Japan Design

I like #2 (although it looks very busy). #1 is too similar to the current site and #3 has too much white.

I think the second one lack of orange and is too much contrasted (blue orange, black, white ...).
And for the third one: I hate non extensive design.

I like how the design 1 landing highlights some of the areas on DC.

Compare to #1, #2 show too much article at a time...
#3 Don't have the orange color menu, and too much white color...

Really liked the welcome page of design number 1, and the top page of design 2. Orange might be my favorite color, but a nice change of color scheme would be nice.

I'm going with #2 because of the top. It's a bit busy though.

Looking at these I find that I really need to improve my stone age designs ^^;

Anyhoot... #2 is quite nice just because it's so different than the original layout.

Designer 1 kept the original DC feel to it, but it feels like it doesn't stray to far from the "chopped up and laid out differently" as Danny mentioned earlier, so it feels like it lacks a bit of originality or what the designer can bring to the table...and it also kind of mashes everything together...

Designer 2 is quite original and did well in making each section easy to differentiate from one another so I know what I'm looking at, at first glance...I find it easy on the eyes...

Designer 3 is okay, but it's a little too plain and hard to follow...

like everybody else #2 wins my vote ^w^

I prefer designer #2, Its clean and not to confusing... well for me anyway

designer 2 for me, easy to view and easy differentiate the section.

All of the designs ignored the most important part, the ad banner integration. What is the point of all this awesome organic SEO, if the click-through rate is horrible?

They're all nice designs and could work nicely, Number two looks extremely busy but looks most informative and well handled.

Design 2 looks fresh and clean. My vote goes to them.

designer 1: like the header part
designer 2: i like what he/she did with the live blogger part and the header menu
designer 3: minimalist type

I don't like how the logos are right in the middle on 2 when its supposed to be the "regular user" page. They break up the flow when looking for content (and regular users don't need reminded of Danny's awesomeness :) ) Would be better off near the top or bottom of the page.

3 has too little orange and sections kinda blur together. 1 isn't the most original but it has my vote.

What happened to the spec work comment?

I like designers 2 layout. It easily sort out the content without confusing but kinda doesn't like the footer part. I suggest for a hidden footer, will come up when user scroll. I've done half way with the landing page but unable to submit on time due to bad timing (having some clients project booked earlier) Sigh...Anyway, Great Jobs to those designers, hoping for more future great outcome

1. Prefer the look of Designer 1. Simple, clean and not too over coloured. (probably because it looks quite similar to the current page as well)
2. But I prefer the grid structures of Designer 2, simply because you can see more on the page and no need to SCROLL too much. The need to scrolling around too much is a big no no! Also, a wee bit too much colours.
3. Design 3 - Nice sleek clean looking design. But the page doesn't seem to have a grid structure..? O_o

Wow fans getting a lesson about the real world that's pretty rough. The whole, Execution is key bit, way to true. It looks like this site is more motivating and thought provoking than most. Keep em’ workin DC!

speed and quality is definitely what makes the best stand out for sure! good luck to the top 3 picks :)

Design 1: Love the Welcome Landing Page. Very attractive colors with mascot but still easy to find what to click on.
Don't really care for the other top page layouts from this designer. Too many large pictures all over the place, hard to figure out what's what.

Design 2: Sleek, easy to navigate design. No wasted space but at the same time keeps the colors and mascots of DC that I love. Featured feed is much larger as well. I like this design.

Design 3: Honestly don't like it at all. Doesn't look like DC. Too white and plain. Very wordy as well. Would have to take a moment to make sure I didn't visit a regular news site.

Voted for 3, but also dig 2!

I prefer the first designer, it´s beautiful and is´t dificult.

I prefer number 2. DC has a lot of content to fit onto the regular users' page, but the second layout managed to fit everything together in a way that was easy to understand. I especially liked the side-box for the live bloggers.

I vote for 2 its great and looks cool.

design 2 looks like yahoo style site. all alternating colour rows and colour.
i'd prefer a mix of design 1, 2 and 3. top portion of #3, middle parts of #1 & #2 and bottom footer of #2.

3 is actually good, but it's just not DannyChoo.
I love how #2 handles the articles, thumbs up.

I like the design of number 2, everything is segmented very nicely and in an orderly fashion just what I like ^^
Although it does seem a bit crowded, probably needs a little larger spacing between segments and the blue around bloggers be orange? To fit the DC image better.
I enjoy the landing page for designer 3, it really captures what is going on inside at DC, but the segmentation could be a little clearer.

Goodluck to the 3 designers in the next task. ^^

I vote for #2, pretty much like it :)

Man, those are pretty hot. I gotta learn to clean my stuff up, so it looks less clunky.

That was fast. I'll go for 2.

#1 looks too busy and 3 looks to void..

The header on Design #2 is very lovely. It captures me and the overall design for it is really great. It's very different from the norm as far as DC and I think a change would be nice. I, on the other hand, don't feel that it's very crowded. Perhaps the columns could have a little more space between them, but other than that, I really love the set-up.

Design #1 is not very daring and Design #3 lacks whatever element it is that I can't put my finger on... I don't really see "DC.com" when I look at #3.

prefer the old design 2 month ago !

I agree that #1 is too busy, and although #3 is a nice design, I don't think it fits this site very well! #2 Looks really good though!

I like the thumbnails dimensions of the 1st design. 2nd design got some good ideas but got the feeling to use a web app client and not to be on a website. The 3rd one needs some background and cells improvements. Nice work guys o//

Really like the overall new look of #2. Also, it doesn't seem too busy for me at least XD, though I can't seem to find where the puchi blrubs are...

It still too early but looks like 2's going to win

i love the dannychoo.com wen i 1st join in..
after adding the figure.fm n stuffs.. it becomes kinda complicated.. > <

I really like designer 2's design :D

I voted for design 1 because it looks comfortable and userfiendly

I like designer #3's work. Maybe add a touch more orange :)

Love the #2 design..

Congrats to the three designers who made it!

I love design 2 the most, it features a lot, without confusing readers because the content are all in columns.

I love the landing page of designer 1, but the top page will make people lost as much as the current layout makes people lost.

As for designer three, I'm sorry, but it reminds me too much of blog host websites (like wordpress.com/blogger.com)

after seeing these designs though, I am thoroughly humbled because you all did great and with a short amount of time too... I guess I shall try to aim for future job openings instead *goes back to attempting to read Hiragana*

I think #2 looks the best

Navigational wise I like the #2 design. It is very informative and has been designed in a way that when you decide to click on a link, you know what section the link belongs to. For the daily readers page of #1 this is not the case as when you scroll to the middle of the page you lose track of the headings which combined with the matrix layout is quite confusing.
Look and feel wise #2 loses a bit of the dc.com feel and more of a corporate feel as it is so different from the current design, something design #1 has kept using the dc colours and style. #2 looks somewhat crowded due to the large amount of text and almost no whitespace.
The landing page of #3 is somewhat too complicated for a landing page.

i like design 2 but where are the blurbs??

I like the 3 designs, but If I had to choose one, its between the 2 and 3.. ^^

Happy to see that 2 out of 3 designers are from Malaysia. I like the second design.

Just wanted to say I hope you aren't going with that poll. It's too easy for one or more of the participants to get all their friends and family and people on the internet to sway it in their favor. So internet polls are never valid.

Also wanted to mention it's bothersome that the photos on the top of #2 aren't the same size. Also, in terms of people using websites, less is more. Easier to navigate and anything that takes too long to load because it's photo and ad heavy is more likely to be closed than looked at. Especially if a site is looking for more readers.

A lot of them look really busy...but at least we know how to get around it....

Hey, that designer #2 is something!! ^^
I recall that design from somewhere, tough.

#2 is the best... although it might need some minor changes such as the "as featured on" bar... which is typically useless for daily/current readers.

definitely designer #2 . the design look fresh and accommodate more info.

Design #2 looks like a familiar blog... I wonder if it's the same author. Personally I like all of them but i would have to pick design #1

Like the all but if i had to choose #2, looks really modern.

The number 2 for me, nice style.

My vote's for designer one, I love all their layouts!

Nice designs for the site. I think that the second designer has won my vote.

Overall they all look original and awesome!
But if I had to choose, I'd pick bachelor #2~!

Please consider my mockups too! >.<

http://www.cesarkohl.com/dannychoo/hardcore-visitor.jpg
http://www.cesarkohl.com/dannychoo/casual-visitor.jpg
http://www.cesarkohl.com/dannychoo/new-visitor.jpg

Ta-da! ^_^

2nd one by far. The first looked too similar to the current layout and the third wasn't designed for content as much. Plus the nav bar on the 2nd looks very nice. Very image oriented and focused on articles.

Damn, some talented designers out there. I like the 2nd one more.

I like the content layout of designer 1 but I prefer designer 2's header layout. Maybe you could mix and match those two danny. :D I also prefer the tokyo live blogger layout of designer 2. I love designer 1's layout for the everyday users. its very convenient.

I like designer 2, but not that big gray "as featured on" bar. Remove that and it's great.

Like Design 2 but I think the as featured on part should be listed on the welcome landing page instead of the top page. Photo articles should be bigger though - the images since its the "main content" ^^

The welcome landing page for Design 1 looks great..

The 2nd one looks really a lot like most websites look these days with the footer and header been styled like that.

As a client, it would appeal more to me than the 1st and 3rd mock up. Since it looks more professional and also separates the content better than your current page imho.

Another point I would like to comment on is the picture + text before the ads ("If you are interested.."), which is repeated on every page and unnecessary. It's overkill and already posted on your main page. I want to be able to skip straight to the comments after reading the article.

Actually, I think designer one hit a home run with what Dannychoo.com is all about. Sure he used some of the elements from the current design, but with slight updates and it looks great! A little says a lot.

Designer 2, while its a good design, its very cluttered to me. There is just tons of information that is very compressed. It almost looks like a news website like CNN or something. It doesn't have the cool inviting style that this website is known for. Also have to consider how this page will look when the browser is maximized. The header will probably look a little weird because its all images. There is no background image to repeat on the x-axis. I'm really not digging the gray bar under the header with the logos. The color just doesnt match at all.

Designer 3 is good too but a little too much negative space. Because of this, it doesn't feel segmented, all of the info looks like its just tossed on the screen with no particular order.

Good luck with the design! I'm an interface/graphic designer myself, I wish I could add my designs but have no time right now, argh! I've been pulling late hours at my own job redesigning the interface there as well, lol. I do plan to make some mock ups but will probably just be for giggles since it will probably be too late to enter this by then.

I like #2 design, it might be a little too much on the page, but his organization is nice and it lets us get to what we want faster without clicking on links too much.

No. 2 works well, though a bit full. Handling a lot if image and text is always a good challenge, I think ^^

Design 2 FTW!

I like most #2 too, specially the Live bloggers sections. #1 (casual reader) is very nice too. It's quite similar to the actual theme, but I like the actual theme ^^

#2 for me ^_^

I PICK NUMBER 1!

D2 gets my vote.