Posted by: Søren
in CMS on Jul 15, 2011
For the last month or so I have been trying to understand the open source cms Drupal7 and even build a site myself.
At the advertising agency where I work we just launched a Drupal based website for one of our clients, and sometimes it's just very nice to have an idea of what is going on behind the design of a website.
Posted by: Søren
in CMS on May 24, 2010
Joomla! CMS has in many ways been outperformed by Wordpress and Drupal when it comes to the amount of minimal and aesthetic websites found on the internet. Joomla! CMS is mainly used for communities and website portals - where the website works as an information portal whereas you see many Wordpress based websites in categories like fashion, design and lifestyle magasins and blogs. I believe Joomla! has more functionality and outperforms Drupal if we are talking an user-friendly backend and easy learning curve, but when it comes to beautiful front end and design Joomla! seems to be the loser - because there is a not a lot of beautiful Joomla! based websites out there.
Designers and people working with aesthetic normally choose another platform than Joomla!. And I guess it is because you experience so many bad designed and "more is more" Joomla! websites out there. Keeping things simple and clean is not a first priority for many Joomla! programmers and designers - which is of course a big mistake.
Posted by: Søren
in Design on May 17, 2010
It is no secret I rather live in a hipster home than a no hipster home. But according to the very satirical blog Unhappy Hipsters - hipsters are not happy. The blog, Unhappy Hipsters underline their point taking images from the architecture and design magazine Dwell, and interpret the emotional states of the people in the photos.
The point is: Why are these hipsters so unhappy when they live in fancy modern design houses and apartments - which is supposed to make them happy? Anyways - the blog is great fun and the houses pretty cool. Visit the blog here and read more about why hipsters are unhappy in modern houses here.
Posted by: Søren
in Uncategorized on Apr 12, 2010
My approach towards art is the same as to music. It changes slightly over time - but the main ingredients has to be the same. It has to give you an amount of value - some kind of inspiration. Due to this fact I ordered a new paintings from my girlfriend. For the last 5 years or so we had the same paintings decorating the biggest wall in our apartment and I felt it was time to change.
Inspired by a great musician - Ricardo Villalobos and his debut album from 2003 - Alchachofa - I wanted a painting based on one of the tracks named - I Try To Live (Can I Live). First I wanted the text on the paintings - but it was kind of akward and it was almost left out. But in the right corner the text is slightly visible.
Posted by: Søren
in CMS on Apr 03, 2010
During the last couple of days I worked on a fresh new look for my website. Again and again. I guess it is difficult to see big changes here, but actually I am quite happy with the result - because the new look is based on a completely new template framework named Zen Grid developed by Joomlabamboo. The Zen Grid template gives you a great flexibility and functionality when you work with Joomla and design websites.
The 960 CSS Grid framework Zen Grid is an elegant, easy to use template scaffold that gives you complete control over all aspects of layout and styling. Zen grid is the perfect starting point for developing your own Joomla template. And thats what I did really. The template gives you completely freedom to make what you want and like. Below I posted a picture of the Zen Grid template as it came - and a picture of my website - the result.
Posted by: Søren
in Websites on Dec 15, 2009
It is no secret that I consider myself a minimalist in the world of web design, music, furnitures and tons of other things. Minimalism in design means removing the unnecessary elements and focus on simplicity.
In this blog post, I am going to show you how web designs can can be considered as minimalism. I found 25 websites design which showcases how to built a minimalistic design using simple, but effective elements. In other words: Less is more:
Posted by: Søren
in CMS on Oct 27, 2009
Because of a forthcoming art exhibition at the media house "Ingeniøren" one of my most loyal clients (and girlfriend), Mette Dixen, wanted a new and more flexible website to present her paintings, resume etc.
I ended up using the designer friendly CMS Indexhibit as platform. Indexhibit is a web application used to build and maintain an archetypal, invisible website format that combines text, image, movie and sound.
Posted by: Søren
in Websites on Sep 18, 2009
The Danish brand, strategy and design consultancy Kontrapunkt - has just launched their new website. I like it at lot compared to their old one. The new website has a nice feel and the style is kept in typical Kontrapunkt style: White, grey and black colors and a simple and not to flashy look.
Check the new website out here: wwww.kontrapunkt.com and the pictures below.
Posted by: Søren
in Uncategorized on Sep 15, 2009
Open source software is a really really great thing I think. I have built some websites (And they all look alike:-)) after all using open source software. When I am seeking inspiration on the internet I always visit open source platforms like www.drupal.org, www.joomla.org, www.wordpress.org and www.indexhibit.org.
I have never made a website in www.indexhibit.org, but I think the CMS look promising if you take a look on their website. After checking out some cool websites made with indexhibit a funny thought struck me. Why do all graphic designers think like each other? Browsing the site showcase on indexhibit I realized that their all made by someone within the graphic design business.
Posted by: Søren
in Sport on Sep 12, 2009
Today I bought a new bike. I like bikes with a clean and minimal look and after 2 hours of research I decided to go for a Centurion Basic Classic single speed. I guess I am a pretty conservative consumer because this is my Centurion bike number two. And because Copenhagen is flat as a pancake I think a single speed bike is perfect. Looking forward to try it out.
Check out my new bike here:
