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		cryodesign on April 24, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Blloc – minimalist smartphone Who designed this site? Readability is very poor. 8px font size for the 'pre-order' button, really? And the contrast ratio is pretty low too. Please, don't hire designers who just care about the graphic design aspect and making it look beautiful, but a pain to use, i.e. totally neglect usability. Erik Spiekermann said it best (enable english captions): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw0syzCeH4Q

ManFromUranus on April 24, 2018 | [–]

I don't doubt that the phone is going to be a physical implementation of the site's aesthetic, so it will be beautifully unuseable

bytematic on April 24, 2018 | [–]

Probably someone with a 4k or very high pixel density monitor

encom on April 25, 2018 | [–]

I'm using a 27" 4K monitor. I can't read anything on that site.

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