September 29, 2008
Pentagram’s new site for Diller Scofidio + Renfro (one of my favorite architectural firms) is exemplary.
The site utilizes a 2 1/2 dimensioned tiled list, to house a grid of DS+R’s projects. Moving the mouse above and below a list row causes the grid to move forward and backwards on the z-axis. Clicking a project zooms into it, but leaves the context of other projects in the periphery, thus maintaining the context of the greater navigation. A consistent navigation bar helps users quickly pop-in and out of list views.
I love how the site’s navigation is minimal and centered around the content.
Very cool interactions. I like how they’ve stripped everything away that doesn’t have context or purpose. This is the bare essentials done very nicely.
Comment by Geof Harries — September 29, 2008 @ 10:15 am