Ian James Cox Freelance Designer
A great site for a designer that adequately showcases his knack for illustration. I like the simple and clean layout and the personal touches. The restrained use of colour helps to highlight certain aspects of the design.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Protect the Peconic
A site designed to promote the protection of the Peconic bay. I like the gentle nature of the site and the simple use of images. The contrast between the two sections of the site helps to differentiate between content.
Posted in Web Design → Misc
West Coast Design
A clean and clear site for a web design company. I really like the repeated use of illustrated scenery and the light colours of the design. The label logo is a great touch.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Friends Screen
A simple but effective interface element for a web app. I like the use of icons and the adherence to clean design. The reserved colours of the interface help to let the thumbnail images make an impact.
Posted in Interface → Web App
Infographic Magnify
A great design for a magnifying function on an infographic. I love the way the coloured elements stand out on the graphic. The shape of the magnified section works really well, I particularly like the close button.
Posted in Interface → Infographic
Pill Style Play Buttons
A great example of some delightful buttons. I really like the use of texture and hatching on the buttons themselves. The sense of perspective given to the pressed and unpressed circular buttons is great.
Posted in Interface → Other
Worry Free Labs
An absolutely gorgeous site for a design agency. I love the use of illustrations and beautiful examples of their work. The layout of the site is intuitive and encourages you to keep scrolling.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Hypercompact
A simply gorgeous redesign of the Hypercompact logo. I love the detail and the illustrative style exemplified here. The textures and flow of the design work beautifully together.
Posted in Branding → Logo
Grand Café XL
A simply but effective site for a cafe. I particularly like the use of a coloured squares to add style and interest to the layout of the site. The photography is great and really adds something to the experience.
Posted in Web Design → Food
iA Writer Icon
A fascinating updated logo for iA Writer, a minimal writing app for iOS. I like the simplicity of it and the clean use of texture. I do, however, think that it's not the clearest possible icon for the app - the addition of at least one letter (A) before the cursor could clear everything up.
Posted in Interface → iPad App
Surfer Chic
A great logotype that immediately makes an impact. I love the use of colour and the style of the illustration. The typeface for 'surfer' is particularly unique and angular.
Posted in Branding → Logo
Android Compass
A mockup of an interface design for a compass app for Android. I love the attention to detail and the custom icons designed for the project. Overall the interface in intuitive and makes good use of highlight colours for 'Add Place' and 'Add Note'.
Posted in Interface → Android App
Comic Sans Criminal
A fascinating and well designed site that's aim is to reduce inappropriate use of Comic Sans. I like the typefaces used and colours chosen for the various pages. The navigation works very effectively to keep the visitor engaged.
Posted in Web Design → Misc
Live it Up
A wonderfully striking logo for a new clothing company. The boldness of the text and interesting typeface help to form a strong brand. I particularly like the blue colour used here, it works beautifully with the white.
Posted in Branding → Logo
Health Monitoring Mirror
A fascinating concept for a mirror that monitors your health. The mirror itself is the user interface, I like the simplicity of it. The small module at the top of the mirror is great, I like the curvature and organic shape.
Posted in Interface → Other
Signature Creative
A brilliant portfolio site for a web design agency. I love the huge gallery of previous designs and restrained use of text. The way the sidebar moves with you is great, it helps keep the gallery in context.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Tim Potter
A gorgeous and simple portfolio site for a web designer. I love the consistent style and use of graphic illustrations. The colour choices are great and really make a statement about the designer.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Anderson de Paulo
A fascinating design site for a designer that can't fail to make an instant impact. The colours are so vivid they immediately intrigue and capture your attention. Whether you like the design or not, you can't help but look.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Behance Concept
An excellent iPhone design concept for a Behance app. It's a stylish mobile implementation of the site and uses the site's colours extremely effectively. It would be an awesome way to browse creative content on the move!
Posted in Interface → iPhone App
Cai Guo-Qiang
A fascinating example of site navigation. The pagination used here fundamentally changes the way you interact with the interface. I love the way the boxes are highlighted in red, it has to be tried to be understood.
Posted in Interface → Site Navigation