Monday October 31st, 2005
Believe me, I've seen quite a few bad desktop-and-sticky-note site metaphors come through these doors, but Designchuchi's is perhaps one of the best.
I think it succeeds where some other fail because it doesn't take realism to the nth degree -- it creates a nice sharp layout which is clearly illustrative and highly polished, but doesn't belabour the point with gritty textures and photo-realistic objects.
If you're every going to use this scrapbook style, it's probably most appropriate for a design firm. The way that Designchuchi incorporates and allows you to explore their portfolio just goes to show this. Make sure you've got plenty of bandwith, though.
Reviewed by Cameron Adams :: Comments (8)
Monday October 31st, 2005
If you don't have Flash on you'll miss a chunk of this site, but it's still great Standards development.
This site is a perfect case of designing for your target audience. Here, the bullseye is kids aged 5 - 13, and the site caters for them perfectly by deftly using elements from the source material and combining them into a bright and lively interface.
As its focus is a children's animated series, the use of Flash throughout the site is warranted, but not overused; giving the kids enough interaction to get them hooked and make the site an extension of the TV series, rather than an afterthought.
A few validation errors, mainly because of the Flash inclusion method, but that's as good as you're going to get.
Reviewed by Cameron Adams :: Comments (7)