?
My head is always full of ideas. In fact, as I was creating this theme, I thought it might be fun to release it as well.
Nice… I like typography and whitespace. I hate not being a designer because I can’t put what’s in my head on paper good enough to get a designer to make what I want. I can however make a damn good sharpie wireframe
I hear ya. People like Rafal make me sick… every time he does a design he nails it. For me, once in a blue moon do I come up with something I kinda like.
Loving the minimalistic look, and the floating top bar “ala Google+”.
I love the psot format icons as well. Is that homemade, or can we find them in an icon set somewhere, if I may ask?
Congrats on the redesign – again!
Thanks. The post format icons were done by Rafal a long time ago for a Tumblr style theme we planned on releasing. It’s on the cutting room floor, but at least the icons that he designed became of good use!
I must comment again. Just visited the site again, but from mobile this time, just out of curiosity. And while the body of your post looks great, the comments do not appear and it is impossible to leave a comment. I guess that’s a bug!
Ah yes – I made some changes to comments this morning and haven’t had the change to go back and update the CSS on them for mobile.
Do a hard refresh on your phone and it should be better now.
Much better!
Then I have no other bashing to do, it is just great!
Something to be said about simplicity! I like it.
Snaps to the floating toolbar, the minimalist design and the embrace of change.
But you talk to the hand with the gray background and the serif font.
I’m just noticing the bottom of the page… gray on gray on gray with accents of bubblegum pink… why am I craving a box of Good n’ Plenty now?
This has been you’re Bitchy Designer Minute (oh, I have got to make that into a website!)
YES!!! That was the bashing I was looking for. Thanks for that.
Be careful though. I see lots of grey and pink (ok, fuschia) on your site.
Glad to be of service my good sir…
And click my name, you might be surprised by what my site actually looks like and contains.
But, of course, it’s StudioPress!
Am i the first one to notice that the new look is responsive? Nice work Brian, I really like where you’re taking things!
I always enjoy coming to see what kind of design you have next!
It’s kinda fun to come up with new designs and ideas for my site. Thankfully (for the most part) I have a forgiving audience!
If it weren’t for redesigns you’d only blog three times a year
I kid. Looks good.
I actually counted the posts since the last redesign and I was surprised at how many there were!
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Nice work, B. even if it is in flux and temporary. (Kind like our own lives, eh?)
Life is like a box of chocolates. You just never know what you’re gonna get. The same holds true for visiting my site.
I’m the same way, always tweaking my site. I’m on it more than most so, I need to update, update, update cause otherwise it’s so yesterday. ;p
I should start a screenshot collection to visually watch the evolution and perhaps make a video of all the pics at the end of the year to “watch” it bloom ♥
Overall I really like it. I’m not quite digging the grid background behind the text — but when I remove it, the site really pops and I find it very nice to read.
I like that you’re stepping out from your shades of gray with a little color, even if it is pink.
Ok. I don’t really like the pink much. But color is good. Really.
Its good. But something looks missing. It is somewhat looks like inner page. Home page should have some graphic (image).
How often do you change your site’s design, Brian? I’m a bit like that myself. I really like to switch it up, but I don’t want to lose any part of whatever branding I may have accomplished.
By the way, I’m not crazy about this design. It’s almost too simple. It looks a bit elementary for a talented designer. Also, the links are pink on my screen. Pink? No. But, most importantly, it needs to suit you!
I thought I was the only schizo when it comes to my own site. I love it!
I wish all my clients could see the beauty of simplicity when I design a Genesis site.:-)
Didn’t you just do a re-disign a couple of weeks ago?
It was actually 2 months ago – which for me is eons.
In the immortal words of Homer Simpson, “Boring, you’re boring everybody!”
Just kidding, did like the last rev though.
I can take it. It’s simple, and right now I wanted it to be. I’m (personally) not a fan of overdesigning, and wanted to make the palette easy to digest. Once I get posts with images, videos, etc up things will start to take shape.
Hmmm…personally, I liked the other design better. I liked the sidebars and the images in the header. But, again, I can appreciate the simplicity of all text.
I understand the schizophrenia with site design. I’m always looking for a way to change mine, so it’s nice to know that other people understand that.
Hi again Brian,
I think designing on Genesis feeds your schizophrenic monster. Now it only takes a couple hours to remake a site instead of an entire weekend. My wife is certainly happy about that.
I’m the same as you when it comes to wanting to renew my themes regularly, however I’m definitely not the designer that you are.
Are there any chances of you releasing the previous theme??
That’s a great idea. How ’bout it Brian?!
Really like the previous design better.
Hi Brian,
I don’t like this layout as it’s dull and I don’t like the pink on grey.
This is one of the best #genesiswp designs I’ve seen yet. I love it!
I liked the previous design better than this one… I actually thought I’d gone straight to an inner page not the homepage! Maybe you should try a theme with the #12 palette from the winter colour inspiration
Hello,
I think the current design is much powerfull than the previus one.
Cheers!
I personally think it’s a fantastic idea. I have so much on my plate that I just don’t make the time to write full-blown blog posts very often. I’ve been playing with blogging Tumblr-style just so I can write bite-sized pieces when I think of them. I was very inspired by your “thought stream” when I saw it!
Brian — I’m sure I am not alone in knowing you would not stick with the last design, or the next, or the next… When there are so many possibilities you just can’t help yourself! It’s the challenge of something new; “to go where no man has gone before” that has made you who you are today.
Looking forward to more of the same..
Hey Brian!
Cheers on the new site design (again)!
I’ve got a horizontal scrollbar at the bottom of the browser on the Mac, on Chrome and Safari (but not on Firefox). Just a heads-up my friend…
What screen resolution are you viewing in?
I’m on a 13″ MacBook Pro, at 1280 x 800.
It’s weird though, cause sometimes I see it, and sometimes I don’t. Right now I see it though. Feel free to email me and I will help you debug it if you like.
~ Chris M.
Thumbs up from me Brian – love the site.
The black with turquoise is a great favourite of mine and it looks fabulous on this site.
The CSS styled media buttons look good and I notce that they have counters with them.
I miss the back to top link – a long way to scroll when there are lots of comments and… maybe a tad bigger font?
Looking forward to this one being released.