by Gene Crawford | Jul 8, 2010 | Gallery, Portfolio
Love this blog design, love the subtle tones and interactions. From top to bottom the design of this site shows great attention to detail, from the interactions to the icons for each post type. I really love the home mouse over animation, check that out will ya. I...
by Gene Crawford | Jul 7, 2010 | Gallery
I really like the implied simplicity in this home page design. The stark background and hard edges on all the elements leads you to see this as a very simple layout, however it isn’t, the grid is complex enough to pull your eye down from the large slideshow...
by Jay Barry | Jul 7, 2010 | Gallery
In less capable hands, using a bit of a ‘cloud’ motif to reference the more technical aspects of ‘the cloud’ could come off a bit ham-fisted, bit this site really nails it. I love the light feel of the white, rounded ‘clouds’. The...
by Gene Crawford | Jul 7, 2010 | Podcast, UMS Video Podcast
In this episode of the UMS podcast Matthew Smith (@squaredeye) of Squared Eye and patterntap.com gives us the spill (sorry that was supposed to be a beer pun…) on why beer has been so influential on his design career and we also talk about how the work on...
by Gene Crawford | Jul 7, 2010 | Gallery, Portfolio
I really like this design, it’s really monochromatic and looks like it would be soft to the touch somehow. The colors used for contrast are also chosen well. There are some nice little details in this design as well, the ‘up’ arrow that disappears...