people who did not see what cancer can do can never understand (even if they honestly think they can) i had the unfortunate chance to see what can cancer do to a helthy person in a matter of weeks and I do not wish to anybody to experience the same …

Congratulations, Ollie, what a worth initiative from you.

Last year’s regular design was quite pastelly with little contrast (remember, blue and orange) until you got down to the footer (which was the same colour as this design’s border).

But when I was thinking about the redesign in October ‘07, I knew I had to be bolder with the colours. So when I went pink last year, I was sort of experimenting – yeah, it didn’t go too well!

This new (regular) version uses the lighter grey background leading to an almost-black border with a very, very light-grey background in the text columns. Therefore, as Kris says, it hopefully draws the eyes into the content.

So the ‘08 pink version follows the same technique, although I do agree that it doesn’t work as well as the regular grey theme. I like the peach as well, but the pink border doesn’t follow as well.

By the way, the header image is Albert Park’s gravel, and I found it on Flickr. I am 99% certain I am allowed to use it, but I’ve lost the link to the owner. If you are the photographer, or know who is, please, please, please, leave a comment with a link to the Flickr page and I will credit you in the post and in the footer for this month.

I’ve really warmed to it. I think that its the peach gutter that does it, being a tad lighter than usual seems to work well, making it easier to focus on the content. Perhaps lightening the usual gutter colour a tad would work in the same way too.