Changethethought

Updates in the portfolio of once Ludosabato now Mike Tucker.

written by Christopher | tags: Hi-Res, Ludosabato, Mike Tucker, Web Design

Ex Hi-Res man Carl Burgess has started a new studio titled, More Soon. There is already some really interesting work up at the website not the least of which is the absolutely wild and bizarre 3D movie that plays when you land on the site.

I dig it.

written by Christopher | tags: Carl Burgess, Hi-Res, More Soon, Web Design

The website for the elusive Brazilian creative agency Big Man is in a way simple but in another way complex. I apologize if that doesn’t really make sense but after you visit, you will see what I mean. After clicking on several of the links, I am still having a little trouble figuring out exactly what it is that they do but the site itself is very interesting.

written by Christopher | tags: Big Man, Brasil, Brazil, Graphic Design, Web Design

I don’t know how else to put it other than that I just really really like how Jam 3 Media’s website works. It’s awesome.

written by Christopher | tags: Advertising, Jam 3 Media, Web Design

Fluidesign out of the great city of Angels has updated their site with some glitzy flash and even more glitzy work. It must be a tough job photographing some of those models.

written by Christopher | tags: Branding, Flash, Fluidesign, Web Design

There has been some amazing creative generated for Uniqlo lately and Uniqlo Try was a site I saw a while back that slipped my mind as far as posting it here. It really is an amazing website conceptually and a current project I am working on was in part inspired by this thinking. Fundamentally the website visually outputs the statistical data gathered by summing up the comments of 343 surveyed Uniqlo customers. Apparently they were surveyed in Uniqlo dressing rooms as I was told recently by a colleague. The site was designed by Simone in Japan. It’s a brilliant way to use Flash to flesh out an interesting concept as opposed to just using it for entertainment value.

written by Christopher | tags: Flash, Uniqlo, Uniqlo Try, Web Design

All kinds of new seizure-inducing updates at the infamous Hi-Res. They are also now hiring. Don’t miss your chance if you’ve got the right stuff, they are one of the best.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Hi-Res, Web Design

Holy crap there is some totally awesome actionscript experimentation going on at the new blog of Mr. Doob. Man that guy is amazing, sincerely. There are just so many awesome things at his site. I am just blown away every time I visit. Spend some time clicking around, you will not be disappointed. I personally guarantee it.

written by Christopher | tags: 3d, Actionscript, Flash, Graphic Design, Mr. Doob

While I am on the subject of web design today, there is no way I could leave out MSNBCs spectra visual newsreader. It’s a whole new and fascinating way to read the news. It’s really a grand experiment in information organization and that is something that has always interested me in terms of web design. One of the first things that interested me in Flash, and still does, was the amazing possibilities for how you could file, categorize, display and allow users to access information. It was exciting to see MSNBC take that idea and apply it to their news stories. Spectra is a really fun website to explore and since it is the news you are playing with, you might actually find something interesting to read as well.

written by Christopher | tags: MSNBC, News, Spectra Visual News Reader, Web Design

This has been appearing on a lot of other blogs lately but I have been reluctant to write about it because it seemed a little corny to me. It is expertly done however and is designed very well. So, who am I to withhold potentially inspiring content.

To mark their 75th anniversary the popular clothing brand Lacoste decided to take a glimpse into the future and how the changes in the game of tennis might affect their brand. They do so by showing you how their brand was started, where it has gone since and finally where it could go in the future. It’s an interesting exercise and a little self indulgent but it is also expertly designed website offering up video that downloads very quickly.

written by Christopher | tags: clothing, Lacoste, Lacoste Future, Tennis, Web Design

Mike Tucker is a designer and developer in New York. He has always had a fascinating body of work and now he also has a fascinating website. It’s nice to see someone still experimenting with Flash and how to interact in new and different ways with the internet. You can view his all new updated website along with some very interesting new work at his website: Ludosabato.

written by Christopher | tags: Experimental Video, Ludosabato, Mike Tucker, Web Design

I saw this image today and it really cracked me up. Building this blog just about killed me this year and I swear I am paying someone to do it next time around. I am super particular about design and typography and web design is just pure hell for someone with that special form of neurosis. I think this diagram is almost precisely accurate to the time spent building this blog (especially the bit about Internet Explorer). Will someone just abolish that damn browser already? I swear you should be able to trace a suicide to building a compliant website for that browser by now.

written by Christopher | tags: Internet Explorer is evil incarnate, Web Breakdown, Web Design

The boys at Joyengine also work under the name Cypher 13, where they work across mediums from digital to analog. They just relaunched their website in a big way where you can now see a lot more of their most recent work. They are based out of Boulder, Colorado where they also run the Joyengine storefront. They are a great group of guys and really work hard at what they do whether it be designing a logo or painting a painting. Sometimes it is as much about facilitating creative and encouraging it in others as doing it yourself.

written by Christopher | tags: Cypher 13, Graphic Design, Joyengine, Web Design

The new May 1st Reboot website has launched along with this years competition.

May 1st Reboot has been around for 8 solid years now and has become a bit of a phenomenon in the Web Design community. Their new website is online now and open for entries.

If you have never heard of Reboot, it is an interesting experiment in how the creative community communicates globally now with the invention of the internet. The ‘event’ which is a better term to describe what May 1st Reboot is than competition, starts on the eve of April 25th. Participants are asked to shut down their website and put up their ‘Reboot Holder’. According to the Reboot crew, this is important in drawing attention to the even and making it distinctive. A momentary pause followed by a resurgence of new material and creative experimentation by a global collective of participants.

The actual Reboot happens at 2PM GMT. The precision of the timing is key as it shows the singularity of the event occurring across the unrestricted plane of the internet in a single instant.

It’s an interesting concept and always a fun ‘happening’ to watch year after year. If you are working on a site redesign or need one, then you should look into it and participate. If anything, to feel like you are a part of something larger and potentially make contact with your peers floating in the internet ether.

written by Christopher | tags: May 1st Reboot, Web Design

I don’t know why I have never seen this before but Design Charts has been linking the net’s best designed websites since June of 2007. Even better, the site itself is well designed and fun to navigate. The site makes the claim that web designers are the new rock stars. I don’t know about that. I worked for several years as a web designer and recall spending around 20 hours a day in front of a computer. I thought rock stars traversed the globe, picking up hot ladies, slamming beers all while building up a tolerance to controlled substances. I think if given the option, I would choose to just go ahead and be a real rock star.

Anyway, if you have the internet generation attention span, Design Charts is the place to give your itchy mouse clicking finger a quick fix.

Discovered via The Denver Egotist

written by Christopher | tags: Design Charts, Web Design

White Void is an interactive art and design studio located in Berlin. Their website has an intuitive navigation that has to be seen to be believed. Awesome is the applicable word I think.

written by Christopher | tags: Berlin, Interactive, Web Design, White Void