links for 2 February 2006

Lots of linkage today – our creative team are working on a design review for the project I’m working on now and we needed some sites to review and potentially use as benchmarks. That meant that I got to play with some pretty gorgeous sites.

• Web Developer’s Handbook: developing web-sites, exploring own imagination | CSS, Color Tools, SEO, Usability etc. This is not one of the gorgeous sites (although, it looks ok) and I haven’t had much of a look at it, but it does look like it may be a useful reference (tags: webdesign reference Validation)
• A List Apart: Articles: Home Page Goals As discussed below. (tags: usability websdesign informationarchitecture interactiondesign homepage)
• Squible interesting in page tabbing (tags: inspiration ajax blog wordpress theme tab navigation)
• stuffonfire.com: tickr for flickr 1.1 (v7) desktop widget displays images from flickr on your desktop. This looks really cool, but it only works on Mac. Bummer. (tags: flickr widget tags)
• Forests Forever absolutely gorgeous design and imagery (tags: design inspiration environment photography experience)
• Hilton Journeys nice flash site, great use of interaction and sound. (tags: travel, design, inspiration flash interactiondesign)
• Atlantas Resort Bahamas benchmark travel site (tags: travel design inspiration)
• Freedom of the Seas – Cruise Ship uses a ‘guided tour’ + explore using hotspots. Lots of voiceover. (tags: wizard virtualtour travel design interactiondesign inspiration)
• Monticello Explorer interactive map navigation (tags: travel map inspiration design interactiondesign)
• Fantasy Interactive (tags: agency NewYork Stockholm)
• Leo Burnett CA nice work with the big black pencil (tags: design interactiondesign inspiration flash)
• Come Clean people make their confessions on this site which is written on a hand then washed clean. Simple, useless, but fabulous (tags: flash inspiration)
• ShopComposition great flash ecommerce/shop site (tags: flash inspiration ecommerce)
• TypeDrawing adds a whole new dimension to typography (tags: design inspiration typography drawing)
• AgencyNet map based navigation (tags: map design agency)
• Red Bull Creativity Contest nice clear interaction using ‘offscreen’ space (tags: interactiondesign design, inspiration)
• Adidas Originals shop interface with video (Flash) (tags: shop ecommerce flash video design, inspiration)