[Sigia-l] Google introduces animated icons on homepage

[Andrea Resmini]

Are,

> I think you have to be more careful when generalizing. Take for
> example the popular Norwegian portal

Well, as far as generalizing is concerned I wouldn't call one website,
albeit popular, a proof of anything either.

In other fields of design this is a very well known trend or pattern, so I
wouldn't actually be surprised it's in there too (though I'd think it
would suffer from globalization too).

> At least not enough of a difference to
> support a theory of scandinavian clean design or correlation between
> interpersonal bubbles and web design.  :)

It's not actually a bubble->clean space correlation, it's much more
something like a mental structure-><other> thing, like Hall, who was
mentioned a number of times, documented some years ago. And, as I said in
my previous post, these things go deep, so I don't think I could easily
prove (or dismiss) such a theory in one ml exchange.

Anyway, I'm currently checking that paper Jorge Arango mentioned early on
in the thread (*), and I must say I find it intriguing.

(*) http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol11/issue1/wuertz.html

Cheers,

PS Personal note: being Italian and currently living in Scandinavia, I
definitely see a difference with Southern Europe which reverberates
through almost everything: space, but also tv, newspapers, etc. It's
definitely there. Given all considerations on metaphors, cognitive mapping
and the like, I really would be very surprised not to find any evidence of
this 'clean design' on the Web. Granted, not in those examples you
mentioned. :) But did you check that G.A.T. link? What about Italian
design then?

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Andrea Resmini
Information architect
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