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30.06.06 Logo redesign article in this month's .net

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I’m very excited! This months .net magazine (#152 – August) has a 3 page article I wrote on the recent logo redesign, timed to coincide with their own (rather lovely) redesign.

It also reads like a friends journal. There’s a new Advisory Panel – Andy Budd, Patrick Lauke, Malarkey and Molly. Contributions from John Oxton, Andy B and an interview with the Interweb’s Mike Davidson. Its bizarre to have grown up reading magazine like this, and then one day, to find yourself and a whole gaggle of friends actually being in it.

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No.1

∞ Marcus Taylor said 1349 days ago:

He he he… apparently it’s the tea drinking that sets us British designers apart! There is a grain of truth in it, I have to confess! Well done. Great exposure…

No.2

∞ Greg said 1349 days ago:

itâ€™s the tea drinking that sets us British designers apart!

No, it’s the tea and biscuts that sets you apart. And that whole Red Dwarf and curry thing too.

No.3

∞ Thomas SilkjÃ¦r said 1349 days ago:

Congratulations! I read .net for the first time in my life yesterday, cause I got featured in it too – i would be able to say “page 52” in my sleep now ;)

No.4

∞ Rik Lomas said 1349 days ago:

I have my own 3 pages in this month too, it’s all very exciting! I must say how good the new redesign is, not only in terms of design but content too. It seems to be targeting more towards professionals now rather than hobbyists, which in my opinion is a brave move, and one I hope pays off for them.

No.5

∞ Thomas SilkjÃ¦r said 1349 days ago:

I must say that the new design of .net isn’t imho only good – inconsequent spacing and placement of images etc. But indeed it is much better looking than what i have previously seen from the magazine!

No.6

∞ BigA said 1349 days ago:

Ooo – thanks for the reminder. Got to run out and get it. Been wanting to see what they did re-design -wise. Congrats on the article!

No.7

∞ Peter Holloway said 1349 days ago:

I’m assuming that this is the story of great design, and not just good ;-)

I haven’t bought .net in quite a while, but I might just be tempted. As an IT bod coming at web design from the technical side I’m keen to read as much as possible about the creative side.

The new Advisary panel sounds great too!

No.8

∞ Jon Hicks said 1349 days ago:

Thomas, I have to say, I was impressed by your work! Nice one!

No.9

∞ luxuryluke said 1349 days ago:

I suspect it’s the cheeeeeese that dunnit! Congrats, again, ol’ chap!

No.10

∞ Thomas SilkjÃ¦r said 1349 days ago:

Jon, thanks a lot – you too!

No.11

∞ Kalle said 1348 days ago:

Requesting a higher resolution photo! I want to read the article :)

No.12

∞ Craig C. said 1348 days ago:

Bah, the only .net magazine we get in the states is from MSDN. I’ll have to poke around some book stores this weekend and see if anybody around here carries it.

No.13

∞ Siobhan Curran said 1348 days ago:

Personally, I’m loving the handy-pointy-fingery thing in the photos. Its like a real-life browser

No.14

∞ Paul Annett said 1348 days ago:

Congrats on the article Jon, great stuff. And thanks for the link and congratulations about our new baby boy in your sidebar, we’re touched :-)

No.15

∞ Owen said 1348 days ago:

Blimey! I never thought .net magazine would end up where Web design is really at. Time to take another look. I wonder if this issue will see the start of a circulation boost. Let’s hope they keep up the quailty. And what a year for you, Jon. I’m still hoping you’ll get your own session for @media 2007!

No.16

∞ Rutger said 1348 days ago:

Well deserved Jon, the logo is great! Also nice to see some of my regular reads now getting recognition in the offline world. That’s really nice and will hopefully make this whole webstandards thing even more well known!
Gotta have this one, and I know it’s hard to find in Holland. Grrrr….

No.17

∞ Cutter said 1347 days ago:

Not bad article and not bad advertisement for .net magazine :). Designers are uniting and it’s pleasure to me

No.18

∞ Stephen said 1347 days ago:

Well done! I have not bought the magazine yet but the image looks intersting!

No.19

∞ Adam said 1346 days ago:

Well done, I have been trying to find a copy but it is proving difficult in this back water part of Suffolk.

No.20

∞ hurricane said 1345 days ago:

Well done .net for getting its act together, listening to feedback, and replacing gimmicky development tutorials with good quality guidance from highly respected professionals that give a damn about the web. Congratulations on your article too, hopefully there’ll be a few more to come and I’ll get to do more than just skim my girlfriend’s copy each month.

No.21

∞ hurricane said 1345 days ago:

@ Craig C

It’s called Web Builder rather than .net over there.

No.22

∞ P.J. Onori said 1344 days ago:

Sweet stuff man – congrats on the ink!

I’d be interested in reading the actual article – I’ll have to stop by a store to pick up a copy.

No.23

∞ Dylan Parry said 1343 days ago:

Hi, I have to say that both the new look to .net and your article are great! At first, when I opened the mag, I thought “urgh, it’s gone all ‘Web 2.0’ on me”, but having read it from cover to cover on the train last Sunday I closed it thinking it was the best edition ever.

With regards your article, the little wallpaper pictures jumped out at me. When I saw the “arty farty designer” one I thought “that’s fantastic, I have to have it”, so it’s now gracefully decorating my desktop and making me smile. Cheers!

No.24

∞ Olly said 1343 days ago:

.net in actually good these days shocker!? Wow.

No.25

∞ Cutter said 1343 days ago:

Why you are so surprised?

No.26

∞ Erwin Heiser said 1342 days ago:

To be honest I haven’t bought .net in years as I alsways thought it was related to Microsofts .Net.
Turns out the magazine is pretty good, surely a lot better then I expected!

No.27

∞ Cooper Mor said 1341 days ago:

Is there anyway to get a subscription in the US?

No.28

∞ johnie1 said 1340 days ago:

top suff, congratulations (:

No.29

∞ Nev said 1339 days ago:

It sounds like .Net has made some major changes and I might even be tempted to buy it again. Last time I did that, the magazine seemed more focused on “cool” websites than on well designed sites that serve an actual purpose. Probably a few years ago now though.