Carbon Silk » minimal http://www.carbonsilk.com Developing Ideas by James Broad Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:28:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Five Minimal Inspirational Design Sites http://www.carbonsilk.com/design/minimal-inspiration-design/ http://www.carbonsilk.com/design/minimal-inspiration-design/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:39:46 +0000 James Broad http://www.carbonsilk.com/?p=13 A small selection of sites that have caught my attention for being particularly well designed. The minimal nature of web design is something that i find extremely hard to pull off, and as such i have been inspired by these and similar such sites to create this site.

Astheria

Astheria screenshot

Type Sites

Typesites screenshot

We Are Only Human

We Are Only Human screenshot

Creative And Live

Creative And Live screenshot

Icon Eye

Icon Eye screenshot

]]> http://www.carbonsilk.com/design/minimal-inspiration-design/feed/ 3 How packaging design should be http://www.carbonsilk.com/design/how-packaging-design-should-be/ http://www.carbonsilk.com/design/how-packaging-design-should-be/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:30:46 +0000 James Broad http://www.carbonsilk.com/?p=8 help, headache packagingA great example of just being ‘honest’ and realising that you don’t need to dilute the message of what your product is, with all singing, all dancing colours and fancy graphics.

I can understand that there is a requirement for packaging to stand out over competing products, but this example of modest design, in my eyes, will promote trust and therefore, I will likely repeat purchase.

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