March 20, 2010 | 0 likes | 0 comments
What's this? A website about beer that is actually fun to visit. Gone are all the preloaders, intro videos, background music, club kids and other aberrations that usually represent the field of alcoholic beverage websites. To say that this is a breath of fresh air in this respect is an understatement.
March 17, 2010 | 2 likes | 0 comments
Knowing where to eat is only half the battle, the important half is what to order. Dishizzle aims to provide information, photos, reviews, and ratings about the dishes on the menu. After using the site quite briefly that a) it's a very well designed site of its kind, and b) it does the job with ease. Not exactly cutting edge, but still very nice and user friendly.
March 17, 2010 | 1 like | 0 comments
Rogie King's Komodo Media site is not exactly brand new. That has never stopped me from posting a great site here on Styleboost in the past. And Rogie's very pixel anal site is looking better than ever. In fact it has recently got an amazing "foliage-o-meter" in the right column which dazzles. Definitely a feature to check out and be inspired by. Via @dburka.
March 12, 2010 | 11 likes | 1 comments
Basically, this site is outstanding because of the choice of technology. I would not have posted this site here on Styleboost had it been made with Flash. That is not to say it's a bad or boring design. It's not. I like it a lot. But it's also a design that is made in the spirit of a lot of traditional portfolio sites made with Flash, if you catch my drift. And I'm sure a lot of webdesigners will be interested in seeing how this has been implemented using CSS, HTML and JavaScript. Kudos to Appear.
March 12, 2010 | 5 likes | 1 comments
Portuguese web designer Ricardo Mestre calls Duplos his "web thingie". I call it a masterpiece. It really is. The site is basically one big animated poster. It's super beautiful, quite unusual (for a website) and surprisingly intuitive to grasp. The animated details work really well.
March 12, 2010 | 8 likes | 1 comments
The oven fresh promo site of the latest graduating class of Hyper Island's interactive art director students is high on concept. Despite the intro video that I find a little bit too far up in the clouds, I think it's a wonderful site. It looks great, feels great and is [probably] a great catalyst for making students focus on what's happening online. Cloudania seems like a great nation with wonderful and very talented citizens.
March 8, 2010 | 10 likes | 0 comments
Robbin and Waldemar are just about to complete the concept-driven Interactive Art Direction course at Hyper Island, and they're looking for an internship. As you can see from the work showcased in their cute, hand-drawn portfolio, they sure have the skills. Impressive, clean and still has a lot of personality.
March 5, 2010 | 2 likes | 5 comments
I stumbled upon this out of the ordinary portfolio on Kitsune Noir a couple of days ago. I'm usually not a sucker for big splash images and intricate ways of entering a portfolio, but this one is just too damn beautiful. All in all, it's a great portfolio with some wonderful work in it. Nick de Jardine definitely has done a wonderful job. But I think the navigation may be too difficult to figure out for non-webdesigners. Am I wrong?
March 2, 2010 | 7 likes | 0 comments
Gowalla have launched their brand new website, just in time for SXSW. It was designed by @maxvoltar, @keeg and @andrewdupont with a great illustration by @dlanham. This is an exceptional site in all respects. It even feels very tactile, which accentuates the mobile apps nicely.
March 1, 2010 | 2 likes | 1 comments
Web designer Joshua Lane just recently put together his personal website in a brand new way. The focus is on his online presence elsewhere, but there is also blog posts and other content on the site itself. I think he's done a great and unusual job with this, and accentuated it with nice textures and wonderful typography. Via Zeldman.