Naharnet is at last revamping their website. You can check out the new design by clicking [Here]. It’s still in beta but so far it’s a major improvement when compared to the old one. However, I didn’t like the Breaking News & Live News boxes since they occupy a lot of space and contain multiple information in them that keeps rotating. I prefer the new DailyStar better although both are actually very similar.

via BeirutSpring

Around 10 days back I posted about the new updated website for The Daily Star. My biggest issue with it was the fact it lacked any personality. So I decided to spend 15 minutes quickly putting together what I think would be a better version of their website. So the picture above is what’s currently there now and below is my remix.

Not a major change but enough to give it some sort of character. If I spent more time on this I would fix up the grid and spacing all over the page as well as get the font sizes in order since they currently use around 10 different sizes. So what do you guys think?

Update: I just realized how they could still keep a different color for every section, check the images below

The Daily Star website has finally been redesigned! It’s the third time since it’s gone under a major redesigned since it was launched back in the late 90s but even after the second redesign though it still looked and felt like an outdated news site from the 90s. It seems the third time is the charm since the new site is a lot cleaner than before, easier to use and also easier to read.

But, the only reason the site is great is because the old site was horrible. I personally think the new site lacks any personality when say compared to gulfnews.com or arabianbusiness.com. The header says it’s still in “BETA” stage so there might be more changes coming. In any case, check out the redesigned site [Here]

Thanks Haissam

The poster on the left is the We Run Beirut poster for their upcoming event while the poster on the right is the original version, a poster for the TV series Battle Star Galactica (one of the best shows ever). It’s a poster to a party, who the hell would be lazy enough to copy another poster instead of coming up with something creative for such a cool event?!

So I’m sitting at home watching TV when I get a phone call from my sister who was at the Virgin store at the Beirut Airport. She asked me if I had a book called Beirut Street Art. I told her no so she said one of my graffiti work was in the book so she bought it and passed it to me. Turns out someone took one of my pictures from my old flickr account and published it in the book along with a ton of other graffiti work.

Anyway the book is actually pretty crap especially for $30. The design and layout is unexciting, the paper used is cheap generic semi-gloss stuff and the whole thing is binded so poorly that it’s already falling apart after just flipping through the book twice. On the other hand the actual graffiti that’s featured is really good. Ignore mine since it’s probably the most basic one in the book but the rest are a lot more visually interesting. Most of you have probably seen them near Forum De Beyrouth and around Hamra. If you haven’t, skip on buying the book and just check out some of the most popular works on the blog Leb Graffiti [Here]

I saw the weirdest eyeglasses ever today, they were the SOS 101 by Nannini. I was having a business lunch when one of the businessmen suddenly pulled out these glasses to read the menu. I thought they looked pretty strange so I asked him about it and he told me he always carries a pair of these glasses wherever he goes and he has around 6 pairs.

These glasses are very flat and indestructible which makes them extremely portable and since they’re only around 10 Euros you can have multiple pairs, one for the car, one for the office, one at home etc. Check out their website [Here]

I just noticed Naharnet got a facelift. Nothing major but they’ve annoyingly inserted their Facebook activity on the left sidebar and added “In the spotlight” animated pictures below their live coverage among other things. Personally I think they need a complete revamp. The site looks extremely outdated and unorganized. [Link]