David Desandro is a designer working at Twitter, currently based in Brooklyn. His personal website appears very simple at first glance, with a solid orange background, one identifiable font with some variation in color, italic/bold, and size; he continues the theme of simplicity with a short statement, "Being creative and making things keeps me happy". The text, multiple titles like, "Projects", "Writing", "Web Presence", are aligned in a single row, and the creativity of his work starts to show through on the links underneath: each link is a rollover gif with a moving rainbow color for the font. I really like this minimal layout with small, fun, surprises coded into the space.
His projects are very space-layout heavy, organizational, and fun. In a lot of his projects, links and their content are organized into boxes that are sort of haphazardly stacked into columns. This design has a very archival feeling to it, where the user can see a large portion of content at once while being able to choose to go further into a single piece. Draggability is really interesting, as Desandro explains how he made the program and gives examples for each step with that part of the design. It's incredibly interactive, and I'd love to know how it could be used to create a more complex, puzzle-based, website.
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