2008 vs. 2013: Reverse-Engineering the Redesign of Kadavy.net

kadavy.net

22 points·andyangelos··7 comments

I always love these redesign post-analysis. I think it's one of the best ways to learn design, especially reading the intentions behind "the purpose" of the design.

That said, I feel it's a little odd that the profile picture on top is unaligned with the rest of the content. No other content is pushed to the left like that so I'm not sure what the purpose of that was...

Hey Kevin, think of it as akin to "hanging punctuation." Since the photo is a circle, I consider its visual "edge" to not be its literal edge.

Notice also how the edge of my face sits along the imaginary line of the left margin.

Thanks for checking it out and commenting, and good work with HackDesign!

Ah I see it now, interesting design choice. Thanks for replying and the compliment!

I did a write-up on my website redesign. http://www.ri.id.au/posts/a-personal-brand-to-be-proud-of It's a less technical reflection than Kadavy's, but it's always interesting to have insight into another designer's thinking.

Looks good! I love those short lines of text ;)

Thanks! Good type's the way to go.

By the way, just noticed a similar "hanging indent" method on the author picture on the 37Signals blog: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3442-the-design-roulette

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