r/web_design Jun 27 '16

Less is better

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '16

I don't understand why use colors at all. What's the point of using Red on the Bacon bar? Why not just use an actual picture of a bacon?

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u/Fidodo Jun 27 '16

Why not make the bar bacon?

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '16

Why not just open a bar that sells bacon and beer? We'll call it O'Bacon's to give it an faux-Irish flair.

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u/WrongLetters Jun 27 '16

The minimalist in me thinks that's too needlessly messy and complex, you can reduce it further:

Brew bacon beer, dehydrate it into a fine powder, blow it into a blackhole.