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Am I the only one that hates when people keep referring to a design as being clean? That is quite possibly the least descriptive feedback anyone can give me on my designs.

This explains exactly where I'm coming from: http://52weeksofux.com/post/4046226488/why-clean-isnt-such-a...

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Clean in the sens: "Clean is better than an mess". The article seems to be written for non-designers who know practically nothing about design. And for them, clean is something great; it means they can effectively represent their ideas.

How does the random circular smudge in the "improved" design fit in with this goal?

Yeah... if I were doing the flyer again now, I probably would eliminate the circle, and make the contact info larger, spanning the two columns.

Initially, when I was making this site, I wanted to have an area for people to have conversations about it, in part so I could explain all these little details. There's a lot I wanted to explain that I just couldn't fit into the site because I thought it would be too tangential.

It's not a random smudge, it's a meaningful Japanese symbol.

Is a non-specific compliment ever useful feedback?

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