Kelly Clarkson’s new website launched several days ago. You may be thinking, ‘Wow Chris. how much do you love Kelly Clarkson?’. To which I would reply, ‘Enough to design her website if I’m asked to’. While I’ve quickly developed a much more diverse style working for Echomusic, I’ve found several projects have helped that process more than others. Designing for a young, hip demographic is a nice addition to the much more professional business websites I’ve worked on in the past. The Kelly Clarkson website design was a good opportunity to expand my skill set just a little more by focusing on a younger female audience. The big takeaway from musician website design for me is that I’m designing for fans not customers.
And so this is it. pretty disappointing content-wise, I know. I’m working on it. My name is Chris Bradshaw and I’m a web designer / front end guy living in Nashville, Tennessee. I’m currently designing and building websites and implementing this blog. This will ideally be a repository of thoughts and commentary on design and the web. (possibly a tutorial or two eventually as well). This “design blog” will no doubt also be filled with plenty of off-topic posts as well just to keep it fresh for the anti-nerds. Please subscribe to the RSS feed and check back often. thanks, Chris
I found a Bojangles in Nashville last weekend! I had no idea that they existed west of the North Carolina border. Bojangles was a staple for me when it came to hangover/tailgating grub. You can imagine my disappointment when I came to the realization that I was no longer going to be able to enjoy two egg and cheese buiscuts, an order of bo-tato rounds and a sweet tea on a groggy weekend morning. Mrs Winners and Church’s may be great for some, but they’re sub-par at best for me. Unfortunately when my girl and I saw the Bojangles we were already committed to Cracker Barrel and had to pass. Next weekend though I’m all over it. Even if we have to drive clear across town to get it. (exit 201 off I-40 / Charlotte Pike). Delicious.
