1 Untitled

Excellent article on an often overlooked topic!

posted at 06:54 am on January 09, 2007 by Steven J. Strutt

2 Economist

Just a heads-up: I believe you meant economist.com instead of theeconomist.com (: The former goes to the newspaper.

posted at 07:18 am on January 09, 2007 by Jason H

3 Nothing

It’s interesting to read an article about nothing – nothing as the absence of content. Yet I just had an intuitive feeling that there must be more space here or there, but after reading the article the why and how becomes more clear to me.

posted at 08:27 am on January 09, 2007 by Sebastian Köhler

4 Thank you

Finally, an excellent article that sums up what we have been trying to tell clients for years.

Unfortunately we are somewhat limited with web tools (low resolutions, limited font selection, etc.). This should not, however, be used as an excuse to discount the amount of time we spend on tweaking whitespace; on the contrary, we need to concentrate more and attempt to compensate through other means.

Where The Economist was able to make some subtle font changes to lighten the heavy feel of the paper; with the web we would need to look at other changes we could make, like adjusting margins and increasing the general amount of macro whitespace to try and achieve the same goal.

posted at 08:47 am on January 09, 2007 by Richard Johnson

5 Untitled

While The Economist refers to itself as a “newspaper”, it is misleading in this context given the published form is that of a magazine.

posted at 09:09 am on January 09, 2007 by Jon Lesser

6 Appreciated

Great article, thanks.

posted at 09:35 am on January 09, 2007 by Shaun Newman

7 Untitled

Great article, countless are the times when you feel something and find someone who can put clear words on it to explain.

Another suggested author in the field is Robert Bringhurst’s book The Elements of Typographic Style and how it can be applied to the web.

BTW, I do like the nothing idea! As someone already outlined that the ultimate—and only—art is the absence of life.

posted at 01:46 pm on January 09, 2007 by Régis Kuckaertz

8 Helping to see the light! (and the white)

Many thanks Mark for a fantastic read. This article will really help me over the next few projects. I can also see this article acting as a back-up to my white space beliefs – pointing non-believers in the direction of this article should shut them up for a bit!

posted at 02:29 pm on January 09, 2007 by Ben Spencer

9 Great

A great article! Handy when yet another client wants his whole brochure cramped in a small add. I will just let them read this =)

posted at 02:41 pm on January 09, 2007 by Rogier B

10 Imagine architecture without space...

Mark and I have discussed space – white or otherwise – a number of times. Normally while complaining about clients’ perception of space as lack of design.

The way I tend to approach this comment is to make parallels to architecture. No architect thinks just about the walls, floor and ceiling of a room but rather the space – open, closed, joined. Space in a building channels your experience, overwhelms or astounds you, enwraps you and serves you.

I just wish more people understood that space in graphic design is the same – on screen or on the page. We construct our understanding of what is there by the ‘nothing’ that surrounds it.

posted at 02:51 pm on January 09, 2007 by Philip Wright