Sep 02, 2010

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CUPE

When you represent over a half-million union workers in Canada, you have a lot of information to disseminate and a lot people to inform. So when CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) turned to Happy Cog, the design firm arm of A List Apart, to redesign their hulking site, it became a showcase in how to manage information sprawl. CUPE's new design displays an expertise in information architecture, graphic and type design, and web standards. The results turn the intimidating into the friendly and approachable, and simultaneously provides a public relations trump card for this workers association. While we're not big fans of standardized employee policies that pay you while you strike, we are certainly huge fans of beautiful, standardized... Read more

Also posted under css/xhtml sites.

CUPE

D&G Time

D&G Time The new D&G Time web site for watches features a truly advanced navigaton concept, beautiful design and original sound. Designed and developed by Koinema, the site operates like clockwork precision, allowing you to either narrow down these luxury wrist watches by color, type and styling, or simply spin the wheel and let D&G pick a random watch for you to view. Built entirely in Flash, the circular navigation is actually a powerful sorting device... yet unlike a straight database list, it is more like a Rolodex (not a Rolex) of watches that is fun to use and explore.... Read more

Also posted under fashion.

D&G Time


Home Corp

Home CorpThis is a showcase and portfolio site for Home Corp, a video production company based in the UK and USA. If you've come to this address, you've come to do one thing - to view the commercial reels of the Directors who use this site as a virtual video portfolio. This new website has been designed and developed by Pink Pigeon (a DVD design company that also develops Flash web designs). But getting back to the site... It's very bold, and simple, using large chunky type that is very clickable (which we love, as opposed to tiny hard to click dots which so many designers mistakenly think is still cool). And it also has some very subtle nuances that we... Read more

Also posted under Flash, movie and film sites.

Home Corp

Cubicle Cooties

Part creative fun, part commercial endeavor and all really well constructed, Cubicle Cooties is a funny Flash mini-site about avoiding the cold and flu bug from your cubicle mates. Learn a bit about your work environment and maybe even save yourself from your next germ-induced vacation this winter.... Read more

Cubicle Cooties


just for the F of it

just for the F of itJust another really sick animated Flash music site from our falafel-eating, funky-faced, far out friend, Todd Purgason. But this time it's different - this time the site ain't anything you've seen before. So figure out what the hell a fugly fairy really is, and even torch her with a bow and flaming arrow by a belligerent french ferret. And hey, there's cool Easter egg stuff to download, like free MP3s from some bands, and a blog by Mark Hoppus. Did we forget to mention this was a site for Fuse TV? Have fun!... Read more

Also posted under Flash, animation, music sites.

just for the F of it

Outsource Corporation

Outsource CorporationWith small-town theme music pumping an atmosphere of serenity through your headphones, the Outsource Corporation uses basic Sim-like icon illustrations to seal their sophisticated outsourcing services. The animated rep attempts to sell the service, but untimely quips about premature baldness and other random facts distract from an already complicated plan. Nevertheless, Outsource offers an amusing effort for a pedestrian service proposal.... Read more

Outsource Corporation


Adobe Studio

Adobe StudioThe new Adobe Studio boasts a sleek, vibrant design, and promises to become a worthy resource as a flexible online collaboration environment for creative professionals. The site is quite appealing, providing a breath of fresh air and space amidst tight icon and navigation development. The information and direction of the site is clear, and one can even follow the track of design by hillman curtis inc. in a type of showcase that focuses on iterations in page and icon design. The tool itself is now in beta. Check it out.... Read more

Adobe Studio

the ad*itive

the ad*itivethe ad*itive bills itself as a cultural creative shop: a place that connects brands and people together. This is not a web shop - it is probably best described as a new age marketing firm. The site design is highly visual and subtly active, built in Flash and enhanced by photography, sound, animated pictographs and good typography. Web designers familiar with some of their previous designs will accurately recognize this as the work of One9ine.... Read more

the ad*itive


Renamo

RenamoRenamo is a tight and tidy little site for a UK marketing company. The firm was recently re-branded with a military theme and this site extends that brand online. The typography is well thought out (although it could be a little more readable) and the individual design concepts - using field reports and a topographic map navigation - all work together to reflect a style of "street-level" marketing.... Read more

Renamo

Guinness Store House

Guinness Store House"Drinking. The final stage in the Guinness process. But what comes before?" This question is answered at the new Guinness Storehouse visitor attraction in Dublin. And this site attracts the visitors. This is one the top web experience designs we've discovered in our 5 year history. Note high level of detail, the illusions of depth, the creative navigational elements, and especially the branding metaphor of steel bars, which plays upon the renown slogan; "Guinness for Strength".... Read more

Guinness Store House


Flugtag

Flugtag San FranciscoThis site promotes the very first Red Bull FLUGTAG to be held in the US. Red Bull, who is relatively new in the States, has been putting on these freak fests around the world for years and they are always a beautifully original experience. Throughout the Web site, the design conveys a clean, yet playful appeal in it's illustrated elements and motion details. The great use of contrast is further enhanced when minimalist hand-drawn extras, such as the swirling wind graphic, are positioned next to full-on bold copy.... Read more

Flugtag San Francisco

Nivea

NiveaNivea continues a design legacy, winning Digitalthread webgallery status again (but this time with Flash). This redesigned site is quite simply, beautiful. The design features large photographic duotones and are freshing mixture of script and full-bodied type. The concept is strong, and the navigational elements and general depth of design throughout many different areas make this a superior branded wonder worth multiple explorations.... Read more

Nivea


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