August 10, 2001Design

gray is the new black

I read the news today, oh boy! I’ve got bad mefi withdrawal, so I went trolling and as […]

I read the news today, oh boy! I’ve got bad mefi withdrawal, so I went trolling and as a result, the news&commentary section is back, full of news that ranges from relevant to not-quite-so-very. Eh!

To combat withdrawal, I decided to try out plastic, which turned out to be AGS (another gray site). Dang, pretty soon the entire web will be grayscale.

my collection of gray sites includes (in order of gray-ness)

http://www.peterme.com (recently gone gray)

http://a.wholelottanothing.org/

http://www.carboniq.com(of course)

http://www.biggerhand.com (though lightened up with photos)

http://www.waferbaby.com

http://www.motivo.com

http://www.heyotwell.com/heyblog/

http://www.davezilla.com/and http://www.designiskinky.net/ are semigrays

http://www.dithered.com/index.html

http://www.blackbeltjones.com/index.html is nearly white

add another, or explain to me why gray is the epitome of elegance.

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1

mook on August 11, 2001 at 4:17 pm

http://www.elasticspace.com is nearly white, nearly grey.
2

Peter Van Dijck on August 13, 2001 at 1:16 am

I think http://liga1.com proves you can be grey and still very un-elegant. (I can say that – it’s mine)
3

c on August 14, 2001 at 2:44 pm

here’s another http://bigmisterc.com
4

dougola on August 14, 2001 at 6:25 pm

yea, i fell into the gray trap too. ah well. it’s zeitgeist, doncha know
5

dougola on August 14, 2001 at 6:27 pm

http://home.earthlink.net/~ddhonline/ddh/index.htm
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michael on August 15, 2001 at 4:25 am

i had a dark gray weblog with light gray text that most of the readers of the site hated. i was repulsed by the result of modifications made as a result of suggestions i got so i redesigned it. it now is white to appeal to IAs but with light gray grid lines to help keep the eye directed. there’s something subtle and lovely about muted grays.
7

christina on August 15, 2001 at 10:23 am

i have to say the redesigned iaslash is impressively lovely.
8

jcf on August 15, 2001 at 3:27 pm

Hey.. my site is almost as grey as the others 🙂
9

Davezilla on August 16, 2001 at 3:52 am

Yes, my site is grey. My Mac ran out of RGB. It’s been dripping out the side near the USB port. I’ve been procrastinating about fixing the leak…
10

pup on August 16, 2001 at 7:38 am

my site didn’t used to be grey, but i took it all down and temporarily replaced it with this: http://www.pupinc.com/
11

Bill on August 17, 2001 at 1:38 pm

– Bill / Motivo
12

Adam on August 20, 2001 at 1:16 am

Oh well. I’ll just have to go redesign it for a higher grey quotient.
13

mathowie on August 21, 2001 at 10:04 am

I have to say, Mena’s dollarshort is a great looking somewhat grey weblog.
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michael on August 21, 2001 at 10:31 am

i like the new v-2 redesign, adam. the relevance search is cute too. a few other choice grays: praystation and sound of design (recently redesigned).
15

replicant on August 21, 2001 at 12:09 pm

metal ?
16

christina on August 22, 2001 at 2:04 pm

http://www.metronymous.com/
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Geoffrey on August 26, 2001 at 5:28 pm

Noticed the grey sites but didn’t realize it was a cool trend. Here are two more: http://www.nextleft.com/ (grey text is set off with orange) and http://www.gardenbotanika.com/ (grey text is set off with teal text and color photos)
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Fruitcake on August 27, 2001 at 7:01 am

AND I think green is the new blue although I can`t prove it!
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nadine on August 27, 2001 at 8:00 pm

mmm, greyscale paradise – one of the best flash art sites I have ever seen, funny too
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pixelkitty on September 2, 2001 at 5:10 am

pixelkitty.net

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