The new Wordpress site for “PopinGays” is finally on the road to completion ! After months of pondering with Dorah, there appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel !! This time around, we were thinking of hipster-esque flourescent colors reminiscent of our trip to Berlin…specifically an electric blue to replace the original 1990’s purple. Like an old dinosaur, I am slowly experimenting with color on black as opposed to color on white which seems, ultimately, more rock n roll. Anyway, we are rather satisfied with the product although I am somewhat bummed that we didn’t have the resources to do more. For example, since the site follows the conventions of a Wordpress template, it is very “articles on left, widgets on right, banner on top” which kind of gets old but again, we did not have the resources (ie. the developers / the money) to break this pattern
To further open the site to the world and to create a ceremonious event, I think it would be a nice idea to hold a “banner competetion” for the site, giving the winning artist credit and/or a prize. In the beginning, I thought about Shepherd Fairey’s igoogle banners but I feel, at present, that a banner charged with color and imagery is too “heavy” and robs attention from the site content.
We were looking at other music blog sites for inspiration such as :
There are some pretty amazing logos in the above and in many cases, there is no artistic “banner” at all, there is just a huge logo. I wonder if all PopinGays needs is a modernization of their logo. But at the same time, their logo is an integral part of their identity (and I always thought that they should change their name (less “gay”) but again, they are, after ten years, a staple in Paris).
Hmmm a banner competition. Now that sounds exciting… or that sounds like a pipe dream depending on your point of view.
PIG site : Finally coming to fruition !
The new Wordpress site for “PopinGays” is finally on the road to completion ! After months of pondering with Dorah, there appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel !! This time around, we were thinking of hipster-esque flourescent colors reminiscent of our trip to Berlin…specifically an electric blue to replace the original 1990’s purple. Like an old dinosaur, I am slowly experimenting with color on black as opposed to color on white which seems, ultimately, more rock n roll. Anyway, we are rather satisfied with the product although I am somewhat bummed that we didn’t have the resources to do more. For example, since the site follows the conventions of a Wordpress template, it is very “articles on left, widgets on right, banner on top” which kind of gets old but again, we did not have the resources (ie. the developers / the money) to break this pattern
To further open the site to the world and to create a ceremonious event, I think it would be a nice idea to hold a “banner competetion” for the site, giving the winning artist credit and/or a prize. In the beginning, I thought about Shepherd Fairey’s igoogle banners but I feel, at present, that a banner charged with color and imagery is too “heavy” and robs attention from the site content.
We were looking at other music blog sites for inspiration such as :
There are some pretty amazing logos in the above and in many cases, there is no artistic “banner” at all, there is just a huge logo. I wonder if all PopinGays needs is a modernization of their logo. But at the same time, their logo is an integral part of their identity (and I always thought that they should change their name (less “gay”) but again, they are, after ten years, a staple in Paris).
Hmmm a banner competition. Now that sounds exciting… or that sounds like a pipe dream depending on your point of view.