November 28, 2011
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JUK3D – Nissan

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A simple micro site giving people the chance to explore the new Nissan JUKE. Using the latest Flash 11 hardware accelerated 3D effects, you are presented with a detailed 3d model of the car – placed in a neutral setting you can walk around the car, change colour, get in and out of the car – all from first person perspective. Very simple and fun, I love the way the colour of the car changes and the simplicity of interaction with the car and the environment – dragging the doors open and sitting inside the car – all incredibly immersive. Very well executed, the 3d is fast and smooth and the site is polished – very very cool.

Created by Digitas.

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November 22, 2011
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Check-in Chance – Uniqlo

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Constantly amazed by the quality and innovation of Uniqlo micro sites. This one for Japan involves a cute 3d scene – your mouse controlling the rotation of the scene. Animated to the music and the scene is brought to life, objects fall using parachutes to the ground and a whole pile of things litter the floor. You scroll through the site as you do the angle of the 3d view changes and it highlights the differing depths of the scene. Lovely parallax effect and real feel of depth and cool animation – fantastic, not sure what the site is all about but the execution is amazing.

Created by DENTSU Inc.

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November 18, 2011
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Sidsel Marie Bøg

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Beautiful site for the Danish Hair & Makeup artist Sidsel Marie Bøg. Featuring a fresh and crisp layout and navigation I haven’t seen before. Nice slideshow fullscreen imagery fills the background, love the rollovers on the sections, where images appear for that section. The section where you view the images utilises a really nice scrolling system. Overall a stunning site that really shows how to showcase a great creative portfolio of imagery. Fantastic…

Created by Morten Wibrand and Marcus Fuchs.

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November 17, 2011
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The Heart Beetle – Volkswagen

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Really nice and fun site for Volkswagen’s beetle in Japan. Simple premise – people customising the colour and pattern of the car – all shown in a dynamic and scrolling slideshow manner. You can create your own of course, this is also nicely done and very simple. Really smooth and fast animations and transitions, nicely made and typically Japanese styling bit of an old school concept though but fun nonetheless.

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October 26, 2011
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Shoes for Life – Aldo

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Fun upbeat site promoting Aldo’s A/W 2011 range of footwear. Simple promotion – play 3 short games – i.e. pick a lucky shoe, and if you win all 3 you get a discount and might win ‘shoes for life’. Really simple site, but a lot of fun – brought to life by sound, music, and animation. Nicely put together and designed with a real emphasis on an upbeat and fun look and feel.

Created by Skinny and B-Reel.

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October 24, 2011
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Warsaw Autumn

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Site for the 54th International Festival of Contemporary Music held in Warsaw. Love the way you can make your own composition from the various sounds of the homepage, when it plays shapes and colours appear around the centre responding to the sound waves made – very cool. Nicely minimal lay out and look and feel, with a fun interface, nice.

Created by Rytm.org Interactive.

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October 20, 2011
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Dhanja – Nespresso

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Beautiful site promoting Nespresso’s new Dhjana coffee blend from sustainable sources. You discover the sources of the coffee panning around the scene. Full of stunning animations and smooth transitions, the site is brought to life. It looks fantastic, full of polish and well designed, amount of detail is incredible from the smallest of animations to buttons and so on. There is also a great soundtrack – it is full of sound – which really ties it all together. Really beautiful…

Crafted by Soleil Noir and Lowe Stratus.

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October 12, 2011
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Illusion – O’Neill

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Site promoting O’Neill’s Women’s range for a/w 2011. Centred around the concept of ‘illusion’, before seeing the clothing small optical illusions are shown – they didn’t really work for me but hey it’s a fun idea. Nice transitons and look and feel, nice play on the scrolling theme – overall pretty slick and fun to use.

Created by Achtung! and thispagecannotbefound.com.

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October 11, 2011
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Borgia

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Site promoting the new TV show “Borgia” by Canal+ in France. Incredibly well produced and created immersive site, one of the main features an interactive trailer allowing you to pan around the video 360 degrees and watch the scene almost like a video game. I love the way this 360 video works, so you can pan around and get a real feel for the scene they have created. This is all wrapped up in a nice interface, the other sections such as photos all look great and work. Really nice detailed and well crafted site.

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October 7, 2011
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Gas Jeans – A/W 2011

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Site of Gas Jeans latest collection Autumn / Winter 2011. Homepage is a bit of a rip off of yugop’s wonderwall – but the rest is pretty nice. Very simple with nice transitions and burn effects, really like the simplicity of each outfit, with the cool parallax effect on the details just adds some nice movement and interactivity.

Created by THINKINGABOUT.

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October 6, 2011
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From The Rough

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Site promoting the film ‘From The Rough’. Looks great and works nicely but I think what is important is that the whole site is non Flash – which is quite interesting – as it has non of the clunkiness and has all the nice smooth animations and transitions you might expect. It is quite impressive to see. The whole section containing the information about the site is quite a marvel allowing you to move around and explore – all in all a great showcase for what you can do right now with non Flash technology.

Created by Dilshan Arukatti & Sylvain Tran.

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October 5, 2011
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Choose Up2U

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Fun site for Up2U chewing gum from the makers of Mentos. Giving you the choice to view a scene between various scenarios such as an astronaut or a hip hop artist, zombies and a game show, where your actions are the same in each – all based around the concept of the gum – 2 flavours – 1 pack. I like the way you swap between the scenes using your mouse to drag between them, with your hands and so on perfectly matched between the scenes. It looks great too, and nicely crafted.

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September 27, 2011
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Uniqlo – Super Cool Biz

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Yet again another fun and fresh site for Uniqlo. The site encourages people to dress ‘cool’ in Japan’s hot summer and to save on electricity by using air con. Featuring office workers switching their suits to cooler lightweight Uniqlo products – all featured with price – smart and relevant to the current power crisis in Japan. Again, I love the scrolling slideshow effect of the people, when you interact with the thumbnails the people even rotate with the position of your mouse. Set in time to the music and really fun to interact with, I love the way the thumbnail moves around with your mouse, the music, the animation and transitions, another great site for Uniqlo.

Created by Dentsu, & spfdesign Inc.

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September 21, 2011
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Sharp Expo

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Website to celebrate Sharp’s centennial anniversary in 2012. Featuring their innovations since their inception in 1912, through a cute animated scrolling scene of their products. Click on an item and a nice slideshow of similar products and a bit of history. Set to a catchy tune and smooth animation, wrapped up in a minimal look and feel it gives the brand quite a bit of character. Simple, fun and looks good – very nice.

Site here…