I’m working on ideas for the MA website brief to be completed this semester. I’ve been using HTML & CSS for some time now mainly with WYSIWIG editors like Dreamweaver but have never had the opportunity to use Flash. Taking the opportunity bull by the horns I’m working on some ideas for my very own Flash based site and came across these two sites. They are quite different in their execution.

Fun whimsical use of metaphor for this US based design firm Head Case. Refreshingly simple Flash navigation. Not sure about the annoying background noise (which can be turned off)…great design though and their work speaks itself. Their news hasn’t been updated for a while so not sure what they are up to latterly. However this will definitely make my bookmark list.

Composition with Blue Centre

This is a fascinating example of an alternative use of Flash. Patrick Gunderson’s painterly composition are an explosion of colour and movement. I found his comments about the ability of classical music to deeply touch a person without them knowing about the narrative behind a composition and how he uses his visuals to explore this further, personally very interesting. This is a subject I’ve been particularly interested for a while now…further exploration required…