Web Design Wednesday: 30elm - Your Address For Home Design
Wow! Somehow I missed the launch of 30elm last year. 30elm is a home design social community to help connect home owners with interior designers, home builders and renovation professionals.
Details:
For those of you who are starting a home improvement project or building a new home, 30elm provides a forum for getting advice from other home design enthusiasts and professionals. Users that already have a personal blog can syndicate their content throughout the community. Membership also allows users to do the following:
- Plan and collaborate on new projects
- Rate your favorite (and least favorite) work
- Share your opinions throughout the site
- Blog about your home (or anything design-related)
- Find local design professionals
- Receive special offers and discounts on great products and services
Design Review:
Overall, the site is designed very well. In particular, I love the grid-based layout, color palette and usability. A couple of notible items:
- Valid and accessible layout
- High contrast color palette
- Great blog strategy with corporate blog and designer’s blog
- Love the user generated content, great for interaction as well as SEO
Anyone else currently using 30elm? Let me know what you think.