Cool Hunting Adjusts the Thermostat

Blogging presents an interesting tension between the drive to publish and the nagging desire to press “pause” and take some time to reorganize, retool, and re-examine the look of a site. Hopefully, good blogging software makes the publishing aspect so fluid that, for long stretches, the natural redesign instinct can take a backseat and just enjoy the ride.

That said, it’s always a pleasure to see a well-executed change of art direction. Of course, we expected nothing less from the maestros of cultural street cred, Cool Hunting. Adobe sponsored the redesign, which offers a very elegant new look to Josh Rubin’s beautifully customized Movable Type site. Bravo!

(And for those who wonder what kind of company would be so bold as to sponsor a redesign, look no further than Adobe’s own MT-powered blogs for clues. Oh yeah, that kind of company — a cool one.)