A List Apart 4.0
- 23rd August 2005 | permanent link
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It's back baby! New design, new issue and much more. I must admit I was a bit surprised to see A List Apart entrie appear on Stylegala today, since the last issue was published way back at the end of May. I was among those who thought it will slowly fall into oblivion. But I was wrong. Good for me right :)
I love the new desing, that was made by Jason Santa Maria. But it's not just the design and logo that's new on ALA, as Jeffery Zeldman writes in the latest issue:
For ALA 4 .0, Jason Santa Maria created not merely a new logo and layout but an entire branding system, to cover such natural brand extensions as a live conference series ( An Event Apart ) and an upcoming series of publications (A Book Apart).Brought to life through Eric Meyer 's CSS , the design has a classic, almost scholarly feeling, although there is a hint of teasing play behind elements like the laurel wreath - and Kevin Cornell 's illustrations interject an additional note of fun. Some highlights:
- Each issue will have its own color scheme. Imagine: Red and green for Christmas; blue underlined links for when Jakob Nielsen finally writes for us.
- Legacy articles, i.e. those published in ALA 1 .0-3.0, will share a common color scheme as a further means of delineating between then and now.
- Wide, comfortable columns make text a pleasure to read and code easier to parse.
- The numerical bug that sits atop the logo and astride the nav bar makes each issue feel like an important limited edition.
For more info on new features and knick-knacks read the latest issue from ALA. People who make websites rejoice :)
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