logo.gifJust started playing around with Tumblr based on a recommendation I received tonight. It is an excellent example of beauty through simplicity. Subtle colors, simple rounded corners, ample use of white space to focus attention. Anyone designing a web service could learn a lot from an hour with Tumblr.

It’s also not beautiful design in a way that is distraction (like many “beautiful” flash interfaces). Often times web2.0 interfaces are considered well-designed because they’re novel and fun to play with (think “tag clouds”). Not Tumblr… I think it’s well-designed because you don’t feel like there’s an interface you’re working with at all… the interface melts away, and you simply get things done quickly and without error.

My tumblr page is andrewparker.tumblr.com. I’m not sure if I’ll keep it up or not. I might just dump a few of my RSS feeds (del.icio.us, flickr, blog, etc) into it… but that would kinda defeat the point. However, just because it’s not necessarily useful to me, doesn’t change the fact that it’s dropdead gorgeous. Great stuff.

Check out the Projectionist to see just how awesome tumble blogs can be.