Worst Websites of 2011 - presented by Web Pages That Suck where you learn good web design by looking at bad web design. Every year I look for the silver bullet that will turn all the web pages that suck into web pages that don't suck. The best I can come up with are 200+ suggestions on two different checklists. Speaking of those checklists: Initially, I planned to go through my articles Web Design Checklist 1: 165 Mortal Sins and Web Design Checklist 2: 83 Potential Mortal Sins and mark down which mistakes each site made. The scope of the project was too great. This list contains six selections and they are marked as "Bonus: Does your website make any of the mistakes made by XYZ.com? " (Click for list.) Generally, these sites are not car wrecks on the Information Highway. 1.
Submitter's comments: Probably going to win all sorts of awards for inspirational, awesome, innovative, clever and other pointless words. Vincent Flanders' comments: The site is not a “bit of disaster,” as the submitter suggests. You can use Xerox's site as a touchstone test. The Xerox site looks even worse on a portrait monitor. 2. 3. 25 Tasty 3D Graphic Design Treats. Inspiration February 29, 2008 3D graphic design is becoming more popular and I have noticed a surge in 3D Type work on portfolio sites. Below are 30 examples of 3D graphic design from a variety of truly talented visual artists. many of these 3D graphic design projects were created using programs such as Xara 3D, Maya 3D, Photoshop, and Illustrator to name a few. Feel free to link your 3D type designs in the comments! 3D Graphic Design Using Type as a Central Theme Emeric TRAHAND Josh Rhode Nik Ainley iunewind Hampus Olsson Newflesh Zoltan Dreaming-Star Xfragg3r Myaki Design Erik Finsrud Drew Flaherty 57 Even Anton Shineft MoreVision Author: Cadence Wu Cadence is You The Designer's senior blogger, and the most jack-of-all-trades of the staff.
50 Best Creative Websites of 2011. Privaat Disain - Web and Graphic Design Studio / EST. 2009. Promethean Design. Tulsa Web Design | Website Design Tulsa | Tulsa Internet Marketing. Pete Lambert | Web designer - The finest hand coded HTML and CSS | Beautiful, effective design. 20 Inspiring Examples of Big Backgrounds in Web Design. One way to easily define the tone and mood of a website is to use a big background image. However, when doing this, you need to consider that big images often have a lot going on, so it’s important to take a minmal approach with other aspects of the design.
Not doing so could result in a website that is far too busy, cluttered, and difficult to navigate. So for your inspiration, here are 20 examples of how to effectively use big background images in web design. Uber – Portfolio WordPress Theme Whitmans New York Studio Octopi Von Dutch Hiu Denim Co Casey Britt Range Rover Evoque The Amazing Spider-Man Suit up or Die Magazine H-Art My Own Bike Tim Roussilhe Tag Interativa Stephan Rizon Jalbert Productions International 8 Bis Mecenat Musical Marcus Thomas LLC Mendo Project Birdman The Best DesignsAwwwardsCSS Design Awards.
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Kineda www.kineda.com The Consult theconsult.com Alastaire Allday. Ecommerce Website Design - Brand Development - Online Retail System | Fluid. Top 10 Best Flash Websites of 2012. Here are our editor's picks for the Top 10 Best Flash Websites of 2017 based on visual artistry, integrated sound, ease of use, and uniqueness. 1 | Pharrell Williams - Happy Pharrell Williams has employed Flash and his creative style to create the world's first 24 hour music video.
More importantly he uses the full complement of Flash media integration to create a web experience that fully conveys the song's theme in a way that a traditional video could not. 2 | Clouds Over Cuba This interactive multimedia documentary uses the immersive nature of Flash to allow the audience to relive the Cuban Missile Crisis 50 years later and discover what might have been. Produced by the JFK Library this chilling website entertains and teaches. The mobile synching and dossier are a great touch. 3 | Bear 71 Bear 71 is an interactive documentary about a female grizzly bear monitored by wildlife conservation officers from 2001 - 2009.
Top 15 Most Popular SEO Websites. Here are the top 15 Most Popular SEO Sites as derived from our eBizMBA Rank which is a continually updated average of each website's Alexa Global Traffic Rank, and U.S. Traffic Rank from both Compete and Quantcast. "*#*" Denotes an estimate for sites with limited data. 1 | Moz2,255 - eBizMBA Rank | 4,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | *3,000* - Compete Rank | *3,500* - Quantcast Rank | 266 - Alexa Rank | Last Updated: November 1, 2015. The Most Popular SEO Websites | eBizMBA 2 | SearchEngineLand3,448 - eBizMBA Rank | 3,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | *4,500* - Compete Rank | 5,084 - Quantcast Rank | 761 - Alexa Rank | Last Updated: November 1, 2015. 3 | SEOBook3,907 - eBizMBA Rank | 2,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | *5,000* - Compete Rank | *4,500* - Quantcast Rank | 2,220 - Alexa Rank | Last Updated: November 1, 2015. Top 15 Most Popular Real Estate Websites. Top 10 Best HTML5 Websites of 2012.
Here are our editor's picks for the Top 10 Best HTML5 Websites of 2016 based on visual artistry, integrated sound, ease of use, and uniqueness. 1 | The Wilderness Downtown The Wilderness Downtown is an interactive music video for Arcade Fire's song ''We Used to Wait''. Visitors are asked to input the address of the home they grew up in and then the site uses Google Earth and HTML5 to create a personalized music video that takes the user on a journey back home. 2 | Heart of The Artic Heart of The Arctic takes users on an Arctic expedition/scavenger hunt through four distinct environments designed to show users the steps that would be needed to restore climate balance to the arctic region.
This site perfectly showcases how Html5 can be used to create fun and educational websites. 3 | Three Dreams of Black 3 Dreams of Black uses HTML5 to promote Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi's album Rome. How to Make Your Web Design Stand out from the Crowd. All web designers want their work to stand out from the crowd … but what does that take? In this post I’ll pick a few sites I think pack a punch and I’ll explain why. [Editor's Note: Mike Kus, Andy Clarke, Brendan Dawes, Elliot Jay Stocks, Paul Boag, Simon Collison and more will be talking about Web Typography, Microformats, HTML 5, CSS3, Creativity and more at The Future of Web Design Tour.] Less is more Keep it simple. It’s easy and tempting to try and fill a web page with too much information. Don’t be afraid of space on a page. Space is good. Also carefully choosing the colour palette for your site can have a massive impact. Helveticons Daffy’s Annyas.com/screenshots Images and Typography Get creative with imagery and typography.
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