Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Communication Technology: ustwo: http://www.ustwo.co.uk/


I'm posting this website for two reasons; the design and the content.

It's an HTML website with some simple Flash elements embedded, but it looks contemporary and cool. Rollovers have been used effectively on the header text while a subtle drop shadow around the container lifts it off the background. The background must be an image, although I'm not sure how this has been achieved. I assume it must be one very large image so that it doesn't change form depending on the monitor.

Graphically, the site looks great. Really well chosen colours mix together to create a vibrant geometric background which is carried through to the container where the font is clean and legible. It's similar to Calibri but I can't find out exactly what it is as the CSS isn't showing.

Within the container is an embedded Flash banner. It works well as the user can scroll through 5 large images easily on the homepage, removing the need for clutter on standard HTML sites.

In terms of content, the website is for digital user interface design. In other words, they develop apps, games, content and other designs for mobiles, netbooks and tablets. I want to pick out their Sim City inspired design particularly, where the norm of gridded icons has been done away with and replaced with an interactive image.

Visually, the phone looks great. It's still in development so we'll have to wait and see for the reaction from the consumer, but I'm sure it will be a hit as form is preferred over function.

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