I had to look at this site by Akiom, out of Romania, a few times - and I think it's grown on me. At first I thought the site was unbalanced (leaning to the right) - but the more I look at it, I like how it flows - I think the large, awesome-like images really play...
Beautiful, flowing site from Chargefield out of Ontario, for the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra. With flat / material design and other design trends, we see less "textured" type backgrounds it feels like. They've done a good job of having the "melding" the overlaid...
Good looking pet project site by Anthony Garone from Arizona, called Make Weird Music - interviews with musicians that make, well, weird music. Really like the split design, and illustrations. From the Designer: A 50/50 vertical split flexbox-based responsive design,...
Love this portfolio site from Timothee Guignard out of NYC. Simple and understated on top - awesome detail in the Portfolio Detail pages. From the Designer: Portfolio of Timothee Guignard, UX, UI, Webdesigner Submitted by: Timothee Guignard Twitter: @timguignard Role:...
In this week's 114th Radar: Why is it so Easy to Get "Mobile First" Wrong? BizCraft Episode 56 Business Skills for Freelance Developers User Testing as a Design Driver : Looksery created a product for users not designers Lara Hogan – Making Etsy Mobile Amazon Web...
This is a fun, quick, one-pager from Hound Studio out of the Ukraine, with cool animated illustration gifs - and good animated sales funnel. From the Designer: Imagine that you have 90 seconds to explain the customer the main idea of your business and all its...
Looks like ArtSocket has changed it up a little since we reviewed them in January. They've continued to focus on the Art side, but making the experience a little more immersive with the full-width art scroll on the home page, and more detail on interior pages - new...
I like the header intro for Linemotion out of Serbia - it's an interesting way to highlight the different pieces of work that go into their agency - how UI, branding, and development all come together to build UX / User Experience. Good job with the animated SVGs too....
Hands down, the best navigation we've seen in a while in this site for Workhorse Printmakers, made by Spindletop out of Houston (think we've reviewed their site earlier this year too). Love this header nav block - definitely makes you think of a print house /...
Very cool single page site done for Hadgins Engraving, by 15 Fingers out of Buffalo. Two colors, some illustrations, some good typeface, and a little interaction - very good. Especially like the "skull fashion plates" lower in the page. From the Designer: this is the...
Cool looking red, blue and white agency site out of Montreal from Ellpi. It's very simple and clean, with good white (red) space. I like how the video backgrounds on the site are not featured, they are more like footers on interior pages. From the Designer: ELLPI is a...
Sharp new site from Sequoia Capital out of Menlo Park. Like the intro image that leads down to the cool vertical slideshow, with great suped-up images, and a cool overlay on the left.
We usually don't see many dark websites that really "work", but the SCR agency site out of Slovakia makes a good case for it. Unlike other dark sites though, they have good, bold and bright colors to counter-balance everything. Like the collage / block design areas...
Good site from Principle out of Atlanta - for their interactive UI tool. The hero video is a great sales tool - and the looped videos are a cool, active way to make sure you understand the app allows animations and interactions. Clean and crisp on all the other parts...
I think I've spent about longer looking at this site for NeueHouse then I normally do for reviews. The site is extremely well put together - love the secondary nav at the top and bottom, as well as the movement overall on the site. The work on the NeueJournal part of...
Great looking site, with really good purpose - Eye Heart World, out of Tampa, Florida, is a non-profit dedicated to stopping human trafficking. Really good work on The Cause page too.
This week's 113th Radar is a special edition - a preview of BDConf DC that we'll be at October 22-23, 2015: BEN CALLAHAN – Letting Go of Workflow Baggage LEA ALCANTARA – Beyond Static: The New Design System CLARISSA PETERSON – Responsive Color AARON IRIZARRY –...
I've seen a couple of sites last year that had something similar to what Joni Korpi is doing with his portfolio site, doing zoomable UI for the web. His is pretty smooth. Here's a little bit about his work, the why and how:...
Love this site from Boldking out of Amsterdam. Great illustrations and animation help tell their story. Also love how the real and non-real elements work together.
This map from Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri is an information architect's dream. Using both mobile and desktop, I've been able to get around the 1,371 acre park (virtually) in ways that make regular maps on websites look more than ancient. The navigation is...
Looking at Berlin's designer Jascha Goltermann's portfolio site, I'm curious to see where he'll be in 5 years. Reason being, this site has some elements that are totally different from other portfolio sites we see, with out being too out there. Love the "hero" image...
This site from Marie Severac, a gastro e-commerce store out of France (not sure if a physical location too), is simple and clean - which is great when you're showcasing things like specialty foods. I think there are a few missing pages, but I like the classic left...
"One of these kids is doing her own thing..." and for Kata Farkas out of New York, that's a good thing. This portfolio site is very experimental, from the side scrolling, to the About page being very "fluid" - even if it's not the typical website experience - isn't...
I really like how designers are putting some time into their portfolios, and especially the case study parts - like how Samuel Medvedowsky's Work Portfolio pages use both full and "fixed" width to tell his stories. More so than that, it's great to get insight into how...
There are times when we see sites like the Indicius, and I think - way too busy, what's going on... I don't feel like that with this one - especially since there is no other navigation on the site. Really love the movement of the Case Study pages too.
Cool and tight site from Andre Ventura, aka Spark and Craft Studio out of Georgia. Really like the block design, and the Work detail pages are really crisp - and like how the logo doesn't interfere with the images (like we've seen a lot lately on sticky header type...
Clean, and a lot of gut white space. Love the hamburger / fork-knife-spoon menu - and roosters too.
Pretty unique interaction choices on A-2-). It's different, i'm not sure it doesn't work though. I like how the cursor changes based on moving over a link, I don't like how this is a 100% diversion from what the user has always experienced. Other than this the visuals...
"Design. Changes. Everything." - Amen. Great website and video work here from InVision, about a topic that's pretty near and dear to our hearts (and probably your's too). It's a promo site for a documentary on how design is disrupting business now more than ever. The...
We've been having a lot of router issues here lately - this is not a product endorsement, but maybe Google's OnHub is a solution for us? Either way - cool one pager site for the product. I like the intro, how the pre-loader turns into a video that turns into the hero...
