Pretty cool website for this restaurant. I dig the name and branding too. Pretty straight forward but very openly usable by people. Love it.
Gather Table Co.
Beautiful website for the Gather Table Company here. I love the typography and basic layout details. The soft colors really match well with the sharp lines of the images and boxes used for the layout.
SkiBoutique
Today where I am - it is finally cold - after it was 75°F on Christmas Day... so I'm ready for snow - and skiing / snowboarding - so was it a sign that the Ski Boutique peeps out of Switzerland submitted their site? Maybe. Good clean travel site that is easy to...
David Tutera Maternity
Not our normal type of website to review - but good example of a good WooCommerce built site, for a bigger name in fashion / celebrityship. The home page is well done, well organized. Would like to see more in the shopping area - it is clean, but would like to see...
David Taylor Design
I like digital marketing companies that can have a fun time with their own site - David Taylor Design out of New Jersey looks like that. The core of the site is solid (like the section under the Our Services - left/right copy/images - as is the portfolio area - and...
Golden Thread Tarot
This is a cool app product page for Golden Threat Tarot by Tina Gong out of New York. Fun use of animated gifs with flat illustration to show the different views of the app. Since we've made tarot cards for one of our conferences a few years back, we know a lot of...
Radar 127
Each week, we do a round up of curated "stuff from the interwebs" that we call Radar. In this week's 127th Radar: Interface Animation. The Force of Motion Even in the ancient times people knew about the great power of motion. Literature, art, folklore, technologies...
Junko’s Story
Love this one-pager by SBS out of Australia about Junko Morimoto, a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor. Great mix of illustrations and real, with slight interactions to learn more on the side stories. And just an interesting design altogether.
Bryant Hughes
Really brilliant layout for Bryant Hughes blog. It's subtle and easy to get into. I love the subtle animation/movie of the birds in the background. Plus it's all it needs to be and no more. Superbly done sir.
sublime.fyi
Pretty cool interview website here sublime.fyi. I really dig the layout, it's pretty easy to scroll and see stuff and on the desktop there's a nifty parallax like effect on each section that makes you look at it deeper. Solid design here.
BEOPLAY
This is a great page (and site) from BEOPLAY - beautiful products on a beautiful site. The video and audio, and the way it interacts with scrolling is pretty special.
Maaemo
Love the background video for Maaemo out of Norway - great intro. This site is for a restaurant, so also like that they don't let you miss that point - booking a table is a must for this place. The rest of the site has great photography on a simple background - very...
Colonel Sanders
Aside from being just extremely weird, this is a pretty fun delivery for the content. It has one aim, to better the KFC brand, It's funny i'll give 'em that.
Elite Model Paris
Classic beauty, with great utility is the look Elite Model in France is going for - it's a beholder thing obviously, but I like it. Love the A/B navigation using the content to get the info you want: Male / Female - pick one - Mainboard / Development (I'm assuming the...
UX Pin – Knowledge
So I was doing a little reading this weekend, and I stumbled back on to UXPin. They have an e-book of "The Best Web Designs of 2015-2016" which is excellent work. We're actually going to use some of their suggested sites in the future, since between all the...
McFadden/Gavender
We really like this one from McFadden Gavender out of Tucson because of the awesome video background off what looks to be a elevated train (where though?) - and the good use of muted image / color backgrounds too on the home page. Great first step into their world....
Radar 126
Happy New Year! Each week, we do a round up of curated "stuff from the interwebs" that we call Radar. In this week's 126th Radar: Exploring Shapes to Create Star Wars Characters: A Guide for Non-Designers When it comes to the epic that is Star Wars, there are very few...
Founder Mantras
As a founder of seven companies over the years - I can say that something like the site Founder Mantras is good, quick inspiration in a pinch. Love the simple design - just load up the content - and let it go - nice.
We Doki Doki
Cool site as a build up to a book release later this year, for The Sound of Silence - and the site I think is called We Doki Doki. See more from the designer here: From the Designer: We Doki Doki explores a new Japanese onomatopoeic sound each month and is the...
UI Viking
This. Site. From top to bottom I love. It's a great exercise in branding and keeping your message through every single detail. It's also super well done and beautiful. Also, I like Vikings. Seriously, go spend time on the site and enjoy the details. From the Designer:...
24Ever
I have to admit that when Jeff Gordon came into the sport of NASCAR, I wasn't a big fan (I was an Earnhardt fan) - but I've grown to like Wonder Boy and the Rainbow Warriors over the years. This tribute site to his 24+ year career is pretty sweet - love the use of the...
Vox Media 2015 YIR
Cool year in review site from Vox Media out of DC. The split screen, with copy and stats on the left, and representative (fun) illustrations on the right work well. I imagine for other YIR pages for other companies, this is more of a sum up - but I see the pure...
The Nature Conservancy
Love this site from The Nature Conservancy out of Arlington, Virginia. It's their "global" sub-domain, slightly separate from their main site - I kind of hope they change the main site to this format. There's a lot here - but three things I like specifically: - Love...
Firebelly
Really dig this site from Firebelly out of Chicago - especially for the hamburger boxes off the About page. They've made a strong decision to emphasize their work (see the home page is the Work page), and allow you to filter the work from the off-screen nav (to not...
Cocoon
I like the simplicity of this site by Cocoon out of the UK - I kind of like that they don't do images until later in the page. Then they keep it clean past that. The project detail pages are nice too - images can be large, and don't know how quickly they come through...
Aloha Buggies
This is a fun site from Aloha Buggies in Hawaii - great artwork throughout. I wish the mobile version was the same as the desktop - but I'm glad there is a mobile version. Working with a travel company for their site, we know organizing all of this - plus the...
Alce Agencia Digital
This is a cool agency site out of Santiago, Chile from Alce. Love the coloring - I wish it scrolled a little slower so you could see the work done on the parallax. Other than that - pretty decent. From the Designer: Agencia digital en Santiago Chile. Diseño de paginas...
The Practical Man
Cool shopping site out of Australia for The Practical Man. We've seen a couple of sites like this, that has that letterpress, old time order pad patterning - but we haven't really seen it with a shopping site. The product category and brand pages are pretty sweet when...
Frank Chimero
I happened to be listening to Beastie Boys while writing this review - shout out to Brooklyn - where Frank Chimero is from. New Year - new Frank portfolio site. It's clean and crisp, minimal, and is featuring his writing. The Library page is a cool idea - and the...
Radar 125
On a side note since this is the last UMS Post of the year - thanks all for a great 2015! See you next year! Each week, we do a round up of curated "stuff from the interwebs" that we call Radar. In this week's 125th Radar: Copying Text From Images to Your Clipboard...
