Nice JavaScript touch
Odopod‘s pink interface is brave, but what makes me browse through the sections is the nice, subtle touch of JavaScript on all the interactive elements. Very nicely done!
Archived entries for cool sites
Sweet JavaScript sliding/toggling site
Nice work by Italy-based interaction design firm ToDo. Their elegant JavaScript sliding/toggling presentation of their work section is sweet.
Reminds me a little of SpaceCollective‘s project section, albeit a little less elegant.
The Grid System
The Grid System is a resource in grid systems, compiled by Antonio Carusone (check out his LegiStyles).
Why I love it? I always love grids, especially in prime numbers above 3. Preferably 7 or 11. I don’t use them as religiously in interactive design but it is still affecting how I view a design’s overall look-n-feel. (It’s probably because it was drilled into the deepest crevice of my left brain by years of “gridding.”) It’s like balance vs. off-balance vs. off off-balance.
I used to always tell my students, “Either you’re exactly on or you have to be totally off. Not ‘kinda off.'” Because it gives you the same exact feeling of a phantom itch.
And I don’t like phantom itches. Who does?
Smashing’s Picks: Fashion Websites
Smashing Magazine listed websites of leading fashion companies, as well as some fashion news sites, and see when fashion, style and web design come together. You should look at them from a designer’s perspective, although as a good web designer, you should always note their usability and technological approach.
Outside of the ones listed there, I have some other favorites:
Ermenegildo Zegna Theory C’N’C’ Costume National Pull and Bear
Also, here at Squeaky, we are awaiting excitedly for the birth of Marina Rinaldi website in collaboration with the MaxMara Group team in Italy. Should be sometime this year… I’ll keep you posted. 🙂
