"play time is over"

i'm petitioning to graduate today. it's true, there might actually be an end in sight for me: MFA, i will be victorious! that's why it was pretty funny that as i was checking in on Indexed this morning, i came across this entry:













Jessica Hagy, you've struck a chord.

told you i couldn't wait. links: week 1 cont'd

Garrett Morin
as we already know, I lean towards a simple design. Sometimes, however, simple can just leave me uninspired.

Saturday
to back that up, here's an example of simple being beautiful.

Wood Wood
here’s one for some serious discussion. Black/white is classy, there’s a lot of motion. Perhaps too much. To be honest, I was expecting the scrolling information to react to the position of my cursor. I do like the infusion of color on rollover of the upper nav bar. It was unexpected.





Francis Gingras
who needs to know English when we can critique en francais? Hah! In any case, here’s a personal portfolio site I find interesting. I was surprised and disappointed when the work overlaid the entire page, I was expecting it to appear in all the negative space to the left.


Okay, I actually do have a lot of work to do, so I’ll stop for now.

And so it begins: Links, week 1

week one, bring it.

as part of my directed study with Lotus, we'll be discussing websites that we come across as research for my own. what about the designs and functionality do i like/hate? if it's a portfolio site, is it impressive? etc. the thing is, i love doing this anyway. it's always great to see what other people are creating—i almost feel like our "5 a week" is a pittance. then again, maybe that's just because it's week one.

so for a first installment i've found a rather ecclectic mix of sites. i'll most likely find more (i have a great idea for next week's installment already!) and not be able to wait a week before posting. but that's just the geek in me.



Leo Burnett
interesting navogation, yes, but not as easy as I’d like it to be for my own site. pretty and flashy, I’ll give them.


Door 22
simple and clean. i like the nav.


Lovely As A Tree
hello textured background! surprisingly, I actually really like the different color treatments on the nav bar. It’s not often that you see a single nav. system with different treatments for the links. Not that I want to do this, but I like it within the context of this site. I don’t however, really like the design of the pages. (almost a lack of design, really)





Carl de Keyzer
I love the simplicity of the design, however, I feel like the user experience could be simplified a bit. It’s flashy, but perhaps a little too much so. Everything’s a link, and I’m not sure where I should go next. Love the use of simple arrow icons next to main nav links.


Koen de Muynck
again, interesting navigation. Lotus, I’d like you’re opinion on this one, for sure. The overall design is clean, which I tend to lean towards.