Thinking for a Living

Feb 24, 2010

Not only does the new Thinking for a Living site boast a beautiful grid layout and typography, but the content is Amazing (yes, with a capital A). I could spend hours at a time browsing through their “Features” articles, “Curated” collections of inspiring work throughout all design areas, “Digest” creative portfolios, and “Shelf” a collection of must-have books. But easily the most impressive part of the site for me is in the interaction design. Everything works on a horizontal plane instead of the standard vertical-aligned websites and using the left and right arrow keys are the best way of navigating the content on the site. I must say it takes a few minutes to get used to, but after a while I started to wonder how it’s never been done as nicely as this. Site creator Duane King mentions this new form of site interactivity in their Rethink. Redefine. Redesign process:

“We tried to think ahead and create a site that was a paradigm shift in interactivity and turn the traditional blog format on its head – or in this case, on its side. We also wanted to take advantage of the potential of multi-touch devices such as the iPhone and iPad.”

- Duane King

And turning the traditional blog format on it’s “side”, they did. Georgia has never looked any better.

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