Apr 28
It’s been a while since i let myself go wild and design something that comes out of my own guts (er.. i mean creativity). But last friday my boss gave me a peculiar task: make a free wordpress template, and all the design decisions are on me.. all me! Of course I was more than happy to do it, it’s been a while since I have time to make one and now I can work on it on my billable hours. How cool is that!
Well, since i feel that I’ve been rusty these past months because I’m designing everything based on client’s specs most of them are just minimalistic, simple design. I can’t really put all of my creativity in a client’s work, not that I’m complaining, but for sanity purpose.. I need a better challenge. So I decided to design something that’s different, something that’s definitely not me, something nice of course, just totally not me?
Why? Well, Boy Avianto asks the same thing and here’s why:
1. I needed something new
2. I want to know how far my imagination can get me without any restraints, even the restraint of my own taste
3. The need to elaborate on what i called: “my own design”
In short, it’s a break of habit, an evolution, or probably just something I need to do once in a while.
So, how’s the experience you say? Well it’s refreshing, contradicting and fun all at the same time. I achieved my purposes (based on the opinion of my twitter and plurk friends), I gain something new and I sure am elaborating my own style of design. Opening myself to further changes.
Here’s the result of the design in which i call Note of Colors (thx for @kapkap for the name):
Will let you guys know when I (or another programmer at the company) finish the wordpress template.
I am Aria R. Masna, a web designer and developer living in Jakarta, Indonesia. I currently work at
April 28th, 2009 at 1:15 am
hey! that’s a super fun task! i wish i had one too hehe
April 28th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Bener2x elo banget design nya kuy. Gw akan coba pasang di tempat gw
May 8th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Wow, cool task
. Sayangnya gw ga pernah disuruh bikin theme WP gretongan sm bos gw.