Site of Hungarian based agency Carnation Group. Nice design, slick transitions (non Flash), and lots of interesting interaction ideas. Done to death with the vertical scrolling and parallax but I think this is a nice example, particularly with the animation and smooth transitions.
Site of Maersk global shipping company. Nicely designed promo site showing stories from around the world highlighting Maersk’s story. Featuring lots of really nice transitions and animations and with a lot of detail, from preloaders telling you about how many tonnes of good shipped since you have been online, to nice animated boats. Some nice layout in there too…
Created by LBi Denmark.
Really nice site, highlighting the talks and ideas of TEDx Amsterdam. Using a cool 3d interface to map twitter conversations coming out over time from a brain. The camera changes over time to alloy a ‘slideshow’ view, so when you are not interacting you can simply watch the tweets appear. What I also really like is the attention to detail and the info graphic approach to the design of information – the chart of times and the really nice rising panel which stretches the timescales and so on. Every little interaction and touch is well though out and designed. It is great just to interact and play with, but also shows all the info in an intelligent and useable way – on top of all this it also looks good!
Created by WE ARE Pi and Media Monks.
Spring / Summer 2012 collection from Wrangler – wrapped up in a fun microsite. Inviting you to drag and release the characters at key moments in the video – triggering a cool transition between scenes where the character flies through the wall / floor / something. Makes something static relatively interactive, I also like the usage of the ‘edge’ and the position of your mouse to affect the rotation of the screen – nice attention to detail. For something that is essentially a video they have made it fun to play with and explore.
Created by Stinkdigital.
Bear 71 is a stunning interactive documentary about a female bear’s movements over 8 years, after she was caught in 2001 by wildlife officers in the Banff National park, Canada. Explained by Creative Review, “The project’s co-creators Leanne Allison and Jeremy Mendes decided to turn the 1m photos taken during the time of Bear71’s monitoring into an interactive project with the help of the National Film Board of Canada’s digital studio, NFB Interactive, and have Bear71 herself as the narrator of the story (she is voiced brilliantly by actress Mia Kirshner)”, link.
I love the execution, a lot of thought has gone into how best to present this wealth of information in an interesting and interactive way. Featuring a 3d map you explore made of dots that represent the terrain, trees, rivers, roads, hills and so on – you get a real feeling of depth. Bear 71 can be seen walking around the environment, triggering video events and so on, there are also all the other ‘characters’ in the park, golden eagles, lynx, deer, cougars, wolfs, other people (shown by a webcam snapshot when you start the site) which roam the park. It really is a fascinating experience offering a unique insight to the life of a bear in a human world, the trials they face, the dangers and how we affect their world. All presented in an innovative, beautiful and interesting way. Really great work…
Created by NFB Interactive.
Portfolio of Creative Director and designer Ian Coyle the man behind projects such as Andrew Zuckerman: Bird and Nike Better World. Really nice way of presenting work and breaking the norm – using a notation style highlighting interesting parts of the project, from snippets of code to snapshots of navigation, and the things that made the project special. It takes an exploratory approach and is nice to scroll around and find the details. Very cool, modern and fresh portfolio with great work…
Wicked portfolio of Toronto based digital agency JAM3. Using very cool transitions and an interesting particle based 3d effect, every part of this site is slick and smooth. All the interactions have been carefully designed and animated, I love the transition between the projects and section with your view zooming around and the interface building and disappearing, all so detailed. Really great, modern and fresh portfolio showing what Flash can do.
Created by JAM3.
Portfolio for photographer Dean West with a slick interface. Love the scrolling through the thumbnails, a rich tapestry of photographs scrolling at different speeds gives a great feeling of depth and movement. A really nice portfolio site, well made and easy to use, slick, and fantastic transitions.
Created by Jam3.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Beautiful site promoting Nissan’s ideas of a zero emissions future. Featuring an interactive 3d world full of cute characters featuring interactive demos of how renewable energy can be used, all through the control of a small plug like character – you explore the world as you wish. Very similar to the stunning ‘Ecodazoo’, it is in fact directed by the same guy ROKIX. I love the way you control the main character and the 3d world is beautifully realised as are the characters. Incredible attention to detail and amazingly crafted and fun to use – all in all amazing.
Website for designer Elie Saab, showcasing his collections. Nicely made site using full screen video to show catwalk shows of the clothes, I like that you can skip to each outfit and see detail shots and sketches – seamlessly swapping between it all. Nicely crafted and good minimal interface.
Created by Uzik.
