Thinking for a Living, the brain child of Duane King and has been through a redesign. We must say it’s looking pretty slick. Now focusing more on feature and long form content the redesign reflects this, shifting from presenting a traditional long scrolling page to a landscape mode—after all most of the screens it’ll be read on are probably larger widescreen models. Where the design really comes into it’s own is the keyboard shortcuts which makes navigating the columns of content a pleasurable experience. Quite similar to the shortcuts AisleOne recently incorporated into their redesign, it’s no surprise to see that both AisleOne and Thinking for a Living are part of the same publishing network (TFAL Network). This seems like an interesting move to bring similar content providers together and reminds me of what Gawker Network has done for the tech/videogames/geek community with Gizmodo/Lifehacker/ValleyWag.
What do you guys think of the new design and the more editorial content and magazine like presentation of TFAL?
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23rd Feb 2010
2:04 pm
Had a wee browse at the site earlier and I think it looks fantastic. Particularly enjoy the fact they’ve shared the grid system / technical spec for the redesign. I always find insights like that really interesting.
Gil
23rd Feb 2010
3:29 pm
It is good to see a rationale behind the update in some detail. Think it goes some way to helping prevent some of the backlash that can come from redesign haters.
Duane King
24th Feb 2010
5:48 am
Coming from one of our favorite design blogs, this means a lot. Thank you Gil.
jmeel
26th Feb 2010
1:19 am
in terms of content and design, the TFAL blog is absolutely brilliant