Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Crate and Barrel

I guess Ikea is taking a pretty big chunk out of the revenues of similar stores.

Crate and Barrel is introducing a new line of furniture where a consumer can plan to save money because it is made to be assembled at home! They're calling it the Ready to Assemble Line. They are touting the line to be the high quality consumers have come to expect from Crate and Barrel, but cheaper as the buyers do the assembly in the comfort of their own homes.

I bet Tim Allen will be first in line. Oh wait, that was just a TV show.

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Thursday, December 01, 2005

Sample This!

Rick Bayless of Frontera Grill at Crate and Barrel.
He will be preparing recipes from his new book Mexican Everyday and signing autographs.

Friday, December 9, 2005
1-2:30 pm
Crate and Barrel at 646 N. Michigan Avenue

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Wednesday, December 08, 2004

Design is in the Details

The content of a website says a lot about people. The design of the website says more. When I took business classes in undergrad, I took a course about branding and how it is the subtle details that create the entire picture.

I like clean streamlined websites. They are easy to navigate, show what you want to read, and are nicely laid out. Messy websites have links all over the place, overindulgence of animation, and bursts of thoughts scattered around. I try to avoid them. I like websites where I can focus my attention on one thing and then easily move on to another on the same page. They might be simple, but they give the reader a sense of direction and purpose. And to the OCD person in every one of us, they give us a sense of not missing anything.

Websites I love:

Websites I avoid:

I've tried to streamline my website into something clean also. Monotone, big font, and lots of compartments. Brevity is also the word of the day.

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