September 1, 2010 | 15 likes | 0 comments
If you're into fancy, experimental interfaces, Nikola Arežina and Ina Rančić perfectly executed this web based fashion collection showroom without the use of Flash. They also had good help from the beautiful clothes and photos. The color scheme is amazing.
June 29, 2010 | 3 likes | 0 comments
Quora has one of the most addictive web interfaces of all time. Yes, the concept and the idea behind Quora is great. But what's more fascinating to me is how the interface just sucks me in. The responsive buttons, the little details and the spectacular typography + readability, all makes this site one of my very favorite site designs. Breathtaking work by Rebekah Cox and the Quora team.
June 29, 2010 | 3 likes | 0 comments
Un.titled has done a great job with the Meos site. I'm very impressed with how they manage to combine straightforward techniques and very few effects into such a brilliant piece of design. Excellent layout and use of images. Also, love the subnavigation.
March 24, 2010 | 17 likes | 11 comments
Mike Matas is a photographer and interface designer over at Apple. He just redesigned his photography blog. It is done purely in javascript, no Flash, and I'm not sure I can put into words how outstanding this site is. You really should take a look at this video explaining the interface of the new site. This is ground breaking, gorgeous, jaw dropping interface design. If you're interested in reading more about Mike, there's an interview with him over at Cocoia.
UPDATE: Gordon just pointed out in the comments that Mike doesn't work at Apple any more.
March 24, 2010 | 12 likes | 1 comments
Here's a designer clothing site from Serbia with some nice details in the navigation. Notice the way the items in the navigation become active as the images progressively are preloaded one after another. I'm not 100% in love with all the choices made in the design, but it looks stunning and has a slick implementation of various levels of navigation. Kudos to Nikola Arezina for pulling it off with such class.
March 20, 2010 | 12 likes | 1 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 5, 2010 | 6 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?
January 25, 2010 | 5 likes | 1 comments
Another fantastic single page portfolio. What really makes this one stand out is the super bold navigation (= excellent typography), as well as the high quality of the works shown. Truly bad ass work by ex-TDR designer David Bailey.
January 21, 2010 | 13 likes | 2 comments
The crazy bananas interface of the brand new thesixtyone interface works like a charm. Or, should I say, it works like a charm if you give it a few seconds (minutes?) of getting used to it. It's experimental, in-your-face and makes the bands and their music extra enthralling. My only gripe is that the nav seems somewhat choppy/laggy on my system. Maybe they just have a lot of traffic right now. Via @gblakeman.
January 20, 2010 | 10 likes | 1 comments
Harry is a graphic design student in Sydney, Australia. The navigation really pops out on his blog/portfolio site. Via Smashing Magazine.