Design Ethics
Today I was asked by a close friend why the 'grubby looks so much like my professional site.
"I thought you were separating the whole thing from the professional site. Why would you design it to look the same when you are making them different? Why not have separate sites with separate and original designs? Seems like you are contradicting your goals..."
Wow.
The only thing I could say was that I was lazy (which I am), I don't have that much free time, and that the old design was ugly. Then I thought about it, and I think I am not doing anything wrong, ethically/philosophically. The other site serves as a clearinghouse for my professional life, while grubbykid is the portal to my personal life. They are closely intertwined, but a degree of separation was needed. I didn't want a prospective client/employer/relative to see the other site and see me say shit, piss, fsck, etc. I wanted to be able to stand on my soapbox and wail on the Life, the Universe and Everything. Either way, Grubbykid.com is only given out to few, so I can still wail at the world.
The design is a linear extrapolation of the professional; one mirrors the other, much like my life. The mission of one differs with the other. Their design has the same embryo. Call them fraternal twins. Either way, I have designed them very simply, so that the content is highlighted.
I could see that the design of the professional site will diverge soon with the personal: I want to create a data-base driven site at the other site to house the MBs of images I am taking, and as a resource to young architects. But all in good time, for now I am content.
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