Comments on: Opposing Forces http://www.gettheeye.com/opposing-forces/ A series of articles about making software feel good. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:12:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Zack http://www.gettheeye.com/opposing-forces/#comment-9 Zack Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:30:45 +0000 http://www.gettheeye.com/?p=339#comment-9 A friend of mine read this article and asked for a few more examples of software using opposing forces. Most of the examples from software lack the subtlety of those from art. A classic example is a black bar at the bottom of page to offset a strong graphic at the top. Let's look at some examples: <a href="http://www.guykawasaki.com/" rel="nofollow">Guy Kawasaki</a> plays with this notion on his personal site by offsetting the strong red of of the top title bar with the unassuming gray of his navigation bar. <a href="http://www.37signals.com/" rel="nofollow">37 Signals</a> uses the strong black of their info box (the one that says, “a better way to work”) on the left with the lighter colors of their product images on the right. <a href="http://alifelski.com/" rel="nofollow">Ali Felski</a> does it twice in the same page. Once in the top title bar where she balance her name on the left against the clouds on the right and again at the bottom of the page where she pits he blue footer against her light article background. A friend of mine read this article and asked for a few more examples of software using opposing forces. Most of the examples from software lack the subtlety of those from art. A classic example is a black bar at the bottom of page to offset a strong graphic at the top. Let’s look at some examples:

Guy Kawasaki plays with this notion on his personal site by offsetting the strong red of of the top title bar with the unassuming gray of his navigation bar.

37 Signals uses the strong black of their info box (the one that says, “a better way to work”) on the left with the lighter colors of their product images on the right.

Ali Felski does it twice in the same page. Once in the top title bar where she balance her name on the left against the clouds on the right and again at the bottom of the page where she pits he blue footer against her light article background.

]]> By: Zack http://www.gettheeye.com/opposing-forces/#comment-8 Zack Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:09:25 +0000 http://www.gettheeye.com/?p=339#comment-8 Adam Nadel sent me a caption to add to his image (the last one in the article). From Adam: Hadiyah Abdul Adam rape victim Darfur, 04 "I am very afraid. Afraid they will come back. I am ashamed. Ashamed of what happened". A young girl as she lives through realities of war. These images are part of a recently completed a 5-year project on war and its consequences. The project documents individuals currently living in zones of conflict, individuals who survived wars, and individuals who are decades or even centuries removed from the war, yet are still impacted. Both our appreciation of (classical) form and need for compassion defines what is best about being human. Adam Nadel sent me a caption to add to his image (the last one in the article). From Adam:

Hadiyah Abdul Adam
rape victim
Darfur, 04

“I am very afraid. Afraid they will come back. I am ashamed. Ashamed of what happened”.

A young girl as she lives through realities of war. These images are part of a recently completed a 5-year project on war and its consequences. The project documents individuals currently living in zones of conflict, individuals who survived wars, and individuals who are decades or even centuries removed from the war, yet are still impacted.

Both our appreciation of (classical) form and need for compassion defines what is best about being human.

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