If content is ruler, design should be the queen. It’s a deadly crucial element to a website’s success, as it decides how content is to be structured and showed, and terrible design austerely ruins the addict experience, thus dooming the site transfer.
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Often we web designer has to play trading game while we’re designing a website. We either trade beauty for functionality, or functionality for readability, as it’s impracticable to produce a design with the intention of pleases everyone in every aspect.
So which design is better at that time? Web designers kindness to question this inquiry, and some even challenged themselves to play the trading game better by restore well-known sites such as Facebook and YouTube, thus forming the makings designs in this show case placement. Better or worse, you as an addict decides it, delight in!
According to its official statistic, Facebook has served extra than 500 million active users, with 700 billion minutes spent on it. For this kind of statistic it will be really worrying to design a web leaf for it. It might also be the constant reason why so loads of designers challenged themselves to restore the Facebook. Let us take a view of several fantastic attempts from designers below:
Concept design By: Barton Smith
“The Facebook Facelift is a self initiated project to challenge the affect and functionality of Facebook. It’s rationalized, structured and linear interface is extra comprehensible, enhancing the addict experience and absorb-ability of content.”
Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: Barton Smith)
Photos Leaf. (Image Source: Barton Smith)
Actions Leaf. (Image Source: Barton Smith)
Concept design By: In rank Architects
This innovative design was born from December 2006 and later adapted to contemporary design standards, in order to have a honest evaluation with Facebook’s current design. The thought was to make a mail-like application with interface with the intention of contains elastic 3 columns describe with the intention of visibly separates filter, in rank-stream, and reaction, which are visibly clarified in their placement.
Concept design By: Justin Dauer
“One of my primary goals was to go the interface headed for extra of a web app-category presentation. Facebook has around 175 million people log in day after day; all the repetitive tasks inherent in such usage are conducive to this affect of approach. When I was wrapping this restore up, Twitter’s new app-like UI launched, and gave me a moment of Stuart Smalley-like substantiation.”
Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: pseudoroom design)
Concept design By: Peter Knoll
A very sleek design by Peter Knoll. The visual is greatly improved to make the entire site looks appealing and gifted. The interface is also much extra cleaner with kind typography applied for excellent readability.
Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: Peter Knoll)
Concept design By: AndasoloARTS
Facebook variation made by AndasoloARTS, it even gets sold! The affect machinate is pretty akin to Peter Knoll’s design, but by and large it’s a different design. Again a very sleek design with minimalism in mind.
Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: AndasoloARTS)
Concept design By: Jonaska
A design inspired from AndasoloARTS’ Facebook design, pretty unique too! I like the implementation of status allotment and search box, a water supply-designed variation indeed.
Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: Jonaska)
Concept design By: Czarny-Design
How about a sexy design with rounded corners elements? A completely unique design approach for Facebook with vaguely altered affect machinate, can you accept it?
Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: Czarny-Design)
Myspace
Once the behemoth of social networking, Myspace was ultimately overtaken by its foremost competitor, Facebook. Rebranded as My_____ now, it aims to become the leading social entertainment destination which includes music, movies, celebs, TV and games, powered by the passion of fans. Designs below were attempted for the ancient Myspace, but it’s soothe fantastic to have a look on what designer thinks Myspace should be.
Concept design By: Rafael Oliveira
“What if Myspace had a extra apparent, certain and gorgeous interface by default, but soothe with the option to personalize it, but in a extra comprehensible way? With the intention of’s the inquiry I made for myself when starting this, and it came out to be a cool project. Besides the visual design, I proposed some usability improvements, based on content with the intention of is by now on the site, and looking at their sitemap.”
Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: Rafael Oliveira)
Channels Menu. (Image Source: Rafael Oliveira)
Photos Leaf. (Image Source: Rafael Oliveira)
Customized Profile Leaf. (Image Source: Rafael Oliveira)
Artist Leaf. (Image Source: Rafael Oliveira)
Artist Leaf – Customized. (Image Source: Rafael Oliveira)
Videos Channel Leaf. (Image Source: Rafael Oliveira)
Dispensation finished 1 billion search requests throughout the world, Google is the most well-known website in the planet Earth. It’s also known as the kingdom with the intention of tries to dominate the internet by building addict friendly products like Android, Gmail and Analytics. Since Google has lots of top-cut designers working on their website design, any restore attempt is a direct challenge to their designers. Fascinating.
Concept design By: Craig Reville
“Since Google have chose to perhaps re-design things a small I plotting I’d have a go at how I aspire to see and use Google. I didn’t go natural on the icons or the logo primarily since icon designers could do a better job and I like the logo simple like with the intention of. Any and all feedback valued.”
Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: Craig Reville)
Search Result Leaf. (Image Source: Craig Reville)
Search Result Leaf – 2nd Concept. (Image Source: Craig Reville)
Image Search Result Leaf. (Image Source: Craig Reville)
Concept design By: FloxDesign
A small bit like Bing, but in a extra epic way. Sincerely I aspire to have this ultimately awe-inspiring design for my Google foremost leaf, please.
Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: FloxDesign)
YouTube
Ranked no.3 in global and no.4 in US site transfer, YouTube is a website to learn, mind, upload and impart videos. Most content have been uploaded by persons, but well-known media like CBS, BBC, Vevo and Hulu have provided their own videos as part of the YouTube partnership program. Do you dare to restore a site with the intention of’s being viewed extra than 2 billion times a day? They did it.
Concept design By: Michele Byrne
A sleek restore which emphasizes extra about video viewing and allotment. Unique approach is applied to this design, though the addict interface is a bit akin to Vimeo. Fantastic attempt anyhow.
Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: Michele Byrne)
Video Leaf. (Image Source: Michele Byrne)
Addict Leaf. (Image Source: Michele Byrne)
Video Info. (Image Source: Michele Byrne)
Not compulsory Video. (Image Source: Michele Byrne)
Concept design By: Josh Collie
“One of my leading heartburn with YouTube finished the years has been the incapacity to search for other videos whilst watching video, as water supply as conception comments without having the video scrolling off the top of the cover. The design below attempts to solve this issue by having 3 separately scrollable columns counting search, video & comments.”
Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: Josh Collie)
Addict Leaf. (Image Source: Josh Collie)
Concept design By: Thadeu Morgado
A restore conduct experiment for YouTube foremost leaf. The style is pretty much the constant, except with the intention of the entire describe has been restructured, and a huge, sleek slider is added to give extra focus to featured videos.
Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: Thadeu Morgado)
Amazon
Amazon went online in 1995 and now it became the worldwide e-commerce companionship which contains the leading selection of books, magazines, music, DVDs, electronic, computer, software, shoes, virtually everything! Since they’re having such a huge business, designers worldwide have been challenging themselves on improving the design to make it even extra gorgeous and of course, addict friendly.
Concept design By: Trevor Cleveland
“I wanted to explore three unique concepts for the restore of Amazon’s homepage above the fold. Amazon is one of the leading on outline shopping sites, but their fluid homepage design is set for monitor sizes with tiny dimensions, leave-taking the site to look very gappy on much newer computers with privileged resolutions. So I wanted to present three thoughts to bring Amazon up to speed.”
Initially Concept – Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: Trevor Cleveland)
Initially Concept – Menu. (Image Source: Trevor Cleveland)
Second Concept – Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: Trevor Cleveland)
Second Concept – Menu. (Image Source: Trevor Cleveland)
Third Concept – Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: Trevor Cleveland)
Third Concept – Menu. (Image Source: Trevor Cleveland)
Concept design By: Maurice Kindermann
There’s no restore attempt if there’s no issue in the current design, Maurice Kindermann’s Amazon design is the best example for this case. Disappointed with Amazon’s current design, Maurice redesigned the leaf to solve three fastidious issues: finished-extended cover resolution, fragmented buying option and flooded amount of content.
Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: Maurice Kindermann)
IMDb
Claimed itself as the leading, best, most pronouncement-attractive show site on the planet, IMDb (Internet Show Database) is an online database of in rank related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. Redesigning this site in a way with the intention of it shows in rank effectively will be a fantastic challenge for web designers.
Concept design By: Vladimir Kudinov
“Why don’t have the current IMDB design? It is overloaded. Large amount of shapeless in rank. While most users of such sites pay attention primarily to the pictures, videos and extra.
So I did a sterile and sleek design. Here, the addict receives a cover on which there is in rank about the film: photos, actors, trailers, storyline and extra. He does not have to twist, twirl, to scan. All with the intention of is needed – is to look at the cover.”
Film Leaf. (Image Source: Vladimir Kudinov)
Menu. (Image Source: Vladimir Kudinov)
Player Pop Up Element. (Image Source: Vladimir Kudinov)
Top Panel. (Image Source: Vladimir Kudinov)
Concept design By: Rob Hendricks
“It’s not tough to see why the current IMDB website is so cluttered. The fact is they have A LOT of content. Proper in rank architecture was key in unreliable this.”
Foremost Leaf. (Image Source: Rob Atomic)
Foursquare
With Foursquare, users are capable to impart their current location by “scan-owing to in” via a smartphone application or SMS, bookmarking in rank about venues and leave-taking relevant suggestion about nearby venues. Community merchants also utilize the Foursquare to engage and retain their customers. Redesigning for Foursquare is really challenging as it’s a completely unique service so extra studies are needed.
Concept design By: Clay Parker Jones
Clay Parker Jones believes with the intention of a map is a genuine nifty addition to Foursquare’s addict leaf as the service is all about location. Clicking on the map would end the informative stats with 4 different views available. Other add-ons to this leaf are feeds, likes, tips and suggestions, pretty much like a usual social network leaf!
Addict Leaf. (Image Source: exitcreative)
Reflection
It doesn’t matter with the design, every addict takes time to adapt the new design. The inquiry is, as an addict, do you fancy to change to any of the design above, or you’re excellent with the current design? Do you reckon these design solve your addict experience issue? I believe these design are made to hear your opinion, so feel free to impart what you reckon about them, every opinion counts!