tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58224632011-04-21T17:20:02.182-04:00Review of websites--what works, what doesn't, what inspires me, what makes me want to scream.Danyellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17002996059733540702noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822463.post-1068563029364295592003-11-11T10:03:00.000-05:002003-11-11T10:04:02.346-05:00

Technorati is a Weblog watch service. From a design perspective, this is quite cluttered and unattractive. They have live links that are either bright red or blue. The nav bar is green. There are links along the left side that I think go to blogs out there on the web. It is interesting that this service will allow you to pay a subscription so you can identify "blogs to watch" to see if

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eFuse is a great resource for people who need to build a website. It offers tips on everything from planning, to graphic design, to building, marketing. I didn't see a category called "testing", but it seems like that would be a helpful thing to include. There aren't many web design sites out there that DO offer tips on testing your site before launch. I like the color scheme on the site (

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Bechamel is a French design site. They have Flash movies of everything imaginable. They have music, they have comic strip movies, they have Flash animations. The site is in French so I guess it says something for their navigation that I was able to find my way around and become enchanted with everything that is there. Check this out. It is a cool way to add interactivity to a site. It is

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Moccu Web Design and Entertainment Company is a perfect example of 50s Hello Kitty Style right down to the floating 3D cartoonish characters. The navigation is easy, the site design is clean and interesting and engaging. It has a friendly, approachable personality. The "Lab" was a interesting. I'm sure their choice of design in this section was no mistake since it is the place where you

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If I had to describe Moss Online in one word it would be clean. This site has lots of white space and subdued text color to allow the brightly colored items from their catalog to stand out on their own merit. The Financial Times describes the Moss store (in SoHo) as "the design equivalent of Disneyland." I don't know how to read that. To me, Disneyland is too bright, too idealized, too

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Gutter Life is uh..... interesting. I can't tell you the purpose of the site. I can't tell you much about it except it is an interesting gallery of different grungy, organic, punk rock styles. The "navigation" is waaaaay up at the top of the screen (look for the little gray boxes). These boxes will take you through a wide variety of colors, textures and styles. If you are looking for some

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Phantom Research Foundation is another interesting site. The colors are great. The navigation is different from what I've seen before, but definitely works. This is a group of musicians, artists and designers who collaborate on projects. When you click on one of the ultra-tiny text links, it scoots over to the left and makes room for the next level of information. You have to click on

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Computer Love is another site that rocks. This one features artists and designers of print and web from all over the world. The navigation takes a little getting used to. It is set up with lots of white space. You can see who is located where and who is logged on by checking out the map in the left panel. Below this, you can see all the artists who are members on the site. If you "

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Whoa! Mini Cooper USA is awesome! First of all, I love the animation at the beginning. Reminds me of Mad Magazine. And, as a fan of Gran Turismo 3, I also like the fact that I can run a road race in a Mini-Cooper that I design. Trackballs work well for this road race, BTW. I like the colors which are subdued for the background and navigation. This allows the autos to stand out with

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On the other hand (or rather the first hand since you read in reverse chronological order), 21dish.com has some really interesting, if time-wasting, examples of interactive motion graphics. The navigation is pretty obvious. It doesn't take forever to load. I liked the Stop Bugging Me entry. This was also easy to use and didn't take a long time to load. I liked the example called Where

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The Third Place is an experimental forum for top interactive designers such as Daniel Brown, Yugo Nakamura, and Niko Stumpo. You can see the site in one of two modes: 3D (Shockwave) or Flash. The 3D site has a menu that works like a video game, which makes sense given that this site was created for Sony PlayStation 2. The Flash site allows users to move through a landscape of shapes, colors,

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Damah Film Festival is a non-profit group formed to encourage new film makers, to celebrate spirituality, and to explore new ways of looking at the world. The home page is very bright with orange, blue and yellow as its primary colors. It has a Flash-based banner that is eye catching and represents the purpose of the site well. The slogan is "Spiritual Experiences in Film". The audience for

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Nurick+Associates is the business site for a web solutions company in Houston, TX. The home page is a nightmare. There isn't a lot of copy on this page. Everything is a title/hyperlink. There is no symmetry to the graphic mouseovers in the center part of the page. The graphics are faded out until you mouse over them. Some of the graphics are too close together making it difficult to

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Multimedia Girl is the personal site for Amy Haiar, a graphic designer in East Lansing, MI. I have actually had the pleasure of working on a multimedia design team with this person and know that she is an amazing designer. I like her site first for the color scheme--blue is my favorite color. I like the fact that she uses different shades of blue for most of the site. Monochrome color

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Very Big Blog has always been one of my favorite sites on the web. VBB is a personal blog for Jen Funk Segrest, a graphic designer. She talks about everything from politics to graphic design and whatever floats her boat on any given day. When I first started going to this blog, I loved the graphical style. It was a 50s looking woman and a bright orange color scheme and the slogan "Some days

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Bendable Element is the personal portfolio for Carl Bender, a 24 year old graphic designer from Pennsylvania. The purpose of the site is to showcase his work and communicate a little about his graphical style and personal interests. He has a distinctive graphical style. I love the way he uses different hues of the same color to add accentuation to his graphics. The site has a lo-fi grunge

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This is the first post for my web design blog.

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