Weekly Inspiration #11

 Last week browsing for some inspiration I bookmarked some nice websites. Here they are.

Pixels got bigger

Trikoder

The first thing that I noticed was background with big pixels/tiles. Also interesting is the fade in/fade out effect once those tiles are hovered. That effect is also populated across the whole website.

On the home page there is another interesting functionality for "Selected Work" pane. Previous/next arrow click, triggers the page background change (enlarged screen-grab of the selected project). Overall impression is really good as the website uses non-standard/out of the box layout.

WebMynd

Another website with "enlarged pixels" in the background but this time with quite simple layout. Header is fixed-positioned and it fades out once page gets scrolled down.

Portfolios

David A. Molanphy

Definitely very well designed portfolio. What really stands out is the portfolio section. Is very descriptive and equipped with the vertical easy to use image slider. Presented work looks well and is worth the attention.
The only one minus is the font size of the body text - it could be a little bit larger.

Mohan Balaji

Totally different approach in this portfolio - one page layout in this case. I think that despite the sticky side navigation for the work section, the whole website it is too long. Nevertheless, overall impression is good (I like the colour scheme). What caught my eye is the "about me" section with timeline.

Environment Friendly

DBA

The website is as clean and neutral as products they sell (well, almost). This website has clinically white layout with easy to scan and read information. The product details page features good images and some nice info-graphics.

Now, the bad thing. The checkout process doesn't work - I tried to purchase set of pens few times and each attempt ended with error. Not good if you want to make a serious business.

Taste of the luxury?

Merus Wines

Dark colours and high quality images give the impression that you deal with sophisticated wine. At least that was my impression.

Content on the home page and across the main sections is fitted into vertical content slider based on the jCarouselLite; Cufon is also in use as a font embedding technique. The main navigation is placed at the bottom of the screen (fixed position) and appears once mouse reaches the bottom of the page.
 

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