Hi all Just thought I'd add I have to agree with what is (I think) the majority opinion here - I think Yello's new web site is awful. I've almost no experience of web site design myself, but I think I recognise fairly bad design..and this one sucks. Quite dissapointing really, especially after a 4 year wait. These are my main criticisms of the site: 1. The loading screen. Not everyone has broadband and not everyone wants to wait minutes for a front page to be loaded, - oh yes and with a very monotonous (literally) loading sound from 'Tremendous Pain'. 2. The music of 'Oh Yeah' also in the introduction from (when was it 1985?) - I thought we were in 2003.......It was great then, but don't Yello fans want to hear something new on a web site? 3. The images - especially the photos of Dieter and Boris on the introduction - these are also from circa 1985 aren't they? Why not use the updated images from the Press Office i.e. as per the motor music web site. 4. The albums - why are there tracklistings for just the 2 most recent albums? It smacks very much to me of Yello's marketers last ditch attempt to promote Motion Picture (again). 5. Shop - Hmm. Music pop stars - web site, but can't..seem...to..determine where I can *buy* a Yello album on the official site. Oh well.... 5. General accessability - If I want to see a Yello discography, then at the very least it should be on the Yello web site. It's ironic that every other Yello web site has one - except the official one. 6. Yello Bio - I think someone mentioned this before, but the site is seriously lacking background on Yello 'the personalities'. I'm sure there's a few of us who would be interested in the inspiration behind the music or what Dieter thought of Lightmaker, or some background on how Pocket Universe came to be a concept - ...but ur... no....perhaps this will be covered in the upcoming book.. 7. The Eye (design) - if the web design is anything to go by, and Johnathon's scan of the 'The Eye' promo on his site - I really hope that that is not the actual album desigh cover - it's awful. It looks as though it's been done in Microsoft paint or something.. 8. Credits screen - I like the way the same screen fades in and out every few seconds... So..to sum up I think Yello's marketing team have got it spectacularly wrong again. I think Greg's site..albeit just created, is far superior. It's a shame because the quality of Yello's marketing and promotion simply doesn't match up to the quality of the Yello sound, and I wonder if Boris and Dieter are aware or even care about the design of the site.. and the new album cover.. Ah well..... _________________________________________________________________ On the move? Get Hotmail on your mobile phone http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile
In more ways than one, I'm very sorry that Ernst Gamper has passed away. His art, used for several Yello covers, made it rise above the rest. Making it even more.. Yello. Giving the albums a unique touch. I miss the painted covers... Claro Que Si, is a perfect example of where a designer manages to transform the essence into a graphical representation. Something the concept designer of The Eye managed to do with the Dieter Figure on the cover. - As for the site... After decoding the flashdata I dicovered there is another button on the right. Not shown in the screen where it is loaded into. It is not functional, but gives an idea of what is still to come. A DIY Yello option and Exhibition. - My guess is that this -test version- of the site was put up to have something running, instead of still displaying the previous site. Something that happens more often than you might think. A dissision made by PR people, believing they know what to do where commercial actions are concerned. And most of the times, these people have no idea what the power of Design & Finished Work can do. - Rene
My guess is that this -test version- of the site was put up to have something running, instead of still displaying the previous site. Something that happens more often than you might think.
I'll just confirm what Rene said with a news letter I got from Jonas WÃ¥rstad:
Check out www.yello.com According to Yello Office there is more to come.
:-D Cheers Chris "Giving, loving, rolling, raving, mhm, the rythm divine, oh yeah"
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