[Sigia-l] Horizontal Scroll & Portfolios (easier on the eyes)

[Timo]

This has been a common thing to do for designers portfolios for a while,
here is an old UK site with a more advanced concept:
http://www.aeriform.co.uk/v3.0/main3.0.html

For those who havent seen, horizontal, parallax scrolling has become highly
popular for Flash kids as a result kioken using it in these sites:
http://www.barneys.com/
http://www.motown.com/

Also, since you mention a traditional catalogue, there seems to be a trend
in recent design magazines to use a page format (which I think is a BAD
thing):
http://www.pixelsurgeon.com/dodge2/
http://www.thisisamagazine.com/ [nasty java resize]


Timo

-- 
Timo Arnall | http://www.elasticspace.com




Derek R said

> I thought the use of horizontal scrolling here (as a form for
> portfolios) was more useful than the standard vertical rule. I didn't
> pay much attention to the rest of the site which I did not particularly
> enjoy.
> 
> Since it is a corporate portfolio, I don't mind downloading all the
> examples at once. Too bad the labels are small, yes.
> 
> Curious the designer's site atheistic is so gaud awful compared to the
> portfolio examples (just a contributor?), but I did notice the
> affectionate use of homepage/content-pages juxtaposition to create a
> *holistic image* for each example -- something most of the online
> portfolios I have seen forget to do (usually just a single screenshot
> which focuses on surface rather than depth), which is why I wanted to
> point out the site, the horizontal walking-by-browsing feel, in concert
> with particular holistic arrangements, like window-shopping, is
> something which easily waddles over to the 'e-commerce version' of
> portfolios -- the product list.
> 
> I think this page demonstrates an advantage in motion for portfolios
> (which finds its results between your ears) since, as humans, we are
> more suited and comfortable with walking sideways like a classic Sears
> catalogue (balanced, fluid-between-your-ears), rather than up 'n' down ?