Whiteloupe
A simple but effective site for a company offering templates for photographers, designers, and artists. I like the restrained use of colour and strong layout. The descriptive tag and bold slider both help to get the purpose of the site across immediately.
Posted in Web Design → Photography
Guy Vernes
A simple but purely effective site for a Dutch street fashion house, specializing in ready-to-wear, decorative arts, books and accessories. I really like the illustrations and intuitive site design, while the large image makes a strong statement.
Posted in Web Design → Misc
Fox Johnston
A brilliant and wonderfully striking site for an architecture firm. I love the design of the landing page and the use of large images throughout. The immersion in aspects of architecture is immediate and powerful for any visitors to the site.
Posted in Web Design → Corporate
Leather Camera
A brilliant camera icon for an iPhone app or the like. I love the use of textures here, they make an incredible impact. It's interesting that the designer has moved away from reality and more towards making something tactile and unique.
Posted in Interface → iPhone App
Wood and Steel
A gorgeous navigation icon for a web app. I love the grain of the wood and the attention to detail. The combination of natural and industrial materials is simply great.
Posted in Interface → Web App
Ehab Aref
A solid portfolio site for web designer that makes a strong impact. I like the clear description in the header and the textured background used. The gallery section uses a well worn but effective concept, showing a selection of designs on an iMac.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Babees Honey
A gorgeous example of a branding exercise for organic honey. I love the bee-like stripes on all of the pots, and the wing-like labels. The typeface and use of colour here works very well to create strong brand recognition.
Posted in Branding → Product
Mount Tea Special Edition
A gorgeous, and unique, example of brilliant packaging design. I love the bright and vibrant use of colour and geometric shapes. The concept of using a shape that accurately represents not only the brand name, but also the shape of the tea bags, is just great!
Posted in Branding → Product
Mud Map Icon
A striking design for an iPhone app icon! I love the textures here, they immediately engage with your eyes. Grass is a powerful texture, it works well in combination with the straightforward type of the mud 'M'.
Posted in Interface → iPhone App
Doss Blockos
A striking, is questionable, example of product branding. Packaging this premium beer in crumpled brown paper bags certainly sets it apart from its competitors. This piece of branding flavours the whole experience of drinking the product.
Posted in Branding → Product
Jewellery Packaging
A gorgeous example of packaging design and the mystery and intrigue that packaging can add to the experience of a product. I love the use of natural materials and the simple but elegant execution of the concept.
Posted in Branding → Product
Fabio Benedetti
A striking portfolio site for designer Fabio Benedetti. The use of grunge textures and dark tones makes a strong statement. I find the focal slider particularly effective, it really absorbs your attention.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Hank Williams
A beautifully vintage example of packaging design for a set of Hank Williams recordings. I love the antique radio as the basis of the design and the vinyl effect given to the CDs.
Posted in Branding → Product
Restaurant Porte Sainte Claire Annecy
A brilliant restaurant site that makes an immediate impact. I love the food photography here, it's a difficult thing to get right but the colour and freshness of the food here is clearly evident. The simple central block of information is easy to understand and clear, people often just want the vital details when looking up a restaurant online.
Posted in Web Design → Food
Antoine Wette
A brilliant portfolio site that takes a very fresh and unique approach to the layout and design. I love the way the gallery flows and the use of dramatic colour shifts to make an impact. The simplicity of the site and restrained use of descriptive text works well in this instance.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Psyrup
I love the first impression this site makes, it photograph and use of fascinating typography gives the site a strong presence. I like the restrained use of text, although it's a little hard to judge what it is the site is for.
Posted in Web Design → Design