vagabond soul

Government websites and colour tonality

I stumbled upon Number10 today and the first thought that occurred to me was “Wow. This is an incredibly dark and bleary looking website.” One cannot but wonder if the dark, muted colours reflect the current British government’s general outlook on its day-to-day job.

Here’s a quick comparison between the US, UK and German governments’ online representations:

The White House still comes out on top with its solid “corporate” design style. Also, it feels a lot lighter than Number 10 with its dark and heavy masthead. Bundesregierung.de looks absolutely German: sober, serious, but not hopeless (which is the feeling I get when I look at number10.gov.uk). Of course, the blues are a lot more muted next to Obama’s online home, and the lack of embellishments is apparent, but — I guess that’s “us”.

kuechengeruechte:

Das Kochhaus in Berlin ist eine, wie ich finde, sehr interessante Idee für ein Ladenkonzept. Heute bin ich gleich zweimal darauf gestoßen. Einmal in einer Unterhaltung und in der aktuellen essen&trinken.

Ich schicke mal ein paar Spione nach Berlin die sollen mir bitte berichten ob der Laden so gut ist wie auf den Fotos aussieht und wie das Konzept in der realen Welt funktioniert.

(Source: kuechengeruechte)

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