Summly

Summly

Summly has been in the news lately because the creator, Nick D’Aloisio, has just sold it for $30m to Yahoo. And he’s only 17. I haven’t used the app itself (it’s not available in the US), but it looks very cool and smart. The video is...
Build

Build

I really dig this splash page for the Build Windows conference series. It’s simple and straight forward but there is also a little magic baked in with the mask like parallax design. We work on a lot of similar type work here at UMS for our conferences and this...
Airbnb Annual Report

Airbnb Annual Report

The annual report has long been something that companies use to not only give their shareholders information about how their business is doing, but it’s also often been used as a design showcase. That’s what airbnb, a sort of social house/vacation rental...
Web Effectual

Web Effectual

Very nice smooth feeling design. I like the interstitials designed into this single page layout so much. THe smooth action of the slight parallax and the oversized navigation icons/buttons make this a pretty playful layout as well as highly interesting interaction...
Hummingbird

Hummingbird

This is an interesting single page site. I can’t tell if it’s just the gateway into the app or a coming soon style page, but it’s well done nonetheless. I especially love the email signup form, the way the submit button looks placed within the field...