As a nice upgrade to Jim Krause’s Color Index, Adobe has pushed the idea a step further with their Kuler website. Aside from the flawed flash plug-in detection (I visited with the latest plug-in and it still forced me through the upgrade) it is a great example of blending user-generated content, and a strong brand presence online. Adobe’s domination in the advertising and graphic design software industry has not resulted in resting on their laurels.

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Joshua Davis has always been sort of a hero of mine. Standing up to the critiques of function-over-form guru Jacob Nielson and maintaining that design is something that should engage users, even if it sort of confuses them a little. Well over the years, his website has come around a bit more toward the function of a gallery website. His flash website started to lean more and more toward the work being featured and only being supported by the design of the site. This is about as good as it gets. Until he adopted WordPress.

What a guy. I now am an official fanboy of Joshua Davis. He is not only using cool methods and ideas behind his work, he is now using one of the most powerful content management tools around to show it off. This is my official thank-you to him for opening the eyes of so many to what is possible through a format that is user-friendly and can also be 100% custom-fit to the desires of the designer.

To see Joshua Davis Studios online visit: http://www.joshuadavis.com/

Joseph Money is a Bozeman, Montana-based graphic designer offering consulting, design, and development for websites, print, and interactive media.

Being a graphic designer in Bozeman, Montana sometimes feels like living on a deserted island. Inspiration doesn’t live just a quick subway ride away at an art gallery or a new exhibit at a museum. You sometimes have to fend for yourself and go out into the big world wide web. So as much as I love Logo Lounge, I don’t like to pay for the service fees associated with using their website. Fortunately, Brian Hintz at Ripple Marketing gave me a peek at LogoPond. [Read more]