Navigation
There is one main Nav that utalizes drop downs when they are scrolled over. Some of the nav is confusing. "Live beer" in particular bothers me. I the designers of the site were trying to get too beer with it. Adding the word beer after every call to action does not a good nav make, at least that is my opinion. Its just confusing. The look stays consistent throughout. the layout stays consistent throughout the whole thing, but its a lot jam packed into each page. I dont know what to look at first.
The hierarchy is apparent. Its easy to pin point subtitles and articles. the site is boring in general for its content. I believe it can be livened up a bit for sure.the color pallette is boring, the site is mostly white. I think splashes of color would help liven up the look and feel as well as just reference back to the fun that comes with drinking beer.
The objective of the site is to inform beer drinkers of the thing they aer interested in most, beer.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Moustache is good is a site that pays tribute to mustaches in history. Its fun, the content is humorous and the site is user driven. The landing page is a bell much like one that twould be in a barber shop. Thewhole site is based around the idea of being inside a barbar shop. the navigation of the site is minimal and the whole thing is actually in French, but essentially theer is an animation and then a link that leads you to a place where you can submit pictures of yourself.
You can always get back to the home page from wherever you are on the site. The architecture is very shallow, there is not much content to the site at all.
I think the hierarchy of the typography on the site is apparent. Even though its in a different language i know where to go and what is more important. The labels of the navigation are clear, especially considering that there are not much of them.
The layout stays consistent on each page. The focal point of the main page is the faux mirror and then the gallery on the next. They are noticed because they are essentially the only things on those pages.
The imagery/ photos on the site add everything to the site considering they are the only thing on the site. There are icons on the bottom of the home page that direct to facebook , the designer's website, and other things to enhance the site like full screen and sound. I didnt understand entirley where the logo of the firm would take me cause i was not familiar with it. I had to click on the others to understand what they were.One is an icon of an iPhone that downloads backgrounds for the iPhone, but i was confused as to why that was there. I almsot thought it was going to be the iphone version of the site, which i thought was weird to have on their main site, but that was not the case. Still confusing though.
The colors used are reminiscent of a barber shop and are appropriate to the subject matter. The site is used for entertainment purposes. Animation is certainly used to enhance the site, as well as sound effects.
You can always get back to the home page from wherever you are on the site. The architecture is very shallow, there is not much content to the site at all.
I think the hierarchy of the typography on the site is apparent. Even though its in a different language i know where to go and what is more important. The labels of the navigation are clear, especially considering that there are not much of them.
The layout stays consistent on each page. The focal point of the main page is the faux mirror and then the gallery on the next. They are noticed because they are essentially the only things on those pages.
The imagery/ photos on the site add everything to the site considering they are the only thing on the site. There are icons on the bottom of the home page that direct to facebook , the designer's website, and other things to enhance the site like full screen and sound. I didnt understand entirley where the logo of the firm would take me cause i was not familiar with it. I had to click on the others to understand what they were.One is an icon of an iPhone that downloads backgrounds for the iPhone, but i was confused as to why that was there. I almsot thought it was going to be the iphone version of the site, which i thought was weird to have on their main site, but that was not the case. Still confusing though.
The colors used are reminiscent of a barber shop and are appropriate to the subject matter. The site is used for entertainment purposes. Animation is certainly used to enhance the site, as well as sound effects.
MARCJACOBS.COM
Before reviewing this site, I'd like to say that Marc Jacobs is my favorite fashion designer. This site interests me because he just revamped the whole thing and there was a lot of controversy surrounding it because he seemed to give up a level of sophistication his previous site contained.
Navigation
There are two levels of navigation, in addition to this you can also enter different parts of the site through the illustrations. The top navigation seems to be the most important just because its at the topand the font size is a smidgen bigger than the rest. The navigation is for the most part understandable but some things aer a bit confusing. "special items" can become more specific I feel.
It is an ecommerce site so the architecture gets pretty deep.
Aside from the navigation there is not much hierarchy in the typography, the site is highly illustrative.
As i already stated the navigation could be more clear in its "special items" but I do know what that means being a customer of his, so im not sure it bothers me much.
The layouts of the pages stay consistent from one page to another.
The focal point of the home page is the illustration style that leads you into the site. This style has caught him some criticism in the fashion world. It's not "fashion-y" enough for some. I feel on the fence about it just because Im not sure if its cohesive with his work.
Its something that i feel is a weak point to his site because it's not what his customers are going to the site looking for. Also, I think the cat walk videos are a bit distracting and also disjointed stylistically from the rest of the site.
Site Focus
The Objective of the site is to sell you his clothing. they want you to buy his products. Browsing is certainly encouraged. The illustration and animation style are used to promote and highlight content. I do find it odd that once you get deeper into the site the feel becomes a little different than the homepage, which I find confusing. The only constant is the navigation around the site as a whole.
Navigation
There are two levels of navigation, in addition to this you can also enter different parts of the site through the illustrations. The top navigation seems to be the most important just because its at the topand the font size is a smidgen bigger than the rest. The navigation is for the most part understandable but some things aer a bit confusing. "special items" can become more specific I feel.
It is an ecommerce site so the architecture gets pretty deep.
Aside from the navigation there is not much hierarchy in the typography, the site is highly illustrative.
As i already stated the navigation could be more clear in its "special items" but I do know what that means being a customer of his, so im not sure it bothers me much.
The layouts of the pages stay consistent from one page to another.
The focal point of the home page is the illustration style that leads you into the site. This style has caught him some criticism in the fashion world. It's not "fashion-y" enough for some. I feel on the fence about it just because Im not sure if its cohesive with his work.
Its something that i feel is a weak point to his site because it's not what his customers are going to the site looking for. Also, I think the cat walk videos are a bit distracting and also disjointed stylistically from the rest of the site.
Site Focus
The Objective of the site is to sell you his clothing. they want you to buy his products. Browsing is certainly encouraged. The illustration and animation style are used to promote and highlight content. I do find it odd that once you get deeper into the site the feel becomes a little different than the homepage, which I find confusing. The only constant is the navigation around the site as a whole.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
http://www.quotenik.com/
http://www.quotenik.com/
I was directed to this site by design sponge on twitter. I really like it and wish I had seen it before i designed my comikaze site. Everything is easy to find and the design fits the content well. I love the hand drawn quality of the illustrations. The way the site functions is intuitive and overall it's fun but can prove to be a great resource for a multitude of projects.
Navigation
The main navigation is pretty nontraditional in the sense that its a bunch of speech bubbles, like i said, i wish I knew how to do that for my comikaze site. The content of the site is pretty straight forward, its site about quotes, and the navigations tackles pretty effectivley what one would want to sort though a plethora of quotes; View by: Author or category, submit a quote, contact, about and blog.
Once clicked, the navigation's look stays the same. Although there are no large titles, its pretty evidendent where you are on the site. It's always just one click away to the home page as well.
Architecture
The architecture of the site seems to be pretty shallow, but that's just in response to its content. The architecture is pretty flat, which is a good thing for the subject of quote finding.
Content/Typography
Content/Typography
The hierarchy of the typography is very apparent. Important labels are set on the left side and content kind of floats next to it. The dates of the quotes are set in red to make them more apparent and tags are set in all caps in a small size.
Grid/Structure
The layout of the pages stay consistent from one page to the other. Everything stay consistent with the exception of the bounding box that surrounds the "Quote of the day" and other content that shifts size to fit the new content from page to page. The first thing I notice looking at the site is the quote of the day, mostly because it's set in a huge size.
Iconography/Imagery
The imagery of the quotation mark pattern adds the the site, just again, reinforcing what the site is al about. I wonder what adding picures of the authors of the quotes would do for the site. It might be interesting but it also may be weird to see that something that is maybe supposed to be motivational, or inspirational in conjunction with a picture of the person who said it. The picture may not live up to expectations of the viewers thoughts. There is also a stamping kind of look going throughout the whole site. I'm not sure what that has to do with quotes, but honestly it feels right.
Color Palette
The whole website is basically 2 colors. tints and shades of a beige color and then pops of red throughout. I think they were chosen to look like old paper or something.
Site Focus
The objective of the site is to archive verified quotes by various people . The only call to action aside from contacting the sites creators seems to be the ability to submit a quote. A search bar is right in the header in the nac to encourage one to search for quotes by their favorite people or authors. the most useful thing about the site is the "view quotes by: author, category" because it lets the viewer easily find exactly what they are looking for.
I was directed to this site by design sponge on twitter. I really like it and wish I had seen it before i designed my comikaze site. Everything is easy to find and the design fits the content well. I love the hand drawn quality of the illustrations. The way the site functions is intuitive and overall it's fun but can prove to be a great resource for a multitude of projects.
Navigation
The main navigation is pretty nontraditional in the sense that its a bunch of speech bubbles, like i said, i wish I knew how to do that for my comikaze site. The content of the site is pretty straight forward, its site about quotes, and the navigations tackles pretty effectivley what one would want to sort though a plethora of quotes; View by: Author or category, submit a quote, contact, about and blog.
Once clicked, the navigation's look stays the same. Although there are no large titles, its pretty evidendent where you are on the site. It's always just one click away to the home page as well.
Architecture
The architecture of the site seems to be pretty shallow, but that's just in response to its content. The architecture is pretty flat, which is a good thing for the subject of quote finding.
Content/Typography
Content/Typography
The hierarchy of the typography is very apparent. Important labels are set on the left side and content kind of floats next to it. The dates of the quotes are set in red to make them more apparent and tags are set in all caps in a small size.
Grid/Structure
The layout of the pages stay consistent from one page to the other. Everything stay consistent with the exception of the bounding box that surrounds the "Quote of the day" and other content that shifts size to fit the new content from page to page. The first thing I notice looking at the site is the quote of the day, mostly because it's set in a huge size.
Iconography/Imagery
The imagery of the quotation mark pattern adds the the site, just again, reinforcing what the site is al about. I wonder what adding picures of the authors of the quotes would do for the site. It might be interesting but it also may be weird to see that something that is maybe supposed to be motivational, or inspirational in conjunction with a picture of the person who said it. The picture may not live up to expectations of the viewers thoughts. There is also a stamping kind of look going throughout the whole site. I'm not sure what that has to do with quotes, but honestly it feels right.
Color Palette
The whole website is basically 2 colors. tints and shades of a beige color and then pops of red throughout. I think they were chosen to look like old paper or something.
Site Focus
The objective of the site is to archive verified quotes by various people . The only call to action aside from contacting the sites creators seems to be the ability to submit a quote. A search bar is right in the header in the nac to encourage one to search for quotes by their favorite people or authors. the most useful thing about the site is the "view quotes by: author, category" because it lets the viewer easily find exactly what they are looking for.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
dearblankpleaseblank.com
dearblankpleaseblank.com/
I am in love with the site for its content, look and function.
I like that one is able to sort through the "dear blanks" by viewing how others voted on them. The categories they are sorted into also makes me laugh The categories are as follows:
HOW DARE THEY, YOU'RE A DOUCHE, HILARIOUS, I LIKE THIS UMM, WTF?!
It's great to be able to just sort to the really hilarious posts and not waste your time on things that are not funny.
Also, the nav is great. I love the little animation is has going on.
I am in love with the site for its content, look and function.
I like that one is able to sort through the "dear blanks" by viewing how others voted on them. The categories they are sorted into also makes me laugh The categories are as follows:
HOW DARE THEY, YOU'RE A DOUCHE, HILARIOUS, I LIKE THIS UMM, WTF?!
It's great to be able to just sort to the really hilarious posts and not waste your time on things that are not funny.
Also, the nav is great. I love the little animation is has going on.
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