Really simple design: a second example

Simplicity = white space = room for creativity.

Vitor Lourenco is 21.  Blimey:

Just 4 big things to click, white space, clever alignment: 10 out of 10

Just 4 big things to click, white space, clever alignment: 10 out of 10

This page has just 4 big red things to click, which is clever in itself.  The quote’s spot on and we’re told everything we need to know in a couple of sentences.  The simplicity allows the designer to indulge in some big, uncommon fonts (Palatino) and there’s even my beloved Garamond italic ampersand.  No graphics.

The red blocks give a great balance to the design.

Makes my own home page seem like a mess. Update: I have taken a leaf out of Vitor’s book.

21?  I’m nearly old enough to be his dad.

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  1. Hey Leon,

    Those were some nice compliments. Thank you so much :)

    Vitor

  2. Leon says:

    You’re welcome, they’re well deserved (and apologies for anglicising your name!)

  3. John Pash says:

    One of my favourite quotes by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery… “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to remove.” The perfect mantra for the minimalist designer.

  4. Leon says:

    Hi John – yes, that’s pretty good. How many of us actually follow that maxim?

    And you know that Linux users are the smartest of all, don’t you?

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