IHT.com
Here’s an interesting interview with John Weir. He’s the crazy-mad-CSS genius behind the design and development of IHT.com.
What I found most interesting was that he basically said he’d meet IHT’s (very small) budget if they let him do what he wanted on the design. An interesting approach (this was the bubble after all), but pretty damn successful if you ask me. IHT gets a great site, though it sounds like they weren’t huge fans, and the designers gets to create a great portfolio piece.
Judging from the comments at the bottom of the article, some people don’t agree. To whom I say, what business is it of yours? You’re not the client. If IHT wanted to hire someone else, design a Web site with different goals, or pay more (and get more control), they they could’ve. Just because you’re a user, I’m not sure you have any rights in the matter. Boycott IHT if you’d like, but the designer deserves no blame.
Anyway, isn’t this basically what every designer does?
