A few hours ago, a friend of mine gave me a link to one of the most cringe-worthy designs I’ve ever had the misfortune of visiting. Hmm… I can’t help feeling that I’ve seen this sort of design somewhere.
It is with great pleasure that I present to you the second feature in the Bad Design series: Tuloy Pnoy.
Don’t get me wrong: this isn’t about Noynoy[1]—this tirade is about whoever[2] designed this website. Designers are hired for their creativity and thoughtfulness—the person who designed this website seems to have neither.
I’d write more, but I have an exam for which to study. So I’ll leave a list:
- The marquee on the top-right of the page. That is so 1995.
- The home button on the menu is the exact image taken from barackobama.com
- I was under the impression that Noynoy’s campaign color was yellow. So why there more blue than yellow? Oh, wait. I forgot. It was ripped off from barackobama.com.
- See the form on the right side of the page? The country default is “United States”. It should be “Philippines”.
- What is that in the footer? A call center company? Why? Why not Powered by HOPE? If you were to copy from Obama’s site, it should be that.
- Did I mention the logo?
- This makes Noynoy look bad.
I pity the fool who designed tuloypnoy.com. Ugly websites, I can tolerate. Shameless copycats, I cannot. You are an embarrassment to the filipino design community and I encourage you to give up this job (which is obviously too big for you), and take knitting instead.
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[1] For those of you who are unfamiliar with Philippine politics, Noynoy is the son of Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino and Corazon “Cory” Aquino. The former is a national hero (he was assassinated) and the man on the 500 peso bill, while the latter succeeded Marcos after he was ousted by the monumental People Power rally on highway 54, known today as EDSA.
[2] Apparently, this is a “fan”-made website, and isn’t the official campaign website of Noynoy. The fact remains, however, that whoever designed this committed a very dishonorable act. The original text of my error is as follows:
“While I have nothing against Noynoy, I must say that he must reconsider his choice of publicity personnel. Designers are hired for their creativity and thoughtfulness. The person who designed this website has neither.”
Thanks to mlq3 for the correction.
I sincerely hope that Noynoy Aquino becomes a more.. respectable candidate. I hope he doesn’t just rely on his parents’ supporters. And I certainly hope he doesn’t use the fact that he’s their son as his main selling point.
That would be an insult to their memory and legacy.
just to clarify, this isn’t an official campaign website, it’s a site by citizens trying to help the campaign. it’s also been evolving over the past few days, if memory serves me correctly. so i guess these are volunteers chipping in time and effort to help noynoy’s campaign.
Mea culpa. I have updated this post to reflect your correction.
Thanks, mlq3.
Said “designer” must’ve read your blog post. The website’s homepage now features a blue-less facade and had taken away those obvious remnants of the rip-off. Although, the site is based largely still from the original design’s layout, and left the donate button as it is. And, oh, I guess they still insist that the campaign is sponsored by Obama’s. Lol.
NoyNoy aquino will be our symbol for our hope that the Philippines will someday be a better country.,`*