Welcome to The New Aesthetic.  I’m a rather eclectic person and I created this blog to do a couple of things. First, I want to share the things that inspire me. Second, I wanted to take a new approach to education in design. I’ve been through many of the well regarded sites that exist online for teaching design and the tools to do it. The majority of sites take the approach: “here is the way to achieve this effect in this program.” The direct nature of this approach is fantastic if you are trying to do what is being done, and I have a lot of respect for the people producing those works. That being said, the problem that is rarely addressed in the the standard blogroll is the ‘why’.

Why are you adding those swooshy-light-things in photoshop? Why do all the buttons on your webpage look ‘glassy’? Why, oh why are you still using Comic Sans MS? Excepting the last one, the answer is most likely trendiness, or just because you could and you’ve seen it look cool elsewhere (and perhaps made it look cool yourself). My point isn’t to say that using any of these techniques is inherently bad, what I am saying is that it is not inherently good design.

So now I throw my hat into the ring. I hope that this site will prove to be a great place to learn, and a great place to have fun. Welcome to The New Aesthetic, I hope that you enjoy your stay.

PS: please let me know via comment or via contact or email (whatever) if you notice anything that doesn’t work or is buggy, thanks!