5 April 2009

It’s been a while since I first criticized LGDA’s website and their then-president wrote in to rectify accusations regarding the status of the organization. Well, after months of speculation and informal conversations of what was coming, they finally unveiled their new website a little over a week ago.

So, what to say about it? I’m not really interested in pulling the thing apart and analyzing the details. It’s built entirely in Flash without permanent links for its inner contents, which either means something to you or doesn’t. It works. The visual design is pretty radical, but I don’t sense it represents Louisville’s aesthetic very well. Some folks think it’s great. If it’s any indicator of a design direction the organization is interested in, I might be less interested than I was before. (Although, I should mention that I attended a recent Joel Katz lecture they sponsored which was really awesome. More of that, please!)

Overall I must give credit where it’s due. The folks at Visual Scientists worked long and hard on making the magic happen, and the new website is leaps and bounds better than what was there before. Despite whatever quibbles I have with it, it’s great to see it advance. Congratulations to everyone involved in bringing it to life.