dream infinity studios

So I found this site, that describes the rules and law of how web 2.0 websites are designed and how it is effective. Click here for the site

It is a good website that describes how content is key, and how design should not dominate the content. It's a very hard tasks for designers like me that have influence and experience in all fields of design (not just the web). However I think that enforcing web 2.0 main frame into "web design" is not a good idea.

Don't get me wrong. I am not stating that web 2.0 is not the way to go. Although I don't agree with the label "web 2.0", I think that it is a good framework to stand by when delivering content on the web. What bothers me however is that this website promotes only one type of visual direction. That means that all the websites out there are going to look EXACTLY like each other. That is a no no in my bold opinion.

This current site is heavily influenced by web 2.0 "technology". Notice that I said technology and not design. In terms of design, there really isn't much direct influence in web 2.0 styles. I don't have some shiny star next to my logo or my layout, there is no "aqua" effect going on, and there definitely is no cute little icons floating around my site.

I been working on a new blog site for a good few months now, which will be implemented with my next version of the site (more on that soon). And I was very careful about not putting some cute icon that indicated RSS feeds or comment link. I just think that there are many ways than one to create a website that is effective and rich with content. It doesn't help viewers to be open minded about navigation creativity, and content layout formats. If every website was centered with 3 columns, logo on top, navigation horizontally on top, there will be no room for creative flash websites with creative navigations.

If you're a designer, keep web 2.0 "design" to a minimum. You're not being very creative as a designer if you follow the standard web 2.0 "looks" and visual direction. That's my take on it.

Web 2.0 technology is great. I am working hard to implement it on my future versions, but make no mistakes, my designs will not follow that trend. (Well not fully at least).

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mindviolation chapter 2_1 is up

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mindviolation chapter 1_4 is out.

mind violation

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I haven't really gotten too many feed back regarding the launch of mind violation but from some of the e-mail that I did get , I would like to answer some questions:

I checked out the source code for mindviolation.net and it is stated that the coding is highly involved by you. What is "twilight nocturne" and who is thomas shannon? Your website has a xhtml code version similar to mindviolation, does this mean you are working on another website version?

Twilight Nocturne is still very early to discuss and I cannot really give out the details at the moment. Nor can I talk about who Thomas Shannon is. It will all be revealed sooner or later. But yes the coding is done by me at mindviolation.net

When are you releasing your executions?

As promised, I am hopeful for Fall of 2007. But please don't send me hate mail if it doesn't come out by then.

What have you been up to lately? And what is this "afterburner" you speak of?

Afterburner will be a print piece just like Stridence and Trance Minimum: Kasha. I been working on many websites that incorporate heavy flash the past few months.

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Ridiculous loading time, a home page with really no indication for concept yet, and I just have no idea where it's going but he tells me to write, and I write. He tells me to think, and I think. I keep going back to it, and I try to put it all together...

Hi I am Emily, I am a writer, I love to write poetry, I fell in love with Chris's idea and concept of type and art. More things to come depending on Chris's time.

mindviolation

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It's been a long time in the production. (about a year) But I guess I can show you this piece of website I been working on for a film studio in Melrose, CA. It's been quite fun, lots of space to get creative, and the people there have been awesome to work with. Thank you Peter and Jessica.

Anyways, their film is about to be done (hopefully) and is going to be screened on September (hopefully). But check them out. All web design and flash animation by yours truly.

Digilis

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Dream Infinity Studios Version 14 Catalog is now online for view. The catalog focuses on the first 10% of what this site is all about and a slight introduction to infinite synthesis philosophy and style.

Download the full PDF version [5mb PDF file]

Please view it because I am actually quite proud of it.

On another note:

Dream Infinity Studios is looking for a designer to partner up with / and to be a blog author for the website. Being a designer will entitle you to full access to the website blog, post your own wallpaper for work / post your own print work, and much more. I want someone to help keep Dream Infinity Studios up to date and to par.

If you're interested, please contact me at the contact link. I don't ask you to have advanced knowledge of design software as long as you know the fundamentals of Photoshop, Illustrator, and web design.

Another note #2: Uploaded a little image pop in the bio page. (bottom of the right bar of the page)

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