We are redesigning the artist page and I want your feedback and ideas

What is the high priority info for these item cards? If you're OK do drop the price and affiliate link info on the smaller card view, then I'd recommend dropping it for all card views. That said, if you guys see having the prices and affiliate links in the item card as a high priority, then put it in all card views.

To me, the highest priority of these cards is to quickly communicate that these are products that this musician has used to make music, and you can dive in to learn more context about that usage, as well as jump in to getting more info about the actual product itself. I hear you about the disconnect between displaying affiliate links in one view and not another. When I look back at the data from designs past, it mostly seems like people find a way to click a link if they are interested or not whether or not it is on the artist page or not. I don't know exactly what is optimal to do here, but I do like that the designer is giving us elements we can use or not while we have her attention on this page.

Personally, I'm not big on having 2 different view modes... I almost always just stick with the default on most sites I frequent (I'm lazy like that)... though, I certainly understand the urge to please everyone when designing stuff, destructive as it can be... I've definitely been there.

Does it bother you having the icon to present the option?

To me, the highest priority of these cards is to quickly communicate that these are products that this musician has used to make music, and you can dive in to learn more context about that usage, as well as jump in to getting more info about the actual product itself. I hear you about the disconnect between displaying affiliate links in one view and not another. When I look back at the data from designs past, it mostly seems like people find a way to click a link if they are interested or not whether or not it is on the artist page or not. I don't know exactly what is optimal to do here, but I do like that the designer is giving us elements we can use or not while we have her attention on this page.

Well, fewer things on the card means more design flexibility, lower cognitive load, etc., which is great. I'm glad to hear that putting all the affiliate links and prices upfront in the Artist-page card isn't high-priority, though I'd totally understand if it was.

Personally, I'm not big on having 2 different view modes... I almost always just stick with the default on most sites I frequent (I'm lazy like that)... though, I certainly understand the urge to please everyone when designing stuff, destructive as it can be... I've definitely been there.

Does it bother you having the icon to present the option?

Visually, the icon doesn't bother me, but settling for 2 decent view modes, instead of 1 really great view mode does kinda bother me... if you know what I'm getting at?

Whichever mode is the one you and Giulio feel should be the default, why not just put the effort into making that mode really compelling, instead of offering an alternative?

I agree with you @pkennethk, and brought that feedback to our designer. We'll just do the grid and concentrate on making that experience good.

Also, did someone say dark mode?

https://imgur.com/a/JJKJ2Hx

I agree with you @pkennethk, and brought that feedback to our designer. We'll just do the grid and concentrate on making that experience good.

Love it!