Maddenation
A Note about the Site Design
I just went ahead and designed something. I know this seems dictatorial, but I hope you like the design anyway. Me, I think it’s mighty cool. The photo is one I took myself in Tacuarembó just a couple of weeks ago. Then I got lucky with Photoshop in doing the “Maddenation” logo and messing with it to make it fit and look like it was on the rusty shooting star. I had never done anything like that before.
Anyway, the beauty of this design, which was inspired by coudal.com and brookelyn.org, is that we can do different pictures within the same frame. (Note: I also based my design on Dave’s “Love” design, what with the stars and all.) If you want to send an image for the site, make it 464 pixels wide and 279 pixels high (at a resolution of 72 pixels per inch). Then it’ll fit exactly. Send the image to me directly. Probably best to send a fairly high quality JPG, because I’ll have to compress it again after I get it. My own current feeling about this is I like the one I made, but I’m willing to hear other input. I think it would be cool to have some different pictures in there, and I like the idea of making them all with “incidental” logos. In other words, have the “Maddenation” appear in the photo as if it were in the original shot (like the one we’ve got up already). One place I got this idea from was the Rush Permanent Waves album cover.
A word about logos: There are two schools of logo thought (as far as I can tell). First is the Van Halen school, where you design a logo and it appears on all your album covers with only slight variations. Some bands, like The Beatles, Yes, King’s X, almost did this, but not quite. Still, they have a recognizable logo. The other school of thought is the Rush school, where you have a different cool way of writing your band name on every album cover. This allows you to design your text along with whatever accompanies it. More artistic freedom because you’re not limited by a predetermined logo.
I went with the Rush school, mainly because I didn’t want the responsibility for coming up with the Maddenation logo. But also, I don’t think we need a permanent logo. We’re just a family! So I like the option of changing the text style along with the graphics.
If we want a completely different design, we can do that in the future too. The Movable Type system allows you to change your site look fairly easily.
So, for now, I hope you will dig the design I came up with. And if you want to completely obliterate it, you’ll have to catch me first!
Patrick • Ideas • 02/14/03 • 0 comments
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