Call me flighty, call me unsettled but as of next week I’ll be redesigning this blog. Again. Again again. For the third time in a month.
Why? Lots of reasons.
Firstly, I realised that the last 2 incarnations of this blog suffered from something that the previous pink one – which got me nods from CSSVault and CSS Beauty – did not, they were designed by a very tired and approaching burnt out designer.
Truth be told, I never realised until I signed up for the CSSReboot just how much of a physical activity design was. Thats when I realised that being permanantely tired thanks to a daughter that thrives on lack of sleep and being overweight and being in the middle of a major design and content overhaul at my workplace had had an effect on both my ability to be creative and my ability to execute good design.
I don’t hate this design but boy is it drab. Its tired and reflects how I felt designing it. However in the last 4 weeks Megans sleep pattern is more stable, the work website is just about done and I’ve lost nearly a stone and a half in weight and switched to a high fruit/protein diet and feel much better for it.
I’m also totally knocked out by the sheer quality of recent redesigns from various others and want to bring this site up to scratch with a more vibrant design.
So – redesign number 3 will be underway in a little over a week!
Left Brain Right Brain 
Damn, and I was just about to start taking bets on the next Brit designer to redesign and go liquid (bet that’s part of it, right?)…
To be honest I’m starting to get the redesign bug too, mainly due to all the problems my site has cross-browser/platform that I can’t be bothered to iron out.
Ohhh boy do I hear you. Design is a physical activity. Or rather an anti-physical activity. As I sit here, I find that I’m thinking more about how tight my belt is than the work I should be doing. Time to go for a walk…
Urgh. Don’t talk to me. I’ve redesigned my portfolio site three times in the last couple of weeks, but I havn’t gone as far as launching any of them. I think I’m closing on the final version though. We shall see…
I’m looking forward to something _amazing_ now kevin, after all this build up.
@Matthew: Liquid possibly ;o) I really like what “Adam”:http://www.benjaminadam.com has done with his redesign and I like the extra functionality such a layout offers. It’ll be hard to ditch my complacent fixed-width ways though!
@Peter: It really did amaze me how much more chipper I felt after eating better and losing weight. Its given me a real kick in the creativity and I’ve learnt that sleep is vital – If only I could get Megan to believe that too!
@Pierce: Amazing? Uh-oh, now the pressures on ;o)