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Saturday Sep 16 2006

After a collegue told me about this post by Jon Hicks and the desktop extravaganza that followed I felt the urge to jump in as well. Here's my contribution, in my own dark and cynical way. The biggest problem a designer faces in my opinion is the fact that every idiot has an opinion about design and tries (or forces) the designer to consolidate to that opinion. In that respect life of a back-end developer is definitely a lot easier.

If you like it, just click it to go to flickr and download the big-ass version.

Also check out the Flickr Pool to check out what others came up with!

Updated: Added two more!

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At 16 September '06 - 11:53 Randomer wrote:
Your website owns.
At 20 September '06 - 15:10 Rose wrote:
I like this pool a lot! :) Some of them are really funny. “Droog”, I would say in Dutch.
At 11 September '07 - 00:02 sprÄ™Å¼arki wrote:
Your website is one of the best i have ever seen! great to explore etc. Thank you for Your creativity !
At 20 September '07 - 09:49 Alastor wrote:
In this case design IS NOT no design at all. Great contribution!
At 17 October '07 - 12:49 Robert wrote:
Haha, spot on. Exactly what i feel and intend to do as well. I recently started posting weekly (not that i’ve much interesting to write anyways) but i’m trying to narrow it down to posting on Sundays. However, for maximum readability, i’m not entirely sure if it’s a good day to post on. Perhaps Fridays is another good alternative but i’m usually out till late during weekends and the only free time i have is on Sundays! Oh the dilemma! Hehe. I hope you don’t get into my predicament!
At 12 November '07 - 23:58 budowa stron internetowych wrote:
I love good design. Sometimes i catch myself on starring into my monitor, because of great design for many minutes ! Thank You, great color combination

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