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

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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.

Serif & San Serif

Serif
Serif fonts date back to when people first took chisels to stone. Serif feature horizontal and vertical detail to the end of each stroke. Serif is divided into 3 categories: Old-Style serif, modern serif and slab serif. Serif fonts are suited to long text so that the eye can follow the horizontal stroke.

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Sans serif

Sans serif do not feature the serifs. Sans meaning without. These have more variety of weights and widths. Sans serif work best on websites because they have limited amount of pixels, more legible, bold weight and consider proportion.

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3D Website

These two websites have a 3d feature, interacting sound and is user friendly. The website uses simple colour and layout so its less confusing to use. When the mouse is moved over the pallet it move in a 3d motion.

Alienology: http://www.alienology.com/

Pinko is a clothing company which uses the same features to view the clothing line. This site has an interesting introduction page using video imagery

http://www.pinko.it/home.asp?LN=UK