I rarely put on my ‘swissmiss criticism hat’ but but the redesign of the DIE WELTWOCHE website has me stunned. (Die Weltwoche is a weekly swiss newspaper) How in the world did the Weltwoche management give a sign-off on this design? I don’t even know where to start in pointing out the flaws… It feels to me as if the developers happened to have worked off an unfinished mockup.
A company called Kircher Burkhardt created it. Looking at their portfolio, I can clearly say they are pros when it comes to editorial print design, but obviously don’t have much experience with the web. What a missed opportunity. (enter sigh here)
Dear Weltwoche, In case you are considering another redesign, I would love to help.
A clear-cut Web 2.0 print design mashup with alternating vertical alignment. A new trend?
Nov 20th, 2008 / 11:57 am
@Harald: What’s web 2.0 about it? And were’s the mashup?
Nov 20th, 2008 / 1:54 pm
@phogenkamp hat es auf den punkt getwittert: “Sieht aus wie tagesanzeiger.ch, aber vom Praktikanten gemacht.”
finde ich auch.
Nov 20th, 2008 / 2:04 pm
Dear Weltwoche,
You need her.
Bad.
Sincerely,
V.T.
Nov 20th, 2008 / 8:49 pm
I fail to see a problem; it’s an awful magazine anyways…
Nov 21st, 2008 / 8:06 am
as a keen follower of your blog, i was thrilled to see our relaunch project being discussed here. i agree with some of your criticism – we have to work on the upper third of the homepage and rethink the placement of the ads – but overall, i think that your post is unfair and doesn’t do justice to the new design. i recommend to have a 2nd look.
Nov 23rd, 2008 / 12:37 pm
the quality of the website’s design goes hand-in-hand with the quality of the magazine’s “reporting”
Nov 24th, 2008 / 1:36 am
Here’s what I see:
1. Über-White space.
2. Maximum Ad space (says a lot about the quality of the newspaper)
3. Minimum Content space.
It does show some promise AFTER you scroll down, but still…
Nov 24th, 2008 / 9:05 am
2nd look, herr thut? so ein chaos, wo soll man da denn hinschauen?!
bin mit michi und mark einverstanden.
Nov 29th, 2008 / 3:07 pm
Weltwoche is a right wing, often racist or chauvinist newspaper which spreads dubious anti-government propaganda. No serious designer would want to work for Weltwoche and ruin his/her reputation. It’s like working for Rush Limbaugh!
Dec 8th, 2008 / 3:44 pm
Weltwoche is a right wing, often racist or chauvinist newspaper which spreads dubious anti-government propaganda. No serious designer would want to work for Weltwoche and ruin his/her reputation. It’s like working for Rush Limbaugh!
Dec 8th, 2008 / 3:46 pm