Travis Pastrana and the Nitro Circus

Back with a bang after a little delay, we bring you Travis Pastrana – motocross madman – and his Nitro Circus. This bangin' mash-up design features a lot of fun Flash transitions and in-your-face graphics. Exploding off your screen, this site reflects much of the fun and daring of extreme sports' high-impact design. Our only knock was the music doesn't stay off as you move from area to area, and the site load is pretty damn huge. But hey, that's how these guys live... large!... More

Travis Pastrana and the Nitro Circus

Nike Plus

Nike Plus is a pretty amazing new technology for runners that synchs with your iPod and brings the interactive feedback of a treadmill right into your ear as you run. Simply stick a chip into your special Nike sneakers, and it wires information to your iPod as you run, tracking distance, calories burnt, pace and time. The site then allows you to track your run, compare it to other peoples' progress, or download their "power songs" from iTunes. The technology behind this site is pretty mind-blowing, and even though this author rarely engages in such sweat-inducing activities, we can see how runners would enjoy this interactive empowerment for their workouts.... More

Also posted under Flash.

Nike Plus

Sunday River Golf Course Tour

Every once in a Internet moon we stumble across a web site that has us (gasp) literally lacking for any kind of criticism or improvements. Such is the Sunday River Interactive Golf Course Tour, which packs in every conceivable bit of information one could imagine about a golf course into a compact, interactive tour that leaves little more to want. From drill-down photos to yardage estimates to clear and concise information about each hole, even someone with zero enthusiam for the sport will enjoy peeking into this world and exploring a birds-eye view of the superb golf course design from legendary designer Robert Trent Jones Jr.... More

Sunday River Golf Course Tour

Test Drive Unlimited

In a continuing sign of the explosion of video gaming to come, Atari rises from the ashes to release a first-of-its-kind Massivly Multiplayer Online racing game for the XBOX360 platform. Test Drive Unlimited is the signature release for the 360 (much as Halo was for the first generation XBOX) which is virtually set on 1000 miles of 3D roads on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Test Drive brings many unprecedented online features to the racing genre and is the first title to fully showcase the true power of the new triple-processor system. If you haven't been keeping up with video games since the days of Spy Hunter then you'll be astounded by the graphics available for home systems which undoubtedly rival the realism of 3D created for blockbuster animation movies. We're very happy that Atari has released a slick, flashy site that describes all of the features, and provides fresh... More

Also posted under animation & game design, industrial design & autos, promotional design.

Test Drive Unlimited

Football Heroes

What will be on Pélé's coffee table this summer? The answer is the wonderous, worldly illustrated Football Heroes (Fussballhelden). A complete collectors picture album featuring 60 World Cup soccer teams: all of the 2006 qualifiers plus the most famous teams from World Cup history. It contains over 700 individual player portraits drawn by 50 illustrators from 17 different countries. This truly amazing graphic illustrated book is a non-profit project, which guarantess the quality, as all the illustrators involved have donated their time and talent solely for the love of the game! You can buy this book driectly through the site, but the site is amazing too, because it gives you a preview of every page and provides links to every illustrator involved. A must have/visit for any fan of the game. Brought to you by two stupendous Swiss illustrators: Ashi G. and Jerzovskaja.... More

Football Heroes