The Ernest Hemingway Collection is a website that sells products inspired by the lifestyle of the famous author for whom the collection is named.  The site also features information about Hemingway and links to other websites with similar products based off of the man himself.

This website is beautiful.  The entire site is laid out to look like an old desk.  The background is of dark wood and sitting on it are trinkets such as a compass, glasses, old coins and a pencil.  The item changes with each page of content.  The content itself is laid out on an old notebook page.  The corner of the page even has the mark of a cup that was sitting on it.  This elegant little detail adds another dimension of texture and realism that one doesn’t often see in websites.  Beside the notebook there are also several photos that are inside of actual photo paper, again a nice touch that adds so much realism and feeling to this site.  The photos change on each page along with the trinkets.  There is also a coffee cup sitting on the desk that stays in every page of content.

The texture of this website adds to the content greatly.  The whole site is about a man that liked to explore and write and was worldly.  The realistic objects and the texture of the paper and the old desk add to that style and let you know a little about who Hemingway was without even having to read about him.  One gets the sense of being in the home of someone knowledgable and world traveled.  It has a richness to it.  The colors are deep mainly brown and tan tones and velvety and the lighting is soft.  It makes you feel like you are in the home of someone wealthy.  It is interesting to see a website mimic realism so well.  It no longer feels like it is on a computer monitor but, instead, feels like a real desk and real photos and items.  In a world obsessed with being modern and pushing new boundaries it is refreshing to see a site with an old world texture and color scheme.