this is the webs oldest art website? it has design and navigation of
the early web as well. very clear navigation, but the aesthetic,
interesting. a fascinating design phenomena here is that many of the
graphic elements are obviously designed to be seen on lower resolution
monitors, however on higher resolution monitors they become nearly
unreadable but fit into the larger page composition as ornament. lots
of extra ornamental elements derived from the mediums of the early
web. good example here:
http://artaddiction.net/webpages/contests.htm
this page has a nice layout (yet with the tabs at the top...):
http://artaddiction.net/nude1/nude.htm
the overall composition holds up at various screen sizes despite the
fixed size and position of the graphic elements.
clicking a bit further brings the individual artists page, which again
has clear navigation and holds up overall:
http://artaddiction.net/nude1/nude_de_suede.htm
the worlds oldest art website contains almost all traditional media,
primarily painting, which at the dawn of the net there was more of
than digital. seems the structure was set then, the type of work
presented almost seems like the kind you find at community run art
galleries that charge a small fee to exhibit work, but on an
international scale, and it doesn't look like they charge.
everything about this site is rustic, design techniques and
organizational philosophy of the early web, yet it still continues to
function fully as intended to from the beginning. the first time this
site opened a gallery of real world art from artists around the world
was available to a global audience, albeit an elite one. now with the
ubiquity of the web this site still functions. because it utilizes
all techniques from the early web it is highly accessible, almost any
web browser could read this site (maybe even Netscape!)
this net museum is an amazing museum piece in and of itself.
the first thing it made me think of though is another, more recent,
art site. one that charges you money, but one that you can also make
money off of:
http://www.deviantart.com/
I think because of this newer model and the style of navigation, and
the layout of page elements, and utilizing more modern web
technologies it ends up processing a much larger volume of artists and
audience, not to mention patrons. however this is at the cost of a
certain genuineness that art addiction has. the real human connection
harks back to days when people primarily met in real life to discuss
things about the web. deviant art has the layers of generations who
never experienced those days, the younger ones who are weened on
social networking tools.
but then:
http://heidi.deviantart.com/art/Hi-tech-Wasabi-Gum-91675809
what is the world coming to?
salut,
-Joe
ps. I've been reading Tufte again, uh
On Feb 20, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Steven Vroom wrote:
Just a thought, FYI-steven
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