Designchuchi

One of our cohorts here is a big fan of Red Bull drinks. So much so that a 30 pack isn’t an odd purchase for him. Who is this person? It’s Todd of course. Todd even has a monument to the Red Bull on his desk (he calls it his emergency reserves).

I just heard from a friend who told me that Southwest Airlines has redesigned their web site. I think it’s a rather interesting layout choice they have made. First of all, those magnificently huge buttons are, well, huge. I like them on initial visit but wonder if they’re too-big. Hat tip: The Closet Entrepreneur.

I thought this layout for MPAC was very nice. The design is really clean and easy to get around despite the fact that there is a lot of content. Note the interesting use of a Google Map to communicate locations of art and culture venues around Phoenix.

The Sprout web site is bare bones simple and I think that’s what makes it so effective. It’s difficult to mis understand what it is that this company does.

I found the Lacoste site rather different. It is painfully overdone with simple animations and blends and if you removed them would make the site so much better. Problems: Hard to navigate, big buttons that have graphics but mean nothing, and not enough product is shown.