Hedge & JeremyLevine
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- killerqueen0
Heckapoo, next time hire a designer.
- Heckapoo0
Sadly I am a designer... :( It seems that people either love it or hate it... (killerqueen: can you give me an example of a site that you love?)
- killerqueen0
Then I'd say you're more of a Flash Designer or a Programmer than a true graphic designer, because it's really poor in terms of visual effeciency....what I'd define as consistency and making the design as simple as possible, but not simpler.
The scroll tracker for rotating houses is a good example.
I'm not a Flash hater either, quite on the contrary. An example of a site I love is the old Interone.de website, with the 3d flower that would "grow".
Not sure its online anymore.
- harlequino0
Overall I like it. I dig the general concept of panning around the structures and all that. I have no opinion on the plank, really. The only thing I don't like is all the mousey-related movement on the screen. It got me a little nauteous from the motion.
But it's quite neat.
- killerqueen0
Looked like this.
it did a nice job of balancing heavy flash animation and eye candy with consistent and usable design.
- Heckapoo0
Thanks for your criticisms and bringing an example of your tastes. In this case the client really wanted us to be exploratory in our approach to his presentation. You can find more on this project in our portfolio at www.sectionseven.com
- madirish0
there is no question whatsoever, that this site will impress the hell out of any client Mr. Levine is approached by; enough so that they commission him. The audience, in this case, is more than likely well-understood.
- killerqueen0
Impress...and confuse.
- Heckapoo0
killerqueen: what is your scenario (laptop?, OS, browser, screen res?)
("impress... and confuse" rofl)
- killerqueen0
1280x1024, IE7, Windows XP....Desktop.
- killerqueen0
It's just a mess design wise....I'm sure some very decent coding went into it, but just look at it...
It's bad enough when you're looking at a static screenshot of the thing, but then when it's moving all over the bloody place and shite is following my cursor?
too much.
- Heckapoo0
we'll i suppose in defense: the idea was to show an always present visual flow (breadcrumb) of the site in a system of parallax grids. We wanted to acheive the effect of volumetric space in a type of weightless environnment (freeing design from being static and locked down). It was exploratory and we had an idea that it may become controversial. Your opinions are definitely valid and i thank you for them.
- hedge0
Why is my name in this title?
- tank020
Heckapoo,
Killerqueen actually means well,
but is kind of an blunt instrument,
i follow some points that he has,
it does get of a bit of a mess when you open a project
and everything that moves makes me a bit seasick but
overall its a good site for a target audience that is used to something.