Comments on: Upcoming Redesign Concepts

By: mike

mike — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:16:53 +0000

Yeah thats quite an overhaul that you produced, it must be frustrating coming up against a brick wall towards the end of it all, I guess that’s the nature of the business world.

By: Andy Howard

Andy Howard — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:12:41 +0000

Awesome design! Shame it never went live… that’s one of my biggest frustrations about working in the web industry.

By: Fubiz

Fubiz — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:57:12 +0000

Beautiful redesign!

By: Rus Yusupov

Rus Yusupov — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:47:23 +0000

Your redesign of Upcoming is great and it’s unfortunate that they pulled the plug. Happens a lot, I tell ya.

By: Rhett Dashwood

Rhett Dashwood — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:27:03 +0000

Thanks Andy,

It’s nice to know the original motivations behind the commission. It gives me more clarity, and an even greater appreciation for the extent of efforts that you put into the projects you are working on.

By: Andy Baio

Andy Baio — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:24:24 +0000

Hi, Rhett! Nice to read your writeup. Last year, I originally approached you, along with a couple other designers I liked, to create your visions of a completely redesigned Upcoming. The hope was that these design concepts would inspire new directions in our work, much like the commissioned concept art used by Pixar and Disney in their development process. I'm not surprised that conversations ended quickly, since it looks like you delivered exactly what we were originally asking for. As for the delays, sorry about that! I can assure you that the recent issues with Yahoo! had nothing to do with it. It was much less exciting: getting the budget allocated for design, quirks related to hiring an international freelance contractor, and my own busyness. My apologies!