aesthetics

This myspace site is stunning in its ugliness. It's garish, extremely busy and the content is almost impossible to read. The background is static, so even when trying to read, the type is moving over new parts of the background, contributing strongly to its unreadability. Magically disappearing and reappearing type is distracting and the font used with it so elaborate that there isn't enough time to read what's flashing the first couple of times.The links down the left hand side of the page in the "interests" are indistinct - it's hard to find where one ends and the next begins. The type is in all caps, nullifying the advantage of using a sans serif font (increasedreadability than a serif font on a screen).

This site, however is relatively plain, but has a strong design. It's purpose is "The main idea is to provide information for new media designers, graphic designers, creative people, and also to any of you who take a keen interest in the area of creative industry and its aspects. We also would like to see designers throughout the world sharing their ideas, knowledge and inspiration." The sections within a page are clearly deliniated, the colour palette limited and bright and the font is a good size and highly readable. Navigation is simple, there is no horizontal scroll and the whole site is bright and clear with plenty of white space. I like it.