jlam_p3

= = =**Exercise 1** = toc F E R I C : link



FERIC is a portfolio site of a film & animation designer – Feric Feung / He does a lot of hybrid across culture works. Website consist of very simple composition of color and type. Customizable layout which lets user drag the windows that are opened, custom typography/ font that looks similar to his style of the illustrations. It's all developed in FLASH, which was surprising, because it looks as if it's done with CSS and Jquery. Contents were separated by ABOUT / PROJECT / SKETCH, however it will get messy when user clicks on all the links and not close the black windows that pops up. It kinda feels like they're all the same, theres not one window that is more important than the other ones. Some of the black windows are too big that smaller resolution monitors will not be able to display entirely – and because it's FLASH, we can't zoom in/ out to view contents.

magnetic North : @http://mnatwork.com/ This site is also FLASH based, but it has a really interesting way of letting users seek and find their way through. This is essentially a portfolio site of a Digital Design company based in UK. On the bottom right, it has fast links for users who doesn't want to explore and play with the interactive part of the site, so it provides an alternative way to navigate. you basically draw lines and shapes to see the contents such as their works, news and 'go back' to the previous navigation. Magnetic North did a good job of representing themselves through their website because it shows the highly interactive element they put into their works.

I found FERIC on webcreme / magnetic North at graphicdesignblog

= **Project 3** = **End / Endless:** My idea is to portray the never ending life story that we go through. so although my word is "End", each page represent a scene in life where a decision takes place, discovering something new on a journey, or hearing what others have to say about their "endless" stories. The overall structure is very fluid and interactive, giving user control over 'their lives' and seeking the elements around.

Libraries: HTML5 / CSS3 / JQuery - fancyBox / .animate / sliding menu panels Best Viewed on __SAFARI__. Firefox also works. (main because of the video plug-in)

Here we GO!