Comments on: Designing with Food Groups http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/ thoughts on | comments about | examples of } web design trends. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:43:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Andrew Faulkner http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-143 Andrew Faulkner Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:18:45 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-143 I think seeing fruit symbolises freshness. I'm no psychologist but I'd guess a piece of fruit makes the user believe that the content is fresh and therefore appealing. --- Off Topic --- Not quite fruit (in fact not even nearly fruit) - birds and butterflies seem to be used all over the place to add detail to a site. e.g. http://www.fabrik1design.de/ and http://www.chillicon.se/ (amazing Flash butterfly) I think seeing fruit symbolises freshness. I’m no psychologist but I’d guess a piece of fruit makes the user believe that the content is fresh and therefore appealing.

— Off Topic —

Not quite fruit (in fact not even nearly fruit) - birds and butterflies seem to be used all over the place to add detail to a site.

e.g. http://www.fabrik1design.de/

and

http://www.chillicon.se/ (amazing Flash butterfly)

]]> By: Pesche http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-144 Pesche Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:36:48 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-144 Hi The fruits on our homepage are a part of our company name. If you read the "about" section carefully, you will find a weblinke that explains the meaning of the word "designchuchi" - so the fruits are there on purpose, not just by hazard or because they "look" good, although i like the idea of letting a site look "fresh". Greetings from Switzerland, Peter. Hi

The fruits on our homepage are a part of our company name. If you read the “about” section carefully, you will find a weblinke that explains the meaning of the word “designchuchi” - so the fruits are there on purpose, not just by hazard or because they “look” good, although i like the idea of letting a site look “fresh”.

Greetings from Switzerland,
Peter.

]]> By: Marc Bernstein http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-145 Marc Bernstein Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:39:32 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-145 Thanks for clearing that up Peter. Great site none the less. What other ways can we convey the feeling of "freshness"? Is displaying foods the only option? Thanks for clearing that up Peter.

Great site none the less.

What other ways can we convey the feeling of “freshness”? Is displaying foods the only option?

]]> By: Pesche http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-146 Pesche Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:44:16 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-146 You are welcome. In my opinion of course not. Forms and colours are the two main instruments to let a site or any other design look "fresh". Cheers. You are welcome. In my opinion of course not. Forms and colours are the two main instruments to let a site or any other design look “fresh”.

Cheers.

]]> By: Marc Bernstein http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-147 Marc Bernstein Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:51:51 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-147 Andrew: Birds and Butterflies have definately been making more and more appearances. I think it's because they are such graceful animals. <a href="http://pension-am-haffeld.de/?s=&c=de&id=" rel="nofollow">http://pension-am-haffeld.de/?s=&c=de&id=</a> <a href="http://www.computerrecycling.us/" rel="nofollow">http://www.computerrecycling.us/</a> <a href="http://www.subdued.net/" rel="nofollow">http://www.subdued.net/</a> Andrew:

Birds and Butterflies have definately been making more and more appearances. I think it’s because they are such graceful animals.

http://pension-am-haffeld.de/?s=&c=de&id=

http://www.computerrecycling.us/

http://www.subdued.net/

]]> By: Andrew Faulkner http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-149 Andrew Faulkner Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:13:08 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-149 Thanks Mark. Adding to Pesche, I would say whitespace adds a sense of freshness to a site. So does simplicity. Thanks Mark.

Adding to Pesche, I would say whitespace adds a sense of freshness to a site. So does simplicity.

]]> By: David http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-150 David Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:30:13 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-150 I have a peapod on the home page of my site ... my thinking was to have something organic, that spoke somewhat of a genesis of ideas, a perfect forming of something natural in a tech-driven world. If that's not a too 'up my own ar*e' way of thinking! I have a peapod on the home page of my site … my thinking was to have something organic, that spoke somewhat of a genesis of ideas, a perfect forming of something natural in a tech-driven world. If that’s not a too ‘up my own ar*e’ way of thinking!

]]> By: Andrew Faulkner http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-151 Andrew Faulkner Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:32:50 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-151 David, Love the marketing speak there. :) (That's a great photo of a pea-pod by the way. How unique.) David,

Love the marketing speak there. :)

(That’s a great photo of a pea-pod by the way. How unique.)

]]> By: Paul Farnell http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-158 Paul Farnell Sun, 16 Oct 2005 22:35:29 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-158 In our case it wasn't trying to look "fresh" that inspired the fruit, I just thought it looked cool :-) My site offers web site testing services. Not very exciting, right? The only visuals that seemed relavant were browser icons, or web page screenshots. Again, not very exciting. So I stuck the fruit on there, and decided it didn't matter if it had no relation to the content whatsoever :-) We had lots of great feedback on the design though, so people seem to like it. If you're interested, I've also used food (chips) on my portfolio site: www.salted.com Paul. In our case it wasn’t trying to look “fresh” that inspired the fruit, I just thought it looked cool :-)

My site offers web site testing services. Not very exciting, right? The only visuals that seemed relavant were browser icons, or web page screenshots. Again, not very exciting. So I stuck the fruit on there, and decided it didn’t matter if it had no relation to the content whatsoever :-)

We had lots of great feedback on the design though, so people seem to like it.

If you’re interested, I’ve also used food (chips) on my portfolio site: www.salted.com

Paul.

]]> By: Andrew Faulkner http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-159 Andrew Faulkner Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:28:42 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-159 Paul, Thanks for the explanation. I guess it is hard to make stats look exciting. The fruit works well. And you can't go wrong with chips. ;) Paul,

Thanks for the explanation. I guess it is hard to make stats look exciting. The fruit works well.

And you can’t go wrong with chips. ;)

]]> By: Frank http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-168 Frank Wed, 19 Oct 2005 17:59:43 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-168 It's hard to do anything new these days. I'm glad to see that the use of birds and butterflys on the site I did (computerrecycling.us) is considered on the front end of a trend. Most of the time I'm trying not to follow a trend but end up right in the middle of an old one. It’s hard to do anything new these days. I’m glad to see that the use of birds and butterflys on the site I did (computerrecycling.us) is considered on the front end of a trend. Most of the time I’m trying not to follow a trend but end up right in the middle of an old one.

]]> By: Marc Bernstein http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-172 Marc Bernstein Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:12:05 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2005/10/13/designing-with-food-groups/#comment-172 <a href="http://nathanpitman.com/journal/350/branded-bird-madness" rel="nofollow">nathan pitman's take on using birds as logos and images in websites</a> nathan pitman’s take on using birds as logos and images in websites

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