Starbucks has rolled out a lot of new stuff today, including a new corporate site, a hip MySpace site, and a site called It’s Red Again.
It’s Red Again
New Starbucks Corporate Site
The Starbucks Holiday MySpace
Here’s an interesting site built by the consortium of HD DVD. The Flash work is really slick.
The web site for mn8 (what’s with these names??) has some pretty nifty Flash effects going. Not sure how much I like the style though. I see it as rather less effective than a content orientated site. Thanks to Douglas Perkins for the link.
Besides being a cool toy to begin with, I really dig the design of this page. The way they have a variety of objects so you can see the size of the new Shuffle, and the clean appearance.
Curating the City: Wilshire Blvd. is an interesting site. Underneath this beautiful site is some code that isn’t the prettiest I have ever seen but it’s worth passing along.
This site for River Terrace Inn appeals to the high-style and glossy look of a vacation resort. I think it’s perfect for capturing the elegance that this property must have. I also liked the background texture.
Okay, so the other night I visited a Seattle’s Best that was inside a Borders Bookstore here in Phoenix. I ordered a small mocha and thought about their recent rebranding. Over at Brand New, 46% in a poll agree that the new logo is a “dumb move.” Which is interesting to me, considering how much…
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Up until the new corporate site was launched, Starbucks has been using the same basic design since 2003. That’s really impressive.
This shows that well-planned + executed architecture/layout are what really counts – and simply not just yearly re-designs.