Warp records is the label site for a great many new electronic and independent-style artists. The design features a tight, dark style of flat, 'blocky' colors meant in many cases to imitate 3-D or a 3-D version of equalizers. The overall appearance can be a bit sparse at times, but allows for efficient updates from the database as this is a comprehensive site for many artists. Programmed by: Kleber.... Read more
We like it hard, and this is the kind of site that ultimately gets us hard as steel. Why? It's the navigation, stupid. Or rather... it's smart navigation. Take a spin around Verb to see how it's done: notice how Verb calculates your current position and sends you links to relevant information from other areas. Hot hot hot.... Read more
terrarium is a highly dynamic personal site that, although heavy in bandwidth, provides a novel surfing experience. Amidst the cool showcase features in Terrarium are the control elements, which allow you to drag and position navigational elements as you surf - just like windows. High-end browsers required in this heavily dynamic site.... Read more
Developed by Microsoft's MSN in late 1998 this glorified links site grew in weekly stages over four weeks to introduce and help familiarize users with a number of new internet technologies. This site is not live. These simple framed pages based on a consistent design grid provide a weekly editorial content article with advertising links to sites that actively utilize components of advanced internet technology online. This site is offline since this posting.... Read more
Evolving ever since we can remember, the Praystation of 1999-2000 is a leader in demonstrating the highest levels of complexity in Flash tek and design interactions. From digital paintbrushes, to Replicating Snowflakes, to Building a Tsunami, Praystation promises the widest and wildest array of Flash Tek experiments online to date - at best guess, more than 50. And as both the artist and the teacher at the same time - Pray delivers eye-fetching content, while more recently he provides code from the experiements for others to learn from - then throw in occational updates of the authors' exploits with a smart interface that leads your through all of the modules and you have one of the diamond superstars of Flash Tek.... Read more
Mr. Noodlebox was probably one of the earliest Tek-nical sites online, and this archived experiment - created before all the rage and possibilities of Flash - still holds a stiff noodle up to the competition. These Flash 'toys' as the author describes them are bundled together simply for your pleasure and amusement. Rightly so, this pieces are fun, colorful, well designed, and they still amuse, even if they were originally created in late 1997.... Read more
Using the tagline, "Cultural ammunition for better business", M!nd is an experimental news filtering tool and idea refueling station created by a branding company called Modernista!. M!nd provides the ammunition they need to help draw out emerging patterns from events occuring around the world. It acts as a type of news filter coupled with cultural introspection that helps digest the overflow of information individuals are bombarded with on a daily basis. Literally M!nd is what Modernista! uses along with their clients to help them "mind" their business by making sense of the world around them. It's a fascinating application, and since anyone can use it, you may find yourself returning to it on more than one occasion (even though it seems like updates have mostly stopped since 2003). The M!nd has no limits. Since this posting, we discovered M!nd was actually the very first incarnation of the Modernista! website. And... Read more
Clean HTML layout complimented by pleasantly simple design for this weekly Javascript tip resource - ease of use is the key. The beauty of the site is the designer's choice not to overly design it. J.S.T.O.W. is an indispensible resource for any web designer interested in adding small interactive elements to their web design repetoire. An excellent place to start learning some JavaScript. Adfter you've examined this site, move onto Nick's second site, webcoder for in-depth tutorials on applying JavaScripts to DHTML. This site has since fallen under neglect, but could still be a good place for a scripting beginner to learn some cool JavaScript effects, as well as 100 other places in WWW. This was just one of the first clean originals.... Read more
A crisp and clean tonal site for an online application that syncs together your personal, business and executive information, calendars and memos into one common ground online regardless of platform or device. The design is utilitarian, with lots of clean space highlighted by software quality icons. The green tonals create a pleasant atmosphere for the site's presence - a pleasant break from mostly blue and grey branded application interfaces.... Read more
A popular place for exhibiting new experiments and exploring narratives while examining the powers and usability of DHTML and design. Similar to Remedi, Fuse98Lab is a "virtual laboratory dedicated to exploration", featuring a series of new works by emerging and proven artists each week. A various array of plug-ins and 'nano-recent' browsers are necessary to view all the pieces (which may cause your system to overload). The design is grid-based & very tight, similar to the Fuse98 site as featured in last months webgallery.... Read more
An impressive interactive design concept supported by excellent functionality: this is one of the first 4.0 generation sites that really delivers - concept, visuals, sound, interactivity + variety. The website design plays on the phrase "you can't see the forest for the trees." Individual artists were each commissioned to do an interactive interpretation of a particular track for the Dreamworks album without knowing what the other participants were doing, or how it would all come together. The result is a forest of trees testifying to the inspiration of the visionary soundscapes in Forest for the Trees.... Read more
All aboard for a cruise through a healthy number of spacial and dynamic Flash modules - strapped into a airline metaphor interface. Finding the way to your seat is half the fun here as the 'inspector'-style interface guides you through over 40 modules to date. There are also a few additional areas, including a user submition database and a couple more that are currently in development. Robert himself has said, in an interview with Extra Lucky Design, that the idea for this site came directly from Joshua Davis's Praystation, but that his goal is to make it even better.... Read more
