1) Singularity Design. What I like about this site is, it balances use of an animated character and fun colors to create a whimsical atmosphere and maintenance of a simple, but appealing design. The site appears to have been created in Flash, but if we were to go for static images instead of animation, we could easily achieve something nearly as attractive as this site.
2) Yard Media. The amount of animation on this site was a little overwhelming to me, but I wanted to point out a design element I really like (circled in red):
This navigation tool allows readers to thumb through projects the company has previously completed. I like it because it deviates from the typical "page 1, next, previous" navigation, but it's still recognizable as a navigation tool and therefore usable. Notice that the current page is a lighter color than the other pages, which gives readers a sense of where they are. Could we use this, or something like it? Maybe--I'm not sure how hard it would be to execute.
3) Faster Tomorrow. I looked at this site because it's not in Flash, and I'm assuming that will be the case for Din. It's obviously meant to be more of an informational site than the other two sites (I say this because it has so much text on it), but it still maintains visual appeal through frequent use of images and repetition of design elements.
I think that as we design Din, we should work hard to create a site in HTML (maybe with some buttons in flash, but that's it) that is easy to maintain in the future. We have to keep in mind that this one issue is not the only issue, and we have to hand off the project to someone else. This contingency has to be accounted for in our design.
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