Sausage

hotdogsncoldbeer.com

Print Source - Communication Arts 2010 Design Annual

Design Firm - The Decoder Ring Design Concern

This restaurant's website is pretty cool. I enjoy the bold typography, color choices, and two-column layout on the inside pages. The navigation is really user-friendly and I also like what they've chosen to do when the browser is expanded (the background color extends and the words "hot dogs" and "cold beer"run vertically and boldly on either side).  Their clientele includes many different types of people and the designers did a good job making a site that appeals to a wide range of people. I for one, appreciate when businesses include their prices online - if they don't, I usually assume that they are embarrassed by their high prices and that they're unaffordable. That being said, I like that the prices are listed next to all the items sold. The design firm seems to use typography really well as a dominant element in their compositions.

FUSE ID

Design Firm: Opus Creative

Client: FUSEid (industrail design)

Source: Print's Interactive Annual 2002

This site seems somewhat simple from afar, but it is in fact quite interactive, while remaining intuitive. The design is a nice compliment to industrial design work. I like to colors used– the gray is calming and subdued and the green provides a nice, electrifying accent. I haven't some across the system they've employed for navigation- it's pretty user-friendly and interesting. Opus Creative has done some nice work–you should check out their portfolio :)

stanlee r. getti designs– new or old?

design firm: Gershoni

client: old site | Stanlee R. Getti Designs current site

source: Print's digital design annual 2002

So, the first two screen shots you see below refer to the site design that I actually found in Print's magazine. The edition came out in 2002 and it is clear that the photographer has updated his website design since then. Turns out that the same firm designed both sites. I think the first one is pretty cool in many aspects, but I'm also a big fan of the new one. The color navigation is so so cool in the original design (and it seems like such a complicated thing to do for the photographer!).  The new site has a sweet splash page that really makes me want to enter. It's bold and upfront, communicating a sense of confidence and honesty. The tree that is on the rest of the subsequent pages is very friendly and fun, and is animated in a similar fashion.  Which design do you like better? 

 

donnie darko

 I really enjoyed the experience of visiting this website. You can tell that the creators put a lot of thought and planning into it and though it's mildly confusing, it's thought provoking and very representative of the film. If I were searching for information about the film before having seen it, I might get a little frustrated at the navigation, but since I'm searching for interactivity, I was intrigued by how it was used. The site was designed under the assumption that people like to be taken for a journey, even if it be pointless. Hi-Res! rejects the standard approach to web design.

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print source: Print's Digital Design Annual 2002
design firm: Hi-Res!
client: Richard Kelly's film Donnie Darko
creative direction and design: Alexandra Jugovic, Florian Schmitt