Fresh New Design Look for Freshome + Collect This Idea Feature

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Posted: 21 May 2014 04:56 AM PDT

We've been working furiously for the past few months, updating our site design page by page. With this new redesign we've not only completed a visual upgrade that offers a cleaner, more functional design but we've also been making a lot of backend changes, cleaning up our code and implementing the newest technology in order to cut down on page load time and make smarter (and fewer) data calls.

We also wanted to make sure that Freshome looks beautiful on any screen, so we've made the design responsive, so that it scales with whatever device you're using. If you land on a smartphone, tablet, or large desktop monitor, you'll find that the content and layout suits the size of your screen.

New FRESH Feature : Collect this Idea Button

Over time lots of people told us that they would like to be able to create an account and save their favorite pictures / projects and be able to visit them later. After we’ve spent some time thinking at this new feature we decided to do it. So if you are going with your mouse over a picture you will see in the upper left corner the Collect this Idea Button ( example below ).

P.S – We just launched this new feature and we’re going to improve it with time, so please be patient and feel free to come up with some feedback on how we can improve this experience.

Now if you’ll click that button our system will ask you to create an account or log in into an existing account. After completing this step, you will be able to start collecting the ideas you like the most and organise them in your own folders inside your account.

We hope you like the new look and the new Collect this Idea Feature. Remember, we've made these changes with you in mind, please feel free to let us know what you think by leaving a comment on this post. We look forward to hearing from you …and don’t forget to create an account a start collecting your favourite pictures / projects. Enjoy the new FRESHOME !

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Replacing Boring Cubicles One Letter at a Time: Fold Yard

Posted: 20 May 2014 12:13 PM PDT

When creative ideas strike, the creator must follow. In this case, French 3D artist and illustrator Benoit Challand imagined an “alphabet” of open office concept that extends the perspective we have on cubicles in the workspace. Typography was the main design element – each desk maintains storing spaces, partitions, desk space and shelves, all seen as part of a large-scale letterform. This collection was gathered under the name Fold Yard and Benoit Challand is proud of how this subtle design turned out. When viewed from above, the succession of animated office desks reveal their typographic nature.

Typography-inspired cubicles shape an open office system that was inspired by the need to be more productive and creative at the same time. Each office desk is shaped like a different letter of the alphabet, adding a twist to the boring office systems seen in most companies and being easily adaptable to unusually-shaped spaces. "The open office has come under fire of late. Research says it's bad for productivity and it might even make us sick. And monotonous, boxy cubicles don't do much by way of visual inspiration. But a design by French creative Benoit Challand might make you think different. In his concept for Fold Yard, every desk in an open office is shaped as a different letter of the alphabet. This typography turned into functional furniture celebrates the beauty of the large-scale letterform. The letters' shapes are abstracted unless viewed from above, when they spell out words or phrases."

Do you prefer these smartly-designed typographic office desks to plain old cubicles?

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