Bi-weekly Review 5
PulpFingers,com is a company that designs iPhone, iPad, and iPod apps. Navigation through this site is extremely simple, as the primary nav bar is located directly at the top of the page horizontally under the logo. Being a one page site, the user has to manually scroll up the page to get back to the nav bar once they’ve hit the bottom. Being that the page isn’t too long, this is a minor inconvenience. The slight texture makes the page interesting despite it’s limited color scheme. I did notice that any header is a off white color, making navigation even easier. The tiny bit of jquery used to animate links here and there make Pulpfingers an overall appealing site.
cargocollective.com is designer ALen Pavlovic’s personal site. The primary nav bar flows vertically under his logo, and remains on the page no matter where the user navigates. Also, the images to the right of the primary nav serve as a secondary navigation method using graphics from each project. This made diving in and rooting through his work easier as I knew what i was going to expect from him as an artist from the get go.
pelicandesign.ru/ is Vitaly Iiyasov’s personal website. Navigation once again flows horizontally across the top of the page, and remains in place on each new page. The site is clear cut and visually interesting, as the first place the viewer is taken to when typing in the address is the portfolio page. Navigation back to the previous page requires hitting backspace or clicking the back nav arrow, which I found a little inconvenient. Also, there was no way to navigate to the next larger image when a smaller one is clicked, which disrupted the viewing experience.
morethan20.com is the awesome site of photographers alyssa and rich. Navigation runs across the topmost border of the page, which scrolls down to the section specified. The fact that it’s a Peter Pan reference caught my attention as soon as I saw the name, and the paper like texture and color scheme worked perfectly with the idea of their company being casual, fun, and whimsical. I’m pretty sure i’ll keep this site in mind when it comes time to make my own photo site.
duggard.com is a vintage store run by James Graves, Casey Spitnale and Mackenzie Barker. Navigation is as simple as can be as there are only 4 links to click, and they remain horizontal above the content of the store, about us, and checkout pages. Simpleness of the site makes it very user friendly, which is what most look for in an online store. There’s nothing extremely flashy about it, and they do a great job of bringing the vintage inspiration that fuels their products into their site.