Changing place of naviagation

Website for a florist that has interesting flash effect with layers but i dont know how I feel about the moving navigation:

http://www.magnoliaflowersandevents.com/

Nice flash effect..

http://rapreup.com/da-word/music-dirty-money-ft-swizz-beatz-ass-floor/

Skinned Site for Album Reviews

I was reading this Kanye review on his new album and I thought the way they skinned the whole site to match each album review was interesting....It seems like they matched the fonts, background and color scale to each album ...scroll back and forth to see the various artists' reviews......This is a promotion for HipHopDX's "30 Reviews in 30 days"
What about usability though? via HipHopDX

"Prototyping Website Structure"

Prototyping Website Structure is an article that presents an analytical look at website structuring. The author focuses heavily on navigation and really takes a step by step look into the various processes of creating a website. The author has an interesting take on the creation of wireframes:

"I'm also uneasy with notorious wireframes. They're slightly more sophisticated than sitemaps--offering a lot more detail. The problem is, they're still presented on paper. And paper just doesn't work. In fact, the detailed nature of a wireframe, I believe, contributes to illusions of communication even more than sitemaps. That's because they look so thorough and detailed. The detail makes those who review them feel like the site has been thought out"

This is a good point/tip to designs and something I will definitely avoid since I tend to sketch. He also references Steve Krug's book Don't Make Me Think, and Information Architecture, by Peter Morville--which we talked about it class.

















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Wireframe hand-draw sketches

This site has a lot of good examples of Wireframe sketches and ideas on where to start. I also just like seeing things in sketch form:

Sample Fashion Websites

These are all high fashion sites--and made for shopping--rather than guides--but they serve as inspiration (they are all flash site too)


Armani: Nice use of typography and image--the layout is similar to my drawn site.


Marc Ecko is a blend between street and high fashion....I like the use of black and white and the linear nature of the layout:



Louis Vuitton: Another site that mimicks the simple layout with the navigation system on the left and the model figure taking up the majority of the layout.

Jim Carrey website

Here's Jim Carrey's website which has a lot of flash. I think its done well and demonstrates how important it is to use appropriate media for branding---I think something less dynamic--just HTMl--wouldn't work well with his personality.

Monoface--flash website

Monoface is an interactive flash website where you can change the nose, face, eyes, and mouth to create different people. The concept is simple but the work is created almost flawlessly.