> we'll be looking at ways of improving our nation's image through design
On a page with barely any contrast between the text and background.
On a page with barely any contrast between the text and background.
2e2e2e and 787878 is a contrast 3.07:1, which is pretty lousy.
It is weird that they can create a nice little logo-thing, and yet have a website that's unusable for many people.
I used to think that a designer's website would be some indicator of their talent, but there's not much correlation there.
That's insincere.
May we please demonstrate respect and professionalism when discussing designers?
Making unsupported assertions about a perceived defect in an entire profession doesn't seem right to me, but I was very tempted to just write, "'Look at those dumb designers' seems to be a common developer anti-pattern." I don't think that sort of comment is necessary.
Thank you for understanding.
People with different backgrounds focus on different things. Some designers will be do fabulous things on an aspect of typography (turning a K into a currency sign) and yet make an error with type contrast that impedes reading.
One could infer from that is they don't think what they wrote was as important as the picture, since they rather intentionally selected a poor contrast design.
All professions have anti-patterns and all people make errors. Mine was being a little flip in my tone to show a recurring problem I experience. Yours was generalizing that criticism of a designer's error is a criticism of the entire profession.
I've tried to design things. They are ugly and clunky and clearly the result of someone with no skill or talent.
So when I see a designer with some years of experience and training and who is capable of producing lovely work but who has a website with a very small font, or with a poor contrast, or with the combination of a small font with poor contrast, I wonder "what went wrong?"
In retrospect I can of course see the low contrast, but it didn't seem to be a problem in practice.
It also worked pretty well to emphasize the pictures, which really are the main point...
You'd be incorrect, then, as the brightness on my monitor isn't very high (indeed, I hate overly bright displays so I keep it somewhat dim)... :]