I’m an experienced Web site designer who loves lean HTML and happy clients. When I'm not doing pure design for sites, I specialize in building sites that include a Content Management System (CMS). My clients can update their Web sites at any time.
Logical, pleasant, hip design with a juicy sidebar that thinks outside the blog.
Web Site: http://cutandtaste.com/
Via: http://faveup.com/
A nice, clear, straightforward layout that uses appropriate textures.
Site: http://www.adventuretrekking.com/
Via: http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/25-modest-websites-with-a-muted-colour-scheme
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Totally appropriate to its audience, this is a very thoughtful design. Love the dramatically sized photos of happy kids, love how they snuck in the diagonals, the stock icons that feel at home in this style, the right hand columns, the helpful footer section, the readable typography and generous whitespace, great use of jquery effects, basically everything!
Site: http://www.shearsgreenjuniorschool.co.uk/
Via: http://faveup.com/
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Yummy site with a dissertation's worth of creative presentation ideas. Uses MooTools for beautifully-exploited effects.
Site: http://www.alexbuga.com/
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Slow-loading site with cheesy video and flash embeds, but I love the clear nav system and header section.
Web Site: http://www.sharkeymedia.com/
Via: http://www.webcreme.com/
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Non-glossy Web site design with clean typography and illustrations.
Web Site: http://www.cognigencorp.com/
Via: http://www.webcreme.com/
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Discussing this site with a client as we prepare to recast his navigation system. This is certainly navigation YOU WILL NOT IGNORE.
One of the problems I have with the all-verb style is that, with so many directives in a row, it starts to feel quite bossy.
YOU WILL OBEY MY EVERY COMMAND!
LEARN!
GIVE!
EAT YOUR DINNER!
Strikes me as a funny meme: the notion that nav must *always* be *all* verbs or *all* nouns. I get the logic but, when it comes implementing a design in the real world, you get bent out of shape fast, compromising clarity for the sake of consistency.
Reminds me Churchill's alleged retort to a fussy editor when sent a note about ending sentences with prepositions: "This is the kind of nonsense up with which I will not put!"
When it comes to labels, it's valid to worry about the cognitive dissonance between an action a user can take (donate, search) and a simple direction to an information page (news, events). But designers and clients can get hung up on this. No need. It's not like some nav elements are in English and some are in Chinese. Relax.
Weighing it up, go with the helpful label rather than worry too much about the purity of the cognitive experience.
Site: http://www.conservation.org/
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More jquery sweetness on those rollover panels.
Site: http://www.wearableprint.co.uk/
Via: http://www.webcreme.com/
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JavaScript frameworks and DOM scripting have done a lot to reduce page length (i.e. information overload) and scrolling.
Site: http://www.adworks.ro/
Via: http://www.webcreme.com/
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Oh, that's just feckin' yummy! Well regulated blue, green, gray palette; nice jquery sliders; sensible grid; readable typography; simple IA; great use of scale and rhythm; even the subtle graded background got some thought.
Site: http://kinoma.com/
Via: http://www.dezinspiration.com/
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