Design Exploration

The first site I have found is ecodazoo.com. It is a site built to exhibit ways to live more "eco-friendly". It creates a storyline in a somewhat childish way. But the fact that it is all Flash makes it really not childish. The site opens up and has a clear and solid white border around the content. I really like that because the content itself is very bright and cartoony.


As you go into other sections of the content such as the pop-up book, The background becomes very blurred, and the foreground stays clear. This really makes it easy to receive the message and not become distracted by the background. And in blurring the background, the logo in the top left corner becomes clearer, but doesn't take away from the other elements.

The navigation part could be pretty confusing to someone who doesn't have much experience with flash websites. Considering it is supposed to be a fun, informational site, I find it to be okay. To navigate you click and grab the content and pull it in the direction you want to go. The design does contain a lot of key components for most websites.


The next site that I found was a Japanese design studio. I think the site was done with a CSS background and Flash on top. Overall the site is clear. Most people's eyes start in the left corner then work their way around. The logo is stationed top-left corner for this purpose. All the content on the main page is left aligned, although the navigation is indented a bit with I think creates a bit of proximity and you eye is drawn towards it. The navigation buttons are huge and very clear. The capital letters make them seem very important.

When you enter their portfolio, a smal bar appears in the right corner for the navigation to different types of portfolios. The main navigations gets smaller and moves in the background a bit but is still visible and available to get to. They keep most of the colors to only black and white in the background and the text remains white. To me, this creates a little bit of an issue because it makes it hard to read. I think this site is pretty cool.