[Sigia-l] RE: Interesting Interface

[Erik Dahl]

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-erik

On May 17, 2005, at 7:20 AM, Reinoud Bosman wrote:

> There are multiple ways of delivering your message and if you want your
> brand remembered in a very short-attention-span environment I think 
> these
> are prime examples. The interface plays a double role. The unusual 
> format
> raises interest and entices the user to stay put and explore further. 
> In
> some cases further than you would have without.
>
> another one:
> www.bobschneidermusic.com
>
> r.
>
>
>
> On 5/16/05 4:30 PM, "Amy Silvers" <asilvers at vml.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Seth Earley wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Criticism and cynicism aside, these are very creative and at
>>> first glance
>>> interesting.  Agency.net has actual content management
>>> applications behind
>>> the scenes driving what they are doing.  Clearly these bring
>>> a new level of
>>> artistry to UI design, but is there more than initial
>>> entertainment value?
>>> Not sure.
>>>
>> I have to agree here. Visually, these are enticing sites, but I kept
>> feeling like I wasn't hitting all of the right rooms or buttons or
>> whatever widgets to get a complete picture. At Agency.net (which I
>> thought was the best of the four, though the room metaphor seems a
>> little bit tired to me), it took me a while to figure out what was
>> where, and I got two different screens each of the times I clicked on
>> the Contact link. The gas station metaphor at Pixel Gasoline is very
>> appealing and clever visually, but I got very little sense of the
>> company's capabilities (on either the French or the English site), and
>> the "samples" (which I expected to be actual samples of work) were 
>> more
>> baffling than explanatory. Matthew Mahon's site had the least 
>> intuitive
>> navigation of all, but it was great fun to explore; since he's a
>> photographer and not selling marketing or agency-type services, the 
>> site
>> model seemed more appropriate for his work than for a corporate site.
>> All in all, though, I'm not sure any of these interfaces would make me
>> more inclined to hire one of these organizations than a more
>> straightforward interface would.
>>
>> The Tracy Locke site is a little less bells-and-whistles-y, but I
>> thought it struck a better balance between textual information and
>> visual dazzle than any of the more "innovative" sites. (I couldn't get
>> to the intriguingly named dontclick site, which is apparently overrun 
>> by
>> traffic.)
>>
>> Amy Silvers
>> Experience Architect
>> VML
>>
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