examples of aesthetic preference [thinking about general site appearance]

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I am opening this issues to alert Cristi to some some examples of CCCS' aesthetic preferences for site design. CCCS offers customized writing. Our website, while currently 'promotional', will be increasingly focused on 'publication'. I derive much of my aesthetic appreciation from magazines and media outlets:

• Radio Sweden [esp. reflects customized responsive and mobile-oriented design]
• NYT Blog
• This Bootstrap Tutorial Site[very modern web app look]
• Wallpaper Maganzie [light, clean, responsive. nice menus]
• Monocle Magazine [good use of the 'tabbed' approach to menu organization]
• Vogue Magazine [nice iconic integration of the 'search' button]
• A/R Magazine Voyageurs [although the content section on the landing page is clutter, the site reflect a similar concept to CCCS' current site]
• vice magazine [This embodies the 'modern' aesthetic, but is absolutely not responsive. I like to reference this magazine b/c of its sub-cultural prestige and for how hard the writers like to party.]
• dwell magazine [This is not at all the way we organize and present content, but it's cool - especially for fonts.]

I also like the current aesthetic reflected by the CCCS blog, but I am not tied to it. I also really like the minimalist appearance of the e-book, "butterick’s practical typography".

Also noteworthy are the site of other businesses similar to CCCS:

• Asana Ventures

  Nice-looking templates

• This template also has great charts (and i like the colors).
• I would like to use this tool to re-produce doughnut charts similar to what are available here.
• (It seems there are several templates that may already take us there, and beyond.)

  More front-end templates

• https://wrapbootstrap.com/theme/mvp-ready-admin-frontend-theme-WB0K71344
• https://wrapbootstrap.com/theme/artificial-reason-responsive-full-pack-WB0307B17
• http://themeforest.net/item/omega-multipurpose-responsive-bootstrap-theme/7660374

  Admin templates

• https://wrapbootstrap.com/theme/slim-responsive-admin-with-angularjs-WB0RR5C65
  • this appears to have everything we would need
• https://wrapbootstrap.com/theme/transform-multi-layout-flat-admin-app-WB068HT8D
• https://wrapbootstrap.com/theme/flatify-responsive-admin-web-app-WB0977873

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We will build from the FlatLab template.