Responsible Appropriation:

I am an advocate of learning from others by observing the mastery of their work. Surely something can be learned by attempting to emulate a work of art, and oftentimes– throughout history– it has even been considered an effort of flattery.

Role Model Candidates:

Yahoo! Widgets

Deep purples and Lush Green/Blue colors. Black “Toolbars” w/ high-contrasted white text. It’s “Late 90’s” meets Now in a very tasteful, beautiful design.

the Small Things

There’s nothing worse than having too much stuff for your viewers to read. (okay– i suppose it depends upon precisely what context– for example, if you’re writing an encyclopedia, or other reference material, then perhaps you do want a lot of stuff. but that’s not what we’re talking about here, …and you know it, Marge!

List of “Minimalist Web Sites”

Mandriva – Linux Operating System

Observe anything familiar about the Mandriva start page?

It’s getting things done. Li’l bit of style but the content is definitely the emphasis. Lots of content here

XFCE – Linux Desktop Environment

Nice and Clean, yet a bit more stylish than mandriva.com

If all else fails, remember the old cliche…

Good poets borrow. Great poets steal.

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