We got an email through to Clearleft from someone pointing out a certain similarity between our website:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adactio/8719586981/
…and the website for a company called Kent Web Host:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adactio/8720710854/
Hmmm …perhaps Clearleft were unconsciously influenced by Kent Web Host!
Just to set the record straight, I gave them a call.
Tagged with phone call clearleft web design kent web host influence inspiration
"This week, Matt Magain (@mattymcg) catches up with Mark Boulton at Web Directions South 2009 to discuss web design, typography, and why they aren’t the separate things they may appear to be."
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/11/09/podcast-35-typographic-design-mark-boulton/
Grid systems have been used in print design, architecture and interior design for generations. Now, on the web, the same rules of grid system composition and usage no longer apply. Content is viewed in many ways; from RSS feeds to email. Content is viewed on many devices; from mobile phones to laptops. Users can manipulate the browser, they can remove content, resize the canvas, resize the typefaces. A designer is no longer in control of this presentation. So where do grid systems fit in to all that?
http://www.webdirections.org/resources/mark-boulton-designing-grid-systems/