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Tag Archives: aesthetic
Reclaim Hosting: the VHS Days
A Rotating Easter Egg is just one of the many features of Reclaim Hosting’s New VHS-Inspired Site Design It’s official, Reclaim Hosting‘s website got an overhaul, and in addition to featuring Bryan Mather‘s updated VHS-inspired designs it also highlights several … Continue reading
Make Some Noise
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a conversation I had with Bryan Mathers at OER17 regarding the new default splash page for new accounts on Reclaim Hosting. I got so taken away with Bryan’s Dali take on Reclaim that I … Continue reading
Reclaiming with No Regrets
Yesterday was like Christmas at Reclaim Hosting, we got a bunch of new art for the Reclaim Hosting aesthetic (it’s all about the aesthetic!) from the brilliant Bryan Mathers. We’ve been working together pretty regularly over the last 8 months … Continue reading
A Re-Possessed Aesthetic
As I wrote about previously, Bryan Mathers has been working on some designs for a couple of elements of the Reclaim Hosting site. In particular, a visual for the Migrations page as well as one for the various shared hosting packages we … Continue reading
bava branding update
So, I did a couple of Daily Creates yesterday and today, and wham just like that I feel like I stepped through a portal that brought me back to the generative internet of people and things. It’s amazing how far just … Continue reading
Inside Reclaim Records
Reclaim Records is starting to get further fleshed out thanks to the latest installment from the great Bryan Mathers. I really love the colors in this one, not to mention the synchronization of all the details we’ve been working on … Continue reading
Reclaiming an Aesthetic
For about a year and a half now—ever since the Reclaim Your Domain Hackathon in LA—I have been talking about an aesthetic for the Reclaim movement. I think that was probably the wrong approach. A movement probably shouldn’t have just one … Continue reading