Design Exploration

www.agencynet.com : all I can say is that this website is an advance piece of design. I'm sure there's got to be more than flash elements in this design. First, the interactivity. It's very clever how they made a Three-Dimensional representation of their office as their main navigation. Things are easy to find. However, once you click one, you'll be blown away as what you are about to see. I believed they incorporated a lot of motion graphics, as well as video. You can see how the people in the interface is real but looping. Other inclusion of clever design is the client list, where client logos are things you can stick on the fridge and you can move them anyway you want. On the portfolio page, they used this technique where you pick one category and it isolates the items relevant to that category. On the demo reel page, you feel like you are actually watching tv with a remote control in your hand. On the news page, an advanced iframe technique was used. For those who don't know what an iframe is, it is used in html, you have a small window, you click a link and all of its contents will appear in that window. On Our Difference page is a video of one of the representatives of the company. To me, this is very professional on a personal level. That's how you gain the trust of your clients. They also have a blog section. Every aspect of this website is rich in content. It's funny how help pages are some plain text. Here, you'll be greeted by a video, like the one's you watch on airplanes before they take off. Even their contacts page alone is has rich mouse-over interactivity. In a nutshell, I can only dream of building a website like this. I'm pretty sure too, this website has provided all its information it needs to, very clean, very professional, very competitive... very cool.



www.dreamstudiodesign.com : Here's another flash technology that is beyond this class :) I may sound ambitious, but hey.. that's how websites like these are concieved. I've done research about this technology. Today, there are support softwares out there that help bridge the gap between flash 2D design and 3D design. Check out www.erain.com they offer this software called "Swift 3d". As for the design, interactivity and purpose of this website.. it's very simple, elegant, yet humorous. Each navigation represents an animation on the screen, or you can do it also by mouse over. Each area of the navigation, which also contains information has a little "short animation" to accompany it with. Overall, it's visually interactive. For those poeple who wants their animation to go to the next level, this is the way to go.