Come into the closet. Let's Dance.

Source: Art Directors Annual 88
COME INTO THE CLOSET. LET'S DANCE.
Design Agency: Forsman & Bodenfors

Ikea's room designs are displayed in a playful and interactive manner on this site. The interactivity may border on creepy as it's controlled by your microphone input and video camera upon consent. I'm too private a person to even test these features, however I find enjoyment in the site nonetheless. You can swap through different rooms, are exposed to different characters, and can control the storage that you see by clicking on objects that you want to put away. Conceptually, it's very cool and If I had the money to re-decorate an entire room with their line, I'd be very tempted by this site.

Blueprint studios

Source: Web Design: Music Sites by Ed. Julius Wiedemann
BLUEPRINT STUDIOS
Design Firm: magneticNorth

The animation and interactivity within this sight is stunning. It uses vivacious colors and intricate line work. I find the hover effect to be very cool and simple, yet I haven't seen it used before. When viewing this site on a large monitor, it is apparent that the designer did not make considerations, accordingly. When you click anywhere on the home page, a separate window pops open and a little box in the middle appears containing the rest of the site, with a large amount of white space creating a border on all sides. The design would be much stronger if it were fluid and expanded to the width and height of the window. Nonetheless, it's an awesome site and makes use of many things which I have no idea how to do!

Morisawa Fontpark 2.0

Source: Art Director's Annual 88

Morisawa Fontpark 2.0

Design Agency: tha ltd.

Most of this site is written in a language that I cannot read, but that does not affect the fun that can be had! When you load the page, it immediately begins to play a construction of type imagery that someone has made. You can also create your own- so cool! Go try :)

Luigi Bormioli

Source: Art Director's Annual 88

Luigi Bormioli

Design Agency: BBDK, Inc - site currently suspended?

This website is so so cool. The navigation contains a scroll bar of silhouettes of the products, which by clicking on, you will see a fine photo of the glassware. The silhouettes are a really great device to show off the distinctive shapes of the collections.

Bird

Source: D&AD 10, Everything is Made by Taschen

Andrew Zuckerman: Bird

Design Group: Pilot New York

This website is very visually engaging. I think it's really cool that you can select the bird you want to see in the navigation menu. Then, you are provided with a pristine photograph of the bird, cut out against a white background. It's elegant, interesting, and innovative.  I don't even like birds!

UNIQLO Calendar

Source: D&AD 10, Everything is Made by Taschen

UNIQLO Calendar

Designer- Takashi Kamada

Digital Agency- Projector

This website is pretty cool - I think they are using tilt-shift lenses to show moving images of places & people in Japan in different seasons. You can choose the season that you'd like to see, which then corresponds with the type of clothing that you'll be shown. The clothing display is also very interactive. It reminds me of how Cher from Clueless scrolls through her clothes. Check it out!

Ping Zhu

Source: HOW October 2011
Ping Zhu
Design firm: Otto Creative

This is a strong example of an illustration portfolio website. The thumbnails are uniquely displayed in circles and follow a grid. I really like the navigation icons and the little petal-like shapes separating the banner from the page. It's effective having that stay constant throughout the site. Ping references Otto as the creator of the site. I interpret this to mean Otto Creative since it came up as a search result.