Haik Avanian
A gorgeous interface design for a portfolio. I love how well the designer's personality comes across. The grid of icons works brilliantly to intrigue and draw in your visitors, you want to scroll over every icon!
Posted in Interface → Web App
Above the Fold
A brilliant site for a book on design! Admittedly it would look bad if the site for a book by a web designer was shoddy, but this is a delight. I love the static header and consistent use of colours and design elements.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Raven
A relatively simple but well though-out design for a marketing agency. The consistent use of the raven idea works well to give the site a sense of unity. I generally find the colour palette works, although I'm not convinced by the orange navigation.
Posted in Web Design → Corporate
76 Synthesizer
A absolutely gorgeous example of interface design for the iPad. This synthesizer is simply jaw-dropping, the textures and bespoke switches and buttons transporting you through time. I love the golden hue of the controls and the analog style dials.
Posted in Interface → iPad App
Bronco
A bright and bold site for web design and marketing agency. The use of icons and illustration throughout really helps to give the site character, it makes a statement about the company itself. The intuitive layout is great and helps to guide you through the page, you can immediately tell what it is the company does.
Posted in Web Design → Design
GUIDANCE
A beautiful example of physical print design for the latest contemporary dance festival hosted at the CCVF Guimarães. I love the vibrant use of colour and attention paid to typeface. The layout and key design elements can significantly alter the way we interact with magazines and journals.
Posted in Interface → Other
Inflicted
An immediate and striking site for an interface and web designer. The large slideshow of quotes and ideas really helps to draw visitors into the site. I particularly like the twist given to the social networking icons!
Posted in Web Design → Design
Tim Buchwaldt
A great example of an incredibly minimal business card design. I love the simplicity of it! The white stripes work well against the block of grey, while the whole card oozes style.
Posted in Branding → Logo
Sahibingden
A clean and effective user interface design for an online shop. I like the simplicity of the interface and consistency of the pictures used. It's great the way the interface of the site is subtle enough to let the products take centre stage.
Posted in Interface → Web App
Roberta di Camerino
A beautifully clean and effective site for a fashion designer who specialises in bags. The subtle colours and overall simplicity of the site allows the colourful slideshow of bags to make a real impact! I love how focused the site is, there is nothing for your eyes to be distracted by.
Posted in Web Design → Misc
Body Arts Laboratory
An absolutely intriguing site design for the Body Arts Laboratory. The major downside is the lack of immediate information regarding what the site is, but the upside is the fascinating layout. The background image would have a dramatic effect on any visitors to the site.
Posted in Web Design → Misc
Wooden Mouse
An amazing piece of product design that directly feeds into our interaction with our computers. I like the surprising attention to detail and beautiful craftsmanship. The engraving of the word 'gentle' on the mouse wheel is a nice touch.
Posted in Interface → Other
Simon Moore
This is an interesting personal logo design that uses its chosen highlight colour really effectively. I like the simplicity of the concept but find the typeface and lack of letter detailing can make it difficult to read on first glance. I do, however, love the isometric perspective!
Posted in Branding → Logo
Auxilium Lab
The typefaces used here are what make this site. As a site for a creative web development agency it's effective at getting across its design philosophy. I particularly like the subtle use of colour and straightforward gallery of previous work.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Pantone Calendar
A fascinating and gorgeous design for a calendar. I love the attempt here at making the calendar relevant on a global scale by including a huge variety of images (1440) from around the world. The colour wheel concept is great and has been painstakingly carried through here.
Posted in Interface → Other
MB Design
An immediately intriguing site for a graphic and web designer from Columbia. The colour palette works extremely effectively, I love the blend of neutrals and colours. I particularly like the gallery here, it allows you to focus on one project at a time as you scroll across the page.
Posted in Web Design → Design
iceactivity
A stylish and different portfolio site for an interactive designer. I like the bold use of a single focal image that introduces the designer. The gallery section works well within the flow of the site, you are gradually drawn down the page.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio