grunge is the new black

I hated the web 2.0 look aka “I’m an Apple product wannabe.” Glossy, gradients, metal, not to mention the ever so ubiquitous mirror shine floor. Can you even tell these sites apart already? I’ve always told myself that when I do create another site, it would fucking scare the lights out (pun intended) of another glossy site. Don’t get me wrong. I admire Apple’s designs. They are iconic. But if I’m Apple, I’d go hunt down all these poor prigs. Making their product look cheap now. I guess comes with the territory.

Rather than go with trends, let your personality bleed through. From the logo I envisioned, you could already grasp the look I (originally) intended. I mean come on, with a name like noisyheads.

Dirty? Disorganized? Puke drunk artist look?! … Grungy! Yeah that’s the word. Had it all made. Until everyone decided to destroy the Web 2.0 look. And how? Grungify everything! I’m the worlds biggest idiot if I think I’m original on this one. I guess it was meant to happen. Web 2.0 is officially out, grunge is in. Though I’m happy the new look has finally dethroned the shiny king. But the fact remains, it’s now a trend.

Yes, a trend. Saw the new James Bond flick ad and it was using, yes, the grungy look. Joss Stone videos, grungy. Fuck, even the local channel promos are grungy. Last.fm went through all the trouble redesigning their site to do what? Ride the trend.

If you want things to last, never ride a trend. As much as I love it, I fired up bluefish and gimp, and started demolishing my site. Maybe tried and tested should be the way to go. MINIMALIST! Or, mix shine and dirt..?