Almost let this one sneak by me, apparently Monday was Wired News 2002 redesign's 3rd anniversary! Douglas Bowman who left shortly after to focus on his design consultancy, Stopdesign really did a fantastic job on the site. Even after three years which is what? 30 internet years? The design still looks somewhat unique and fresh. And if it doesn't, that's only because all the other sites out there modeled their's after Wired News. I remember when I first saw it, with the different sized letters on the top bar, I never saw anything like that before. Even now, the design is unique and original enough for people to really identify it as Wired News' site. In Bowman's post reflecting back, he takes us back to when he first released that redesign and the aftermath.

Why is this in the CSS blog? Simple answer, just read the post or take a look at the source code of Wired News.