Now if I had my own search engine, I would want a new partition within my database. It would be called the iDesire partition and it would be filled with sites which give a richer user experience, display professional quality, credibility and editorial authoritativeness.
Sites like these…
Have you seen the swarm from Digg labs? To see what people are tagging on the web at that moment in time before your very eyes is pretty cool.
Arne & Carlos
Arne & Carlos is a fashion house with seasonal collections. Their site combines 3D landscapes and full motion video giving a unique atmosphere to each set in the collection.
Bad Designer Threads
Bad Desinger Threads is a store selling exclusively designed T-shirts. But on close inspection, users won’t find any T-shirts. They will only find the designs. The site is designed for quick access so there are no models or unnecessary product descriptions to get in the way. Just great content.
Skoda
Skoda’s online showroom is a refreshing break from the current stock of car manufacturer sites. Bright welcoming green replaces the usual stainless steel, gun metal grey and car magazine photo shots. The navigation is great. It mimicks the way in which a user may select a car in a showroom: viewing the exterior, the interior, the overall specs.
PS3 Games Universe
Sony have got a great customer upgrade site in the form of the PS3 Games Universe. It is designed to move current PS2 users to the PS3 platform and delivers the content in a highly polished unconventional form using Flash, Photoshop, ActionScript, PaperVision, Maya, Flame, Shake and AfterEffects.
Elanskis – New Race
A stylish video-based extreme sports brands site. It features a video wall that can display separate videos at once or as a collective whole which shows users how the products perform in real life.
Think About It
Hyundai’s site entertains and educates users in Hyundai’s range of cars. Games and interactive movies attract the visitor and challenge their preconceptions about Hyundai vehicles.
