IFriday- illustrationfriday.com entry for today "Slither"

Ifriday--illustrationfriday.com--entry for today: "Early"

Unusual company site I designed

This is a site I designed. I thought it was interesting that it operates as a shell for the companies main sites. You never leave the site but easily move from one to the others. On the front page the inset iframe shows an updated list of content from all of the companies editorial items.

I was laid off on New Years Eve, 12/31/09, I am still feeling very strongly that it was unjust. In many ways I was an asset to that company. In moving on I wonder if the nature of the in-house design departments has changed forever. Is every company outsourcing their web design needs? As they continued to downsize through 2009 the burden of print and web design fell increasingly on my shoulders. How does a designer support their family when the jobs are going to the lowest bidders? When their jobs are going to "hosting companies" that throw their "designs" in for free?

I understand that it is important to separate sponsored content from editorial content but couldn't the web guys at the Washington Post have gone live with something a little more elegant?