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No more polaroid photographs please - its now an official design cliché

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Come on creative directors….. get creative! No more polaroid style photos please. Thank you. 

TripHub.com (organise group trips)

 

TripWiser.com (plan your trips online)

 

Travelocity Experience Finder 

 

 

 

Here is an alternative to a polaroid metaphor from one of my favourite travel websites….. The Yellowstone National park. The yellow border is actually the background colour for the page. It is the “scrapbook” corners that are interesting.  

 

 

OK, one last photo….. this is me as a polaroid….. created by a nifty “polaroid image” tool.

 

Interestingly, one of the few “non travel” web projects I have managed in the last few years was on behalf of Polaroid launching a new product for children (while working for a London based web design agency a few years back….) (Irrelevant fact of the day)

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3 Responses to “No more polaroid photographs please - its now an official design cliché”

1. October 18th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
   John Pope

   Hey Alex. But…. customers love photos! Of course we’re open to other suggestions for ways to convey travel, togetherness, fun, and excitement. Please send your best suggestions directly to me

   John

   VP Marketing
   TripHub Inc.

2. October 18th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
   Kevin May

   Travolution is just surprised how young you look in your picture.

   Are you sure that’s you? Your readers should be told.

3. October 20th, 2007 at 9:45 am
   Alex Bainbridge

   John - OK - you have got me there. I am not about to form an “anti polaroid image” political party…. I was just making a point! Polaroid images look OK actually - but they are as cliched as a gradient background is for web 2.0 design…. being a cliche doesn’t stop designers doing it though - nor users considering that it looks good! (BTW - I am not a visual designer - so have no idea what I am talking about)

   Kevin - this is a photo from last year….. so I am one year older now

   cheers. Alex