For something as dry as Consumer statistics – this site does a fantastic job. You can browse popular statistics such as % of people per country with access to internet, to creating your own graphs and diagrams via an intuitive interface – all internet stats. I love the subtle animations and interactivity – bouncing spheres, animated transitions – really brings it all alive. It looks good too with a subtle colour palette and clear layout.
Created by Clever Franke, @cleverfranke.
Simple campaign site for Eastpak bags. Posing the question ‘when was the last time you did something for the first time?’ and offering suggestions, playing full size video and small interactive experiences like Google street view to explore a mythical place and so on. After a couple of questions the you are prompted to enter a suggestion to go on their ‘experience wall’. Every time you visit the site you get a new set of videos and questions. Nice transitions, design and a bit of simple fun.
Created by Satisfaction.
Site of FOB a premium pocket watch maker aimed at the fashion world. Very simple site full of nice transitions and full bleed imagery and bold typography. I really like the movement as you traverse each section of the site – the slow easing into position of elements. Nice layout and design too…
Created by Les 84.
Loving this site – going back to interactive experiences – essentially a pool party where you can choose your view through characters such as volleyball girl, skater guy, pizza guy, and so on – there are some 50 characters. It is really simple and fun, watching the party unfold through the eyes of all the characters – click on any of the characters at any time and see whats going on. It is set out much like a game with achievements like ‘dancing with the pool girls’ and so on, which activate additional content. Love the fun design and its simple fun purpose.
Created by Buzzman and Les 84.
Allowing you to explore old scriptures to show the history of typography. Some innovative navigation and layout allowing you to explore essentially lots of the same thing – but in an interesting and exploratory way. I like how you get an overview of a script which offers highlights before you explore it zoomed in. Really nice and a pleasure to explore.
Created by Les 84.
Brilliant site for DuJour magazine, a minimal fashion spread. Great use of typography and photography – a real attempt to get that magazine feel on a site – each article has an overview as you scroll down, allowing you to quickly see the photos and read a snippet – when you explore an article the item spreads out to reveal more content. Love the sticky side navigation so it is always accessible – contents and main nav, contents is really useful for such a long site. Works well on tablet too, really modern fresh site which looks and acts great.
Created by Code and Theory.
No it’s not a film site or a teaser for a new video game – this is the site of Milwaukee Police News. Another vertical parallax scroller but again a really nice one – incredible to think that this is a site for a government agency – how did they achieve something that is not another bureaucratic legacy design. Love the different layers of depth when you scroll to another section and then the side swiping to reveal more content at that level. It’s the kind of content that people can relate to – statistics about what their local police force is achieving to the most wanted criminals, to basic FAQs such as ‘how do I pay my parking ticket’? Really modern take on a Police website.
Created by Cramer-Krasselt.
Setting Cadillac’s ATS car in different locations all of the world showing the car tackle things such as hand carved tunnels in China or the rough landscapes of Chile. The interface is lovely, really slick with clear distinctions between content and nice transitions. Another vertical parallax scrolling site – but a really good one – full of intelligent scrolling and carousels. What I like is the animation and transitions particularly, all coupled with large full screen images and great assets.
Fun site promoting the movie ‘Expendables 2’. A tongue in cheek guide to the characters, techniques, and weapons seen in the film alongside survival tips, quotes and so on. Love the animated gifs and the descriptions – it’s all essentially a branded Tumblr feed. The art directions is cool, and love the simplicity and the humour.
Created by Watson DG.
Really nice idea, what if Google’s Street View was visualised in ASCII? This site answers that question – really nice, simple and well executed idea which creates a fascinating pattern.
Created by Teehan + Lax labs.
Lovely site promoting the new film ‘ParaNorman’. You explore the site through scenes from the movie – through a side scrolling parallax effect – which is really smooth and responsive. There are small little snippets of the film, interactive sections (brushing his teeth, dragging zombies) one of the nicest parts of the site is the responsive nature. On iPad you shake the device to brush the teeth, moving the screen pans the scene, on mobile phones again a different experience. All non-Flash, really smooth, fun, and with incredible attention to detail and accounting for the range of different devices in a really interesting way.
Created by Wieden + Kennedy and Legwork Studio.
Fun interactive music video for ALB and the track ‘Golden Chains’. Love the idea here – young upcoming artist selling items from the video on eBay and so on – as the video progresses he pushes and throws his belongings out of the video screen and they end up as other windows. Small bits of fun for example at one stage he throws his NES gun which starts a mini version of duck hunt – shoot the ducks to resume the video! All great fun…
Site promoting Michael Mann’s new show ‘Luck’ in France. Full screen video backgrounds, fast animations, smooth transitions – all wrapped up in a nice design. Like the way the screen splits diagonally to reveal the new content…
Created by Hellohikimori.
Site of Champagne maker Dom Perignon. Love the way the various sections unfold in a graceful and playful way – creating an interesting pattern across the screen. Simple minimal design, layout and lovely transitions…
Created by Sid Lee and Random Studio.
