I’m started working in a .Net development environment back in July. Previously I’ve worked in JSP, WebObjects, Ruby on Rails, PHP and JHTML but never a dot net shop. I recently attended REMIX in Boston where I got introduced to Visual Studio and Expression Studio for designing in dot net.

Today I’m installing the programs and taking them for a spin. I’ll give my feedback as I start to understand the features. FYI: I’m a huge fan of Dreamweaver. Stay tuned…

Related: Part Two

Below are the images for Round two of the Crestock Photo contest.

This round I decided to take a different approach. I thought it would be fun to show laps in time. I chose the city and the meadow since they were visually similar (landscapes).

Below is what I came up with…

If you would like to vote for my entry you can vote here.

Crestock.com is having a photo design contest. The rules are wide open:

For each round we will supply a set of source photos from our image library. Your entry must be based on one or several of these photos, but you are free to do with them whatever you like. You may also use other elements in your design, as long as one or more of the source images can be recognised as a central part of your design.

First round here are the images

Here is my entry. I call it “Happy Frog”.

If you’d like to vote for my entry you can do it here:

I’ll post the winner once it’s announced.

A few weeks ago I attended the REMIX Boston even. I wasn’t overly excited about any of the presentations which usually causes my mind to wander. Being a designer I began inspecting the marketing collateral associate with the event and noticed not only a style but what I consider a new trend, “ornamental design”

Here’s an ad for the event:

Notice all the ornamental swirly flower like designs to the left? Their only purpose in this ad is style. It doesn’t provide the user information, directions, venue or any other useful information. It’s purely style. Not only that but it takes up about half of the available ad size. I’ve started to see this style more and more in web design. Check out one of my favorite sites The Web Designer Wall.

I wonder if we’ve somehow moved from the Tuscan (Web 2.0 look and feel) to the Corinthian (ornamental look and feel)?