I’m quite excited that MIRI’s new website has launched. My thanks to Louie Helm (project lead), Katie Hartman (designer), and the others who helped with the project: Malo Bourgon, Alex Vermeer, Stephen Barnes, Steven Kaas, and probably some others I don’t know about.
Color scheme—The addition of orange and lime to the usual cobalt blue is quite classy.
Dat logo—We love that it degrades to the old logo in monochrome. We love the subtle gradient on the lettering and the good kerning job on the RI, though we regret the harsh M.
Navbar—More subtle gradients on the donate button.
Dat quote—Excellent choice with the selective bolding and the vertical rule. Not sure how I feel about the italic serif “and” between Tallinn’s titles; some italic correction missing there, but the web is a disaster for such things anyway.
Headings—Love the idea of bold sans heading with light serif subheading at the same height. Could be more consistent, but variety is good too.
Font choices—Quattrocento is such a great font. Wouldn’t mind seeing more of it in the sidebar, though. Source Sans Pro is nice but clashes slightly. Normally one thinks of futurist/post-modern sites being totally clean and sans serif everywhere. I’m really happy with the subversion here.
Stylized portraits—Love them. Seems a different process was used on the team page as the research page; the team page’s process is less stylized, but also holds up better with different face types, IMO.
I’m quite excited that MIRI’s new website has launched. My thanks to Louie Helm (project lead), Katie Hartman (designer), and the others who helped with the project: Malo Bourgon, Alex Vermeer, Stephen Barnes, Steven Kaas, and probably some others I don’t know about.
Grats on the URL.
Things we like about the new site:
Color scheme—The addition of orange and lime to the usual cobalt blue is quite classy.
Dat logo—We love that it degrades to the old logo in monochrome. We love the subtle gradient on the lettering and the good kerning job on the RI, though we regret the harsh M.
Navbar—More subtle gradients on the donate button.
Dat quote—Excellent choice with the selective bolding and the vertical rule. Not sure how I feel about the italic serif “and” between Tallinn’s titles; some italic correction missing there, but the web is a disaster for such things anyway.
Headings—Love the idea of bold sans heading with light serif subheading at the same height. Could be more consistent, but variety is good too.
Font choices—Quattrocento is such a great font. Wouldn’t mind seeing more of it in the sidebar, though. Source Sans Pro is nice but clashes slightly. Normally one thinks of futurist/post-modern sites being totally clean and sans serif everywhere. I’m really happy with the subversion here.
Stylized portraits—Love them. Seems a different process was used on the team page as the research page; the team page’s process is less stylized, but also holds up better with different face types, IMO.
Overall: exceptionally well done.