Would have liked to talk about cycling, but didn't think a discussion around alloy vs steel in a market full of bushings and bearings for 4 bar linkages and single virtual pivots would float everyones boat, so this morning's Morning Tea was about what interests me, and what makes it interesting? Like in any industry we service our clients to produce a digital "product", but it could quite easily be another medium, whether it be in print, film or tv... there are so many things that influence us that digital is but a product of that thought and the industry in which we work. What we all have in common is that attention to detail. Below are some sites which reflect this:
Raising Children
http://raisingchildren.net.au
Clean look and feel - a challenge considering (a) amount of content, (b) number of stakeholders involved. Excellent navigation
Jonathan Yuen
http://www.jonathanyuen.com
Good use of video optimisation, storyboarding
Shaun Tan
http://www.shauntan.net/books.html
Illustration - very python-esque
Schweppes
http://www.schweppes.com.au
Excellence in execution - viewing with the sound off is compelling in itself, with the sound on it is so much more.
Memoirs of Hijiyama
http://www.curiousique.com/jykh/major
Dedication to atomic bomb victims this site demonstrates well executed design but lacks that attention to detail with the build - rollovers not preloading.
Where The Hell Is Matt
http://www.wherethehellismatt.com
Guy quits job > guy goes travelling > a mate suggested he dances in each location > brought to the attention of a company wanting to sponsor another trip - nice idea. In it's third year, and the latest video is due any day now. Simple and effective.
iBar
http://www.i-bar.ch
Twist on technology and interior design
Sculpit
http://users.telenet.be/sculpit/
Belgium architects - residence and studio for themselves in what they call "Antwerp’s narrowest house" located in Anwerp’s former red-light district. They took a 2.4-meter wide space between two buildings, erected a steel skeleton in it and installed four wooden floors, one each for work, dining, relaxing and sleeping, plus a bath tub on the roof [www.thecoolhunter.net]. The architects website does little to sell the design to it's audience, unlike another link found online of how the premises looks at night http://elultimoquecierrelapuerta.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/sculpit1.jpg. A marvellous display of ingenuity working in what are extremely challenging constraints.
Baumraum
http://www.baumraum.de/index.php?pid=7
German architects - the humble tree house takes on a new dimension!
Stats eg. Australian Bureau of Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au/
Hardly used for bedtime reading, but more of a point that much of what we do for our clients can be coupled with the analysis of statistcal data of our clients existing website to better approach our clients objectives.