I guess you could say we're friends. He's always talking to someone, going somewhere, doing something at one party or another; but is so utterly likable I always forgive him for not showing up. It seems as if he knows someone everywhere — at an airport, concert, library or in a field in Iowa; he's just "that guy" who everyone likes (but no one seems to know). He's Captain Do Everything Perfect, and I'd hate him if he weren't so nice. But we've never really had a deep conversation, I really hope there's more beneath the surface than all the "niceness".
I thought that now would be an appropriate time to do a political (without the politics) website break down. Its not often that a candidate has a website that is so impressive as the BarackObama.com website. Though the grid varies slightly from "box" to "box" and section by section, and the amount of background images and type images teeter on the edge of making it less a website and more a brochure, the overall visual appeal is undeniable. Smooth transitions, even and calm colors with an organic transition from one section to another, an impeccable sense of balance in color, font usage and space.
Compared with the 3 other websites thus broken apart in w.w.w. the BarackObama.com site is far more designed, utlizing space, hierachy, dramatic color interplay and the art of "story". There comes a point where the gradients and drop shadows begin to feel overwhelming, but there are enough "soft spots" for the eyes to rest and the repetition of similar shapes and graphic elements aid in tying all the units into a whole.
Regardless of your political views, BarackObama.com is an excellent website on many fronts.
politics, blue, organic, organized
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Not only is it impressive, but it changes ALL the time. And not just content. Graphics. Structures. With out the graphics and words, it looks a little "blocky". I'm just sayin'.
by sh4wn
10/23/2008/ (07:10)
It is blocky at this root, which is interesting because when you look at the site it feesl very free flowing and organic (which is why adding images can mask the inevitable 90ยบ angle imperative of the web). This is my first graphically intensive website, so I still have to think about how to accurately show that.
by Paul Armstrong
10/23/2008/ (07:10)
This site its quite impressive in every way...
Design / Color / Grid / Texts everything... It has hot spots everywhere you can center your attention. impressive, even just by scanning the experience design atracts you to keep reading...
And by common interest I went to John McCain's web page and I found it un-interesting, too much of the same old engineering "design".
Would be awsome we could make a comparison about both.. with strengths and weaknesses
by Tura
10/23/2008/ (12:10)
Good points! In your opinion, how does the McCain site compare?
by Rachel
10/23/2008/ (03:10)
>>Rachel: I'll be doing McCain's website this weekend, in terms of bare structure, I think you'll find them pretty similar.
by Paul Armstrong
10/23/2008/ (04:10)
Surprisingly well planned website!
by Richard
10/24/2008/ (12:10)
Nice amount of spacing between elements
by Michael, Peacock Carter
10/24/2008/ (12:10)
That would be an interesting pair to see together!
by The AD Mad
10/28/2008/ (09:10)
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