New Design, lost in space!

abduzeedo - 04/06/2008

After one year using that brownish layout the time for a change has come. Well, actually I’ve been working on this new design since last January, not exactly this one, because I did like 2 other versions before I thought it was ok.

Among all these new features there’s the new design. Black, full of stars and lighting effects. We chose to follow the space theme, due to the relation the name has with it, and that subject gives us a lot of freedom to create crazy things.

Anyways, we are still adjusting the new layout, so you may find some glitches. Feel free to report us about any problem you might have or if you have suggestions or critics as well. We’d love to hear from you.

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My name is Fabio Sasso, I'm a graphic/web designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I'm the founder of Abduzeedo. I hope we can share lots of information, tips, and ideas through abduzeedo.

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Anonymous's picture
Anonymous (not verified) 07/15/2008

Not contesting your photoshop skills but man you swagger jacked Ten Thousand Things pretty hard here.

Baloney's picture
Baloney (not verified) 05/06/2008

Nice new design! I like it very much.

Ben's picture
Ben (not verified) 04/15/2008

Hey Fabio, just stopped in and was blown away by the new design. I love what you've done with the comments and gravatars, very nice work :-)

Collis's picture
Collis (not verified) 04/13/2008

Just ran into this tonight when I was looking at the fluid flash post. The error page is great!!

Anthony's picture
Anthony (not verified) 04/13/2008

share the tut for the header, pleaseeee! love it!

Anonymous's picture
Anonymous (not verified) 04/11/2008

Wow!!!! New Face!!!!
I love it!!!!
Greetings from Colombia

Colombian Boy's picture
Colombian Boy (not verified) 04/09/2008

working in Yahoo Taiwan as frontend-eng. really love your work!

Keep it UP!

Bobby Chen's picture
Bobby Chen (not verified) 04/09/2008

Love the new style my friend!

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frank vasquez (not verified) 04/09/2008

cara, ficou muito legal, mas, abaixo das tags, aquele redemoinho é para estar achatado?

Achei estranho isso... mais o resto esta legal...

Fogolin's picture
Fogolin (not verified) 04/08/2008

I really like it! I have to say that the old one was simple but it worked well...this new approach its perfect!

Cristina's picture
Cristina (not verified) 04/08/2008

Very nice!
Loved the black hole in the tag cloud and the saucer in the footer.
Keep goin'!

Mauricio's picture
Mauricio (not verified) 04/08/2008

Just curious:
"...actually I’ve been working.."
and
"...we are still adjusting..."
It's now one or more?

milo's picture
milo (not verified) 04/08/2008

Sleek and real cool! Loves it a lot! Well done body :D Absolutely love that "space tags"

jayhan's picture
jayhan (not verified) 04/08/2008

Loving it dude!

Cameron Rad's picture
Cameron Rad (not verified) 04/08/2008

Nice Background... It was a huge improvement compared to the old design. Congrats

Eduardo's picture
Eduardo (not verified) 04/08/2008

Realy nice !
Fell free in that space !

freshis's picture
freshis (not verified) 04/07/2008

Wonderful design. I love it so much more. Congrats!!

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Pityful Anonymous (not verified) 04/07/2008

Huge improvement as I wasn't a big fan of the previous design!

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K3v (not verified) 04/07/2008

Gotta be truthful, I much preferred your old design.

I really like the new one, but the old one had even more of something about it.

Still, it's the content of your posts I come here for, not the design of the blog, and to that end you won't get rid of me for a long, long time!

Keep up the good work mate

James

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James Baldwin (not verified) 04/07/2008

i really like it. congrats.

adam2z's picture
adam2z (not verified) 04/07/2008

Much cleaner.

Artsteez's picture
Artsteez (not verified) 04/07/2008

I love the new design!! Very cool. Will you do a tutorial on how you did it?

2k a day's picture
2k a day (not verified) 04/07/2008

Hey Abduzeedo, are you using a plugin to run the very top scroller (with the banner images) on the main page?

Anthony's picture
Anthony (not verified) 04/07/2008

Love the new design.

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Braintrove.com (not verified) 04/07/2008

Looks great!!!

Anthony's picture
Anthony (not verified) 04/07/2008

hey i just thought i'd let u know that the date is wrong in the post... but i love the change and the this website is full of inspiration thanks!!!

Colette's picture
Colette (not verified) 04/07/2008

It's pretty cool, but personally I don't like it much for your redesign. It lacks structure with much of the content not having any sort box or form around it. Also, I think the 'rainbow aspect' is overused, as we've seen it numerous times in your designs.

You have great talent and think you could have done better with the redesign.

Don't take my comments to heart, they are opinions, nonetheless :)

Sonny's picture
Sonny (not verified) 04/07/2008

Looks smooth! And actually i did not like the old design :P I love the logo! :)

Markus's picture
Markus (not verified) 04/07/2008

Awesome work man. I love this new skin.

therapix's picture
therapix (not verified) 04/07/2008

Looks great !!!!

craZed's picture
craZed (not verified) 04/07/2008

Reminds me of the Ten Thousand Things (http://www.ttthings.com), so stars are the new gradients? I should redesign mine :)

Anyways, love both.

gerald's picture
gerald (not verified) 04/07/2008

Old theme beter than this !

Ahmet's picture
Ahmet (not verified) 04/07/2008

very nice theme, great work!

daniel's picture
daniel (not verified) 04/07/2008

i really like it fabio, its great!

Salva's picture
Salva (not verified) 04/07/2008

i think it's so cool.. i like the header and the comment box is just perfect..

giackop's picture
giackop (not verified) 04/07/2008

I like it!

It's great!

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Mr Kuzio (not verified) 04/07/2008

I liked it .. unusual design .. well done

Khalid's picture
Khalid (not verified) 04/07/2008

I love this new design. I was thinking just when are you going to redesign your website after all those great art u have done.

Lamin Barrow's picture
Lamin Barrow (not verified) 04/07/2008

WOW, It looks really special, and "spacy"

Well done, mate

Enes Kaya's picture
Enes Kaya (not verified) 04/07/2008

liking the new design and as always the blog, elliot jay stocks also has a rather neat fixed background too www.elliotjaystocks.com - it's coming back... (ftr I'm not e-j-s, just a fan of design)

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JR (not verified) 04/07/2008

to be honest, I like better the other one, of course this one has more work but is more difficult to read the "wording" and also a little bit "friky" for my taste. :) sorry about that.

However, I will keep reading your posts :)

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Juan Antonio (not verified) 04/07/2008

Wow, stunning. Loved the old design but it was starting to show its age, this is really awesome!

Milo's picture
Milo (not verified) 04/07/2008

Wow, love the look. Something original. Great work.

Shane's picture
Shane (not verified) 04/07/2008

Love the desingn...! It's not just well designed, but extremely unique. I really have not visited another site that has the same feel. Well done! 2 yrs was worth it.

Tyrone Avnit's picture
Tyrone Avnit (not verified) 04/07/2008

Great design. I love what you've done with this place.

Rob Schultz's picture
Rob Schultz (not verified) 04/07/2008

The best Re-design! Sucess

Felipe Spina's picture
Felipe Spina (not verified) 04/07/2008

Really cool designs; where can you buy the shirts?

Sebastian's picture
Sebastian (not verified) 04/07/2008

Just another little bug I just noticed,

in your tags section, the stars behind your tags are still scrolling.

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Brian (not verified) 04/07/2008

Hey thank you all for the comments, I'm really happy you like the new design, I'm working on a few issues and the suggestions are really welcome. I've changed the text color already, now it's not too dark and easier to read. The stars are fixed now and it looks really good.

Anyway, let me know if you find any glitche or css problem. I will try to write tuts on the header and footer for sure.

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abduzeedo 04/07/2008

Very nice the new design! :o

Majesticskull's picture
Majesticskull (not verified) 04/07/2008

Well done on the new design. Fresh... very fresh...

Brook's picture
Brook (not verified) 04/07/2008

I like the new design, but I think the text Is a little to dark.

Bruce Alrighty's picture
Bruce Alrighty (not verified) 04/07/2008

wow this is one great drupal theme!! nice work!

Gimper's picture
Gimper (not verified) 04/07/2008

I think I agree with previous comments - you should make the stars stationary - it would make it a much nicer effect.

By the way, are you going to write a tutorial about how to make your footer? It is very nicely done.

Brian's picture
Brian (not verified) 04/07/2008

Love the new design! ;)

Dan's picture
Dan (not verified) 04/07/2008

i like the header bro..
its cool :)
but i think, this is one rather complicated than before
as not as simple view as before..
too dark, and also the text
it makes my eyes hard to see..
maybe you want to consider my suggest :D

but i also like the UFO under :P
im sorry if my English is terrible hehehe :P

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Dy™ (not verified) 04/07/2008

I love the new website.

One thing that I think would make the website even cooler though, would to have the star background be stationary, so when you scroll, you almost get the effect of moving through space.

Also, all you would have to do, in your css file, just add fixed after background, then you are done.

Allen's picture
Allen (not verified) 04/07/2008

Excellent work Fabio. I really like it.

yusu's picture
yusu (not verified) 04/07/2008

I entered.. the website and then thought.. its this abduzeedo.com??
great design as I told you before.. :D

nitos's picture
nitos (not verified) 04/07/2008

I love it i really like the stars in the back. :D nice work man congrats :D

Neutron's picture
Neutron (not verified) 04/06/2008

Well, I was coming in for another visit, and... WHAM!!! Right in the Face!
Very nice job on the new design!

It would also be cool if the star field background didn't move with the scrolling so that it feels like the stars are far away. :)

Anonymous's picture
Anonymous (not verified) 04/06/2008

Very niiice !

Bravo ! ;)

MoiMM's picture
MoiMM (not verified) 04/06/2008

Sexy! Congrats.

Gianni Chiappetta's picture
Gianni Chiappetta (not verified) 04/06/2008

congratulations for this awesome looking design. well done!

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kremalicious (not verified) 04/06/2008

Damn Fabio - this is hot. I'm loving the navigation and the background - you've really hit the nail on the head with this design!

Brian's picture
Brian (not verified) 04/06/2008

Love the new design! :D

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nitos (not verified) 04/06/2008

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