Falling snow flakes

This is a seasonal site for Dublin on ice! the really nice feature about this site is the snow flakes falling along the screen.

http://www.dublinonice.ie/

Amazing Graphics

This web site is really cool, the most interesting features and sound! It reminds me of the secret garden, the graphics used are amazing!

Interesting websites.

http://www.blast.co.uk/
Design company specialising in branding identity/ communications. London

www.complot.com
Clothing company

http://www.itsnicethat.com/

cool website with loads of interesting stuff!

http://www.thecoolhunter.com.au/12

Another cool website with lots of different designs!

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

nature, wildlife!

http://www.treehugger.com/

Cursours

Cursors that reflect the movement of the mouse onto the screen. There are 3 standard cursors: pointer type and selection.

When the cursor is moved over a hyperlink, the system changes the cursor from an arrow to a hand , the cursor is moved over text it changes to an type cursor.

The wedding shop website shows how a cursor can be used in a different way. It is a elegant website using timeless black and white features. 4 elegant black love hearts follow the cursor around the page like a elastic string. The love hearts really add a lasting effect and encourages you to stay on the site longer even if it is to move the mouse around the page!
http://www.theweddingshop.ie/

Helvetica

HELVETICA



















Helvetica was designed in the late 1950's by a man called Max Miedinger from Switzerland. The type face was originally named Neue Haas Grotest but was changed to helvetica meaning the Latin name for Switzerland. Helvetica is a san serif font similar to Arial. A featured length independent film calledd Helvetica was made about the typography, graphic design, advertising and psychology communication and global visual culture.
This is a nice little clip of the film on the production of helvetica!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrR-P5M1hRY

Font & Typeface

"Font
The physical means of typeface production. A Set of type of one particular face and size.

Typeface
A group of characters, numbers, symbols and punction which have the same distinct style. A particular design of type.



Pictured is a typewrighter whose keys constitute a font, that is, the physical means of printion letters onto a substrate. The letters produced are a type face.

This is not a font, it's a type face."

(Ref: The visual Dictionary of graphic design, Ambrose & Harris 2006)

Kids site

Kids websites are set out in a more simpler use ability but brighter colours, fun friendly, big and childlike typography and an example of these chartists in a website is PBS kids (http://pbskids.org/)

Lots of links and interactive for kids, with videos, games, colouring in projects and fun ways of learning with educational games. The site is based on animation characters made from simple forms.