Special Thanks to Sarah Booth sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://feedstitch.com/ are listed below
I chose this because the design of their logo is amazing.

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Special Thanks to Peter Wilson sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://duke.edu/ are listed below
Duke University does a great job of displaying many uses of images on their site. The rotating slideshow draws your attention to the images floating by while the graphic on the right side displays different images in a collage style so that you can view them on your own. Overall a great way to display many different types of images for viewing.

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Special Thanks to Christy Molnar sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.mostinspired.com/ are listed below
I find this site useful for ideas and techniques.

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Special Thanks to Pat Delaplane sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.mamma.com/ are listed below
I have used this site as my search engine since I was introduced to it way back when I had a webTV. I like its simplicity and lack of advertisements. I think the graphic of a smiling fat gray haired woman is cute and appropriate. Occasionally depending on the season, she gets dressed up in some attire that complements the holiday or season. Now, I dont know that I would want this as a model for my work exactly. I guess I would model the simplicity and clean lines but perhaps not the exact graphic.

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Special Thanks to Deb Rourke sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.chasedesigngroup.com/ are listed below
This site is inspirational for its web design, logo designs and photo & illustrative collages.

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Special Thanks to Kjell Petersen sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.webdesignerwall.com/ are listed below
Great color and images and design. The site flows nicely but it is not to overwhelming. Very nice

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Special Thanks to Mark Alarie sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.butlerarmsden.com/ are listed below
This website of an architectural firm is, of course about design. I think the contrast of the blueprint style with the small photos in the box is effective. It makes me want to look into the little window and see what else is there. The menu at the top is different, not sure if I like it or not, because it looks like there aren't many choices...maybe that's what they intended. The different color bars when rolling over the menu items are nice, though.

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Special Thanks to Tina Mourad sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.tazo.com are listed below
I chose this site because I like the uniqueness of both the name Tazo and how their logo us using symbols that look very medieval and cool

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Special Thanks to Claudia Handley sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://movies.com/ are listed below
I like the use of color. It is one main color, red and then just basic black and white. It is easy to read and the movies images are all very well organized.

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Special Thanks to Janice Krunic sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.acoupleofpictures.com are listed below
very simple moving collage and logo. I like the fact that no color is involved.

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Special Thanks to Debbie Tarca sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.bodegabayescapes.com/ are listed below
I like this site because of how clean it feels. I like the drop down menus from above. I like that they are all in one area; easily accessible and easy to read. I also like that there are rotating pictures whenever you click on one of the menus or the picture itself. Its wide, the colors are pleasing and the text is easy to read. I like the use of boxes as well. I also like the wave in the photo. I'd like to learn how to accomplish that at some point

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Special Thanks to Mimi Sale sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.mint.com are listed below
http://www.mint.com is a free Online Money Management and Budget Planner. The use of mint light colors gives this site a friendly fresh accessible feeling. It is interesting though, when you view the color information for the site in the Firefox Web Developer toolbar many of the colors used are very dark. It dose not feel like a typical bank/corporate site but is very professional. The theme and icons used of mint and grass are fun. The orange buttons and badges catch your eye and help you to take action.

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Special Thanks to James D sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.bbmdesigns.com/index.php are listed below
I like the clean, simple lines of the BBM Designs site. I also like the ragged edges that flank the center section, and the colors work well together in my opinion.

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Special Thanks to Rebecca Johnson sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/ are listed below
I chose this site because I thought it had great use of images, simple colors and an amazing use of white text! normally white is hard on the eyes and it reduces readability but placed against the simple blue it actually works. I like that it goes against my logic to expand my views.

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Special Thanks to Tracy Frank sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.brainpop.com/ are listed below
I love this site. I'm not even a grade school student and I think it's inviting. It's fun and colorful, I'm always searching through it finding new things. I don't know if I could pull off anything this involved, but it inspires!

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Special Thanks to Megan Bennett sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.csszengarden.com/ are listed below
CSS Zen Garden has a lot of really good designs, and it is really hard to pick out just one and say it is the best. So I chose the main CSS Zen Garden design, because it looks nice while being quick loading, and simple. It does get that zen garden feeling across nicely with the soft colors and the lily pads and other garden imagery.

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Special Thanks to Mark Alarie sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.woodenboat.com/wbmag/index.html are listed below
I think this website uses the colors and images that are similar to the printed version of the magazine so that I can find the information I am looking for within and beyond the current issue. There aren't too many colors and they aren't busy or distracting, nothing fancy. It is pretty simple. I like that.

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Special Thanks to Christy Molnar sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.sfzoo.org are listed below
This site uses imagery and colors to obtain consistency through out the page levels.

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Special Thanks to Nassu Born sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://dmna.com/case_studies.html are listed below
This is an advertizing agency in Silcon Valley. The navigation is real simple and intuitive. This site is lively and interesting. Great use of images to draw you in with a peek a boo sliver. Css remote image display might be a possibilty for this type of design.

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Special Thanks to Joseph Cefaratti sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.us.playstation.com/ are listed below
I chose this site because of the simple design layout and there are only five colors used throughout the site. which are white, gray, blue, yellow and black. These colors make it simple and easy on your eyes to navigate and read the information presented on the site. This is a prefect example of a model for my web site that I would like to use, so I can keep my design simple and easy to understand.

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Special Thanks to Debb Womack sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.jonathanyuen.com/ are listed below
A web/graphic designer from Singapore, he created this site in 2006. I consider it a breath of fresh air from all the fast, flashy, noisy websites you often see and use. It has been my artistic inspiration to create, whenever acceptable, simple sites. The term I created to describe them is "coffee table websites." Although color(sumi?) plays a minor role, it is the images themselves that I find stunning. Also, it is one of the only sites that allows you to hear the music without the urge to turn it down.

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Special Thanks to Diane Laurie-Farmer sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.gretchenparlato.com/ are listed below
I was struck by the dramatic use of only two basic colors - The first is pink, which ranges from a very light peach to nearly red for the background. The second is the use of various shades of beige to brown found in the skin tone, eyes and hair of Gretchen. Most photos are head shots against the pink background, but some show her wearing a pink dress with brown boots... This site is not only very visually appealing, but it was produced to promote her latest CD, which plays in the background giving it a sense of liveliness. Both the background hues and the photo colors were edited extensively in Photoshop.

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Special Thanks to Kelly Laird sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://wisergirls.org/ are listed below
I chose this website because I really like the layout and the simplicity of it. The colors compliment the pictures really nicely and the layout of the pictures is neat.

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Special Thanks to Sarah Booth sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://homegrownherbandtea.com/ are listed below
I chose this site because it's very well structured with easy navigation. The colors and photos are visually pleasing and very telling of what the site is all about.

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Special Thanks to Jan Krunic sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.sarahwaldron.com are listed below
This site satisfies my concept of a simple, tasteful, design. Colors are pleasant to look at and complement each other. I also like the fact that the color combination is carried throughout the pages.

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Special Thanks to Paul Siebert sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://server1.sky-map.org/?locale=EN are listed below
This site reminds me how insignificant "we" are in the greater universe. I like how the site is able to give perspective and information in a meaningful way.

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Special Thanks to Claudia Handley sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/index.asp are listed below
I like this site because the page format seems small but there is a lot of information and links. The images are important but are not overwhelming. The colors are a combination of bright rich color and neutral colors.

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Special Thanks to James Anderson sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.imichaelinteriordesign.com are listed below
I searched the web for quite a while looking at different websites for interior designers and kept coming back to this site. It was simple and clean and very easy to navigate through. There wasn't a lot of bells and whistles which I thought was appropriate and displayed a very professional look. Everything was right there on the screen at all times...I didn't have to do a lot of scrolling or jumping from page to page to get the information. I liked the way the photos were displayed...For example,You could navigate to the residential design page and you could flip through the photos like a slide show. The entire site is done against a black background which allows the colors of the photos to stand out and look very rich and inviting. The site also had a similar basic layout as the template we are using. I also found some great links to some sites that show some very creative sites, navigation ideas, and header ideas. These sites also have links to other sites that you can go to and get inspiration and get your creativity all fired up. Those sites are: http://speckyboy.com/2009/07/07/50-creative-and-inspirational-personal-portfolio-websites/ http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/galleries/website-headers/ http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/galleries/creative-navigation/

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Special Thanks to Tina Mourad sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.youngveggie.org/ are listed below
I chose this site because the colors are bold, big, bright yet not overwhelming. It's a simple site, yet packs a punch. The image of the citrus is very refreshing, makes you want to go make fresh lemonade.

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Special Thanks to Rose Carlson sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.uswired.com/ are listed below
what i like best about the site is the blending of the colors abd images. the black and burgundy mix well to creat a proffesional look. great choice of image and incorporation of the images into the site. Placement and revelance of the images is what drew me into the site...I like the way the pictures lead my eye thru th pages, and the consistancy used with the images thuout all the page give a smooth flow to the site!

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Special Thanks to Lena Orlando sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.oceanmagicphotography.com/index.html are listed below
I liked the simplicity of the home page. It made me want to explore the rest of the site. The links are a little obscure but they navigate just fine. The second level pages are crisp and clean and make the info very readable. I love the images of the underwater life. The colors he uses are very complimentary to his subject matter and I like the use of the gradient on the home page. The slide show is wonderful.

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Special Thanks to Jerry Adamson sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.purdue.edu/ are listed below
I liked the way the images on the home page brought you into the site. The Purdue University colors blended well into the background and navigation buttons. The fonts chosen were complementary as were the colors. The logo on the home page was a nice touch with the gradient. I liked the way the pages were organized especially the home page which easily gave you a visual image of everything in the site. There is consistency throughout the site using banners, navigation, sidebars, and fonts.

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Special Thanks to Gloria Batemon sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.apsonoma.org/ are listed below
I really like the way the colors blend together to make a very "rich" website. The pictures work extremely well with the layout and background colors used throughout the site.

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Special Thanks to Maggie Gallotti sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.calacademy.org/ are listed below
I was thinking about going to the Academy of Sciences in SF. Their website is very interesting and full of images of what's at the academy. The colors in the site blend very well and looking at this site makes you want to go there. It is well done. They also have a "bugs Trailer" starring 'Giant Screen Bugs', very cute.

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Special Thanks to Anthony Brown sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.vgcats.com are listed below
This site is built almost entirely with images and is set up extremely well. The logo for this site has always caught my eye as it fits the nature of the site perfectly.

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Special Thanks to Damian Baker sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://kotaku.com/ are listed below
I just really like the simplicity of the "Kotaku" logo and especially the font that they created for it. The main blogger resides in Japan and the logo successfully captures that Japanese influence.

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Special Thanks to Jessica Bobier sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/213/213.css&page=0 are listed below
I like the use of the photo collage on this page. It reallt gives it character and separtes it from other sites.

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Special Thanks to Matthew Lane sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.google.com/ are listed below
I can't believe nobody used this yet! Google's logo is about as simple as you can get, but considering it's the focal point of the oh-so-popular page, it's become so recognizable that nearly everyone knows it. It's been parodied many times, and it changes on certain days to reflect whatever events are happening, but it's always easily remembered. Not only that, but it's used on nearly every page (if NOT every page) on the website, and serves as a way of navigating searches with many pages of results. If that's not a good logo, I don't know what is.

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Special Thanks to Karina Climaco sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.cwtv.com/ are listed below
I really like this site. It doesn't have a lot of colors making it very simple. I like how it used the color green. It gives it a natural look without overdoing it. It also goes with the go green theme.

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Special Thanks to Bradley Mark sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SRKz026uItI/AAAAAAAAj9s/Co0xmQreWec/s640/20071017.jpg are listed below
A very creative clever idea, & a well shot photo. I am by this photo, and the quality of it, to take better photos for my web sites.

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Special Thanks to Jane Rankin sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.colorstrology.com/colorstrology_sniffer.html are listed below
I love this site! Not only does is give you the entire spectrum of beautiful colors (all Pantone colors, of course)- but it is interactive and just plain fun - sort of a color horoscope! You can find the color for your birth month - and, like a horoscope, it also gives you your individual "birthday color" and the meaning that goes with it.

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Special Thanks to Stefan Fanslow sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.ajaxdaddy.com/ are listed below
this isn't so much a gallery website as it is a collection of scripts that help make your galleries look better.. The website itself is incredible.. don't expect to learn javascript with it though, it's about as complicated as it gets!

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Special Thanks to Danica Snowden sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.stellamccartney.com are listed below
I chose stellamccartney.com because the collage is composed of photos and illustrations, creating interesting textures.

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Special Thanks to Anna Narbutovskih sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ are listed below
The simplicity of the simple yellow rectangle representing the yellow border of the National Geographic magazines is very nostalgic of a bygone era where young people could dream of far away places and imagine exploring those far away places. I still hope to get to some of those places one day.

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Special Thanks to Susanne Deiss-Costanzo sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.sacredspacegardens.com/home.html are listed below
While I did not choose the site as a model for my work so far, it has profoundly influenced me to pay attention to colors that support the message of the site. The soft hues of green with the leave texture in the background to support the "garden" theme; the subtle, soft burgundy exudes calm and warmth; and the partial images the sacred. Add the simplicity of the layout, and you have a very harmonious, effective site, in my opinion. I am, indeed, inspired.

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Special Thanks to Jonathan Harmon sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.heavengames.com/ are listed below
I like how the logo communicates both the name and the nickname of the site in a classy and elegant manner.

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Special Thanks to Jerilynn Johnson sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.santarosa.edu/ are listed below
I like the photo collage at the top of the page. I really love how they blended the three pictures together. I'm trying to create a collage like this for one of my secondary pages, but it's harder that it looks!

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Special Thanks to Susan Bergna sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/ are listed below
This is a great example of a very simple logo that still conveys the shape and light of the Eiffel tower. I can't say the colors are my favorite but the shapes are perfect!

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Special Thanks to Bruce Purcell sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.wolfpeak.net/#/GLASSES are listed below
After the opening Flash sequence, this website displays two nice logos and a photo collage. I like the Edge Safety Eyewear logo because it its edgy with lots of sharp points from which the glasses will protect you. The mountains and wolf face add interest and meaning to the Wolf Peak logo. I found the collage of safety glasses to be blend well together as they faded in opacity and size towards the background.

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Special Thanks to Jeanine Walton sec# 1387 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.ernesthemingwaycollection.com/ are listed below
Since our assignment is about photos and collages, this site is a perfect example. I have read most of Ernest Hemingway's books (if not all of them) and this site will interest anyone who has. The photos are displayed cleverly and the cup of coffee in the sidebar even has a coffee ring showing on the main content page. The ticket you click on is clever (and shows on each page)and I love the passport and coins they added with the photos. The colors make it look old, yet very classy. The photos on the "About Hemingway" page are clickable and you close them with an "X". It is a wonderful site.

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Special Thanks to Nora Guy sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.beverlyhills.org/ are listed below
I accidentally submitted this URL (into the wrong place!) at the beginning of the semester. I heard about Beverly Hills' new website through the National Association of Government Webmasters. I love the crisp graphics, interesting background color, use of typography and clean navigation of the site. The rotating photos of Beverly Hills are surprising and pleasing to the eye and the site graphics have a vintage feel that perfectly complements the city's logo.

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Special Thanks to Matt Lane sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.superbad.com/ are listed below
(Better late than never...) Superbad is an abstract website that was an experiment of an individual. It's kind of hard to explain, so you have to go see for yourself. It uses many contemporary design techniques, and it was the first thing that came to mind when I thought of the use of color on the web.

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Special Thanks to Danica Snowden sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.christinaaguilera.com/ are listed below
I chose www.christinaaguilera.com because the deep, muted colors give a retro feel to the site. I love the interactive images, which are also convey a retro feel.

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Special Thanks to Jonathan Harmon sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.proflowers.com/ are listed below
I like the background color on this site. It blends in perfectly with the theme of the flower site.

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Special Thanks to Damian Baker sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.theskyiscrape.com/ are listed below
I really like the overall design of this site, but especially the color and image use. I tend to lean towards the darker colors especially dark Earth tones. I really like the images because they are sparse and depending on the time of day, they change. The banner at the top of the page changes to match the Pacific standard time day cycle, so at dusk the picture is a sunset and at night it is a starry night. Simple and dynamic sites are my favorite.

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Special Thanks to Randy Jaillet sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.inkietudes.com/galeria/index.html are listed below
(Oops! I didn't see this on the assignments page.) What a fun site! I find the use of color on this page to be very bold but very clean and effective. The simple images are artistic but sophisticated and playful at the same time, and the use of color, as bold as it is, is not overbearing because of the extensive use of white and black.

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Special Thanks to Jessica Bobier sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://newark1.com/ are listed below
I think the color use on this site is very insoiring to me. The light romantic colors with black content gives it a very elegant feel. The use of the flower image at the top draws your attention in to the header.

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Special Thanks to Quang Do sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.gallo.com/ are listed below
I found winery websites are normally very good, in graphic and color contrast, because publicity is very important. Over all the layout is very consistency, colors and graphics are clean and pleasant.

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Special Thanks to Jerilynn Johnson sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.sacredspacegardens.com/home.html are listed below
I came across this website as one of the examples for fine art techniques and immediately fell in love with the colors on this site. The thing I think I learned most from this site is how good using textures can make the page look instead of just always using solid colors.

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Special Thanks to Cathea Scheer sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.maccosmetics.com/ are listed below
-the template colors are simple: black, gray, white -readable, font, fontsize, short lines of text -like the use of white space, not distracted by boxes, lines -images are kept small, load quickly, not overwhelming -interesting vertical orientation

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Special Thanks to Karina Climaco sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.mtv.com/ are listed below
I love the way MTV always has a different background. Even though the navigation bar is normal, i would say, the background makes up for it. The light blue and the other small touch of color make it seem calm, as if it were the ocean in a warm spring day. I also like the layout. There are two columns, one bigger than the other and many videos. MTV just makes their site so fresh and hip but without going to far.

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Special Thanks to Stefan Fanslow sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.apple.com are listed below
ohh.. those nano's are colourful :p really, the apple website looks incredible ^_^

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Special Thanks to Ken Gunzburg sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.snapfish.com/ are listed below
I liked the combination of colors in the website. Words matched in color also. Good Placement of the image, color tone of the image matched. Bright sight but not too loud.

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Special Thanks to Bruce Purcell sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://photoworkshop.com/ are listed below
I chose PhotoWorkshop as an example of good use of color and images. I liked the use of just four unifying colors other than the images. Three of the colors are neutral: black, white, and gray with orange for pop. Many images are used to illustrate the link and show photographers' work. It is also a great site for learning about photography and Photoshop and viewing some great photographs.

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Special Thanks to Jeanine Walton sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.cnet.com/ are listed below
I love techie gadgets and love learning about all the new discoveries on the market. I really think this is a classy site. The layout is uncluttered, with lots of white space. The ads are done really nice and have mouse-over effects. The gold lines and buttons keep the site uniform. The flash is interesting without being obnoxious. If you are interested in laptops, Ipods, Zune, HDTV,cell phones,Blackberries etc. I suggest you check out this site. It is fun!

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Special Thanks to Anna Narbutovskih sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=213/213.css are listed below
The colors are earthy and pleasing while the graphics are whimsical. The fixed illustrations at the bottom if the page add to the whimsy. The overall feeling of the page is gentle humor and a love of graphics.

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Special Thanks to Brad Mark sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.afterthechase.com/index.html are listed below
The color scheme on this web site is great. Good use of "scrolly" things, not overdone. It is not busy with junk and navigation is straight forward for a person is looking for. The pages also load quickly. The option is provided to turn off the music if one desires. Good music also...

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Special Thanks to Patrice Delaplane sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.peterhughes.com/ are listed below
I like the colors, the interesting fonts, the images. I like the way the menus drop down and the backgrounds of those menus are translucent with the hover being a different color and opaque. The site is easy to navigate. It has the same top menu on every page so you can go to any page without having to use the back button. Of course I find the subject matter something to fantasize about until it can become a reality.

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Special Thanks to Susanne Deiss-Costanzo sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.napaprefab.com/ are listed below
The colors are harmonious; the two opposing rounded corners of the container give the site a friendly, custom look; the image is partially covered by a semi-transparent rectangle, a theme that is repeated in the navigation (in the hover state). Second navigation at the bottom of the screen eases usability. Gallery is clean, attractive, and user-friendly, as is entire site.

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Special Thanks to Susan Bergna sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=179124 are listed below
I like the blue/orange color scheme this site uses. Information is easy to find. I also like the images the web master has used. In particular I like the image that is split by the main body. I think that is an effective technique for bringing the viewer into the site.

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Special Thanks to Anthony Brown sec# 1386 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://pretend are listed below
I am testing Anthonys username and password.

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Special Thanks to Stephen Rodier sec# 1357 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.nixdesign.com.au/index.htm are listed below
I really like the whole layout and look of this site, the way the mono-achromatic layout contrasts with the color logo especially the bright green fern. There is also a very large logo in gray behind the color logo that fills the whole header. There are actually four treatments of the logo on each page.

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Special Thanks to Eric Garcia sec# 1357 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/ are listed below
I really like the thunderbird logo, it has a clean and stylish design that gets across the point of the name and it's fuction. It works well with the site design and is overall pleasing to look at. I like it a little better than the firefox logo and a lot better than the T-Rex used for the mozilla logo.

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Special Thanks to Norma Novoa sec# 1357 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/index.asp are listed below
I like the collage effect of the a work it displays. The art work is wonderful and really interesting, sort of a taste of what an experience a visit would be. I think it's done in Flash, at least partially.

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Special Thanks to Seth Buffum sec# 1357 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.famsf.org/ are listed below
This site was simple and the design was good. I liked the fact that both the museums featured on this site had a logo, or image, associated with the museum, and then the logos were put together at a different area of the page, creating harmony and god design. I like the fact that this site was clean, and simple with lots of content. A good front page.

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Special Thanks to Rebecca Farrell sec# 1357 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.zappos.com/welcome.zhtml are listed below
I chose Zappos.com, the online shoe store (insert appropriate girls and their shoes joke here). I think this is a good example of a logo because it's simple text name with a "button" shape holding the dot-com text. The exclamation point looks like the sole of a high-heel shoe with a "Z" in it. Basically branding all over the place in a very small space.

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Special Thanks to Chelsea Hix sec# 1357 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://btnm.org/ are listed below
I liked the photo collage on this page. I thought the use of color and black and white was good because it creates visual interest, and it contrasts nicely with the dark background on the page.

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Special Thanks to Julie Grosse sec# 1357 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.konaoceancondo.com/ are listed below
I really like the way the collages are made on a lot of the pages. The front page incorporates menu items with the photos. I just very clever.

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Special Thanks to Bonnie Martini sec# 1357 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.gilroygardens.org are listed below
When I came upon this website the other day when I doing Finney's Friday Free Stuff - Friday - Channel 7 - 5 p.m. news- Great Stuff - Free.Check out the site on Channel 7 website -- full size products and items. I have gotten a mouse, software programs, etc. Now, to the website - Gilroy Gardens has a cute and simple website with a fun logo and information. The logo is simple but I like simple logos. The heading is done in good taste with video rolling by without flash. There is just enough information to get you interested in going to Gilroy Gardens. Check out the logo - have you even seen a clove of garlic with sunglasses and tennis shoes.

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Special Thanks to Eugene Lee sec# 1357 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.snopes.com/ are listed below
I just like the logo. This site is an urban legend debunking database. You can check the facts on the latest "informational (panic)" email you get from you best friend to find out if it is really happening or not. The logo of the searchlight shining down just seems to me to carry their message quite well.

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Special Thanks to Tenisha Proctor sec# 1357 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp are listed below
The logo is located at the top left hand side of this website, and even though it is small (in size) for a logo, it is very unique compared to others. I really like how they tied in an image of a tree with the word "family search". The image of the tree not only replaces the "y" in family, which is very clever, but I really like how it represents the "family tree" idea, since this is an ancestor search website. Tenisha Proctor

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Special Thanks to Kathy Enedy sec# 1357 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/home/index.html# are listed below
I am really impressed with the home page of the Harvard University Art Museums. I love the way they wove the collage throughout the page and their use of transparency. The use of crisp images and faded images gives the page depth and good eye flow throughout the page. Nice neutral palette with pops of color. The collage method is also successful for the text logo and ties in with the rest of the page.

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Special Thanks to Marcelo Montes Deoca sec# 1357 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://twitter.com/ are listed below
I love this logo. It is really simple and easy to remember. Text with a stroke and a gradient, simple yet effective.

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Special Thanks to David Heisser sec# 1356 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.cssplay.co.uk/index.html are listed below
Most importantly the site is clean and uncluttered (except for the ads.) A lot of white background makes it easy on the eyes in a lighted room and lets you focus on the content. The color scheme is well chosen with saturated but soft colors that complement each other. As you navigate around the site the column backgrounds change to other colors in a complementary palette which adds a subtle interesting look. Also since the site has ads (ubiqitous for most sites) which the author has little control over, the neutral color scheme contains them nicely

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Special Thanks to Eugene Lee sec# 1356 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.dairydellcanine.com/ are listed below
The color scheme is pleasant to the eye and the overall design of the site works well. While there is a lot on the home page of this site the layout makes things easy to see and navigate.

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Special Thanks to Marcelo Montes Deoca sec# 1356 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://emotionslive.co.uk/ are listed below
Green has become my favorite color this last year, and this site uses it in a great way, is one of my favorites sites of all times!

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Special Thanks to Arisha Wenneson sec# 1356 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.edenbotanicals.com/index.html are listed below
The colors work really well together, and they enhance the colors in the images chosen for the home page. The large, close-up images sitting directly against the background color with no other imagery behind them are very effective for this purpose -- product descriptions. It's fun to look at and it's also a very clear organization of information using images. I like the curved boundary between the two background colors. How do we do that?

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Special Thanks to ALAN SCOTT sec# 1356 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://ps3.ign.com/index/news.html are listed below
I love the way that they have organized the site in extremely neat sections and how the colors are never over powering and highlight right where highlights are needed. even though its rather plain colors they use it in a very efficiant and effective way. Although there are many banner ads they blend well and are not as intrusive as other sites can be.

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Special Thanks to Janis Gloystein sec# 1356 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.istockphoto.com/article_view.php?ID=303 are listed below
I love the use of both color and photos. It made me really want to read the article. I also liked the way the photos were not always rectangles and squares, but unusual shapes, which are a lot more interesting. I liked the fact that there was so much of the color spectrum used on the page. It was also a great article. All in all, a great site.

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Special Thanks to Kathleen Enedy sec# 1356 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.ninetimes.com/ are listed below
I really like the colors used in this site. The neutrals that are used are relaxing. It feels very professional to me. The contrast is well done between the dark and light values. The images are clever and fun. The fact the images are so interactive draw the viewer in and keep the viewer's attention.

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Special Thanks to Julie Grosse sec# 1356 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/ are listed below
I actually couldn't decide between two, but this one I really liked the way the photos were used. It really accented the art. Everything flows together. It just gives you a feel for what you might see there, so I think it accomplishes what they want is to get you to come and visit. I like the way each photo is placed on the page, not just a square object. Like it really on the page. The background is soothing. Also I liked the use of other pages the close up picture to point out fact about a piece of art.

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Special Thanks to Rebecca Farrell sec# 1356 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://fllac.vassar.edu/ are listed below
I looked for an educational website to critique but even while restricting my search to art and education, most college websites are white and very template-like. I came across this link to the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar. I liked the simplicity in it's design, with easy to use navigation menus all packaged up with a pleasing page color that is both soft and rich. The masthead photo of the gallery makes a strong and attractive statement. I like the fact that less is more here. Whew just in the knick of time too, somehow I overlooked this paragraph of the homework assignments, at least it was an easy one :)

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Special Thanks to Tenisha Proctor sec# 1356 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.fontdiner.com/main.html are listed below
Out of all of the different font websites there are online; it is kind of hard to believe that there are not many out there with a nicely designed, especially since fonts and design go hand in hand. However the color palette on this site, Font Diner, works very well with the entire theme. Since the site is trying to portray an old fashioned diner, they keep with the retro feel throughout the entire site by using really bold and traditional colors that are found in diners such as: reds, yellows, and browns. When you look at the site as a whole, it looks as though everything is placed inside of a jukebox. The bottom and top graphics; “Specials” and “Dine-o-Matic”, match the engraving of a jukebox, and the silver color used really helps the graphic seem more realistic. And to go along with the feel of a diner and a jukebox, the navigation bar at the bottom moves up and down, and they look like buttons found on an actual jukebox. Tenisha Proctor

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Special Thanks to Kristen Skold sec# 1364 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.artcenter.edu/ are listed below
This was the "artiest" of the art school sites I visited. I was especially impressed by the way the main graphic repeats/continues into the next column and into the spacer. It also changes each time you re-visit the home page - a great way to display a variety of images. I also really liked the multiple columns and wide spacers. I would have expected it to start feeling choppy and squeezed in - but it works. I like the way most of the navigation is presented on the left - with the sub-levels dropping down from the main sections. Some of the text choices are hard to read - the grey on white nav buttons at the very top and the sub-levels in yellow on orange.

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Special Thanks to Nick Merlo sec# 1364 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.usfca.edu/ are listed below
I really liked certain aspect about this homepage for USF. I thought that the alternating pictures was cool. I felt like the large pics was a good use of space because the pics were good quality and they did a good job of capturing the campus and the city. I like the navbar on the riht side but I did not like the overlapping navbar on the top. I also liked the several smaller photos that were sed towards the bottom of the. This was my favorite of the school that I looked at. I honestly did not take all that design layout from this site. I found a site from a web design magazine of a pub that I thought was pretty cool and kind ofmorphed the two. Taking more from the pub's site. Although the large photo was an inspiration for my homepage having the arge photo in the middle, followed by a bock of text.

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Special Thanks to Carolyn Bloom sec# 1364 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.art-design.umich.edu/index.php are listed below
I ended up at the University of Michigan’s School of Art and Design home page. I found this site to be very refreshing in general. The colors are very bright and appealing, but used sparingly Each page has different accent colors, but the layout is the same so it works. There is complete unity between the 3 levels of indexed pages. The double menu bar along the top seemed slightly under emphasized when I first looked at it, but as I used it, I saw it was very functional and easy to navigate. As you explore the second level pages each page opens with a third level nav bar that relates to the subject, very clear, clean and smooth. The site uses all the basic design principals well: Contrast is achieved with contrasting bright colors with a white background and on some pages tints. The text is contrasted with a serif for headlines and a clear easy to read sans serif for the body text. Some of it is highlighted for accent, which is cool. In all cases it is well placed and uses the proximity rule. Consistent alignment is also maintained throughout the site. It is mostly left justified but there are well placed subject boxes which function as columns but are more interesting. As I mentioned several times the repetition of color style, design elements, consistency and also the manner in which photos are used gives the site good balance and repeated motifs. But the best part is that it is done without becoming boring. The delightful mood the site design generates is so appealing, I found myself exploring every page. Now that is a successful design!

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Special Thanks to Lilia Kirchanski sec# 1364 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.chanel.com are listed below
TThis web site is not really a model of what I am doing, but what I would like to do. I know it is not a web site of a school, but I think the style of this site could be used for many different types of professional sites. This web site is simple but at the same time cool and elegant. It is easy to navigate, and hard to get lost. The style is bold but not in your face- clean but not boring. I want to incorporate the look of this site into my own, but I do not want to copy it.

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Special Thanks to Laurel Meyer sec# 1364 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://pacifica.edu/ are listed below
There are so many schools on the web. I had about ten that I liked and narrowed it down to three that I printed so I could compare them. This one is my favorite and the page for about Pacifica http://pacifica.edu/about.html I like even more. I like the calm look and the picture in the background. They use that on several pages and then a simpler page with more text for what I would consider second level pages. I don't think my skills are up to doing it quite the way they did, but I am going to try to incorporate some of the elements in my site.

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Special Thanks to Terry McDonough sec# 1364 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://dt.parsons.edu/index.html are listed below
Parsons The New School of Design Design & Technology This site is definitely on a grid. It almost looks too organized, but is easy to navigate, has splashes of color from various student art projects,and has a lot of white space. With each visit to the site the showcased artwork changes. The use of neutral and somewhat industrial colors are gives it a sophisticated look fitting for a design school in New York City. The hierarchy of information is well thought out with links on a navigator bar for general purposes and a side nav bar with specifics to the programs offered. Almost half the screen (the lower half) is devoted to events and projects of interest. I like their use of white space. The graphics are so subtle that they almost look like more white space, but have understated visual interest. The section on Research + Partners is particularly fun to work through.

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Special Thanks to Adam Bunnell sec# 1364 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.berkeley.edu are listed below
This site was really very plain but I liked how cut and dry it was. I would have thought because it was more of a interesting school historically it might have reflected that but with no such luck. I hope all my lines are as clean as theirs are.

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Special Thanks to Kent Hasel sec# 1364 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.stanford.edu/ are listed below
Well I wouldn't say it was a model per se, more of an example or inspiration. I liked the simplicity of the site. I tend to like simple sites, especially for the first page. It makes it easier to navigate I think. I would rather have to access a couple of layers of pages quickly then spend lots of time trying to search for just the right link from the first page of the site to where I want to be. This site isn't perfect as the "index" letters are to small to read easily or click on quickly. It would be easy to hit the wrong letter I think.

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Special Thanks to Judith Vesper sec# 1364 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.collegeofcreativearts.org/ are listed below
I looked at a lot of college & university sites, many of which I found way too busy. Too much info on the home page and on several sites, there was an ugly form on the home page for getting more information. I came upon the College of Creative Arts and it caught my eye. The home page is more of a cover page that you can't get back to easily but I liked the look. The subpages have continuity in their design but differences in colors and images. I liked the pages being concise with no scrolling down on my screen. I didn't like that there was "main" navigation on the top and the bottom of the page. Sometimes the navigation wasn't clear and I got lost in the site. Not good.

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Special Thanks to Anita Shah sec# 1364 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://stanford.edu/ are listed below
I like the clean uncluttered look of this site. I combined ideas from a few different sites . Some sites had so much information on their home page it was difficult to process the information which made it a little over overwhelming.

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Special Thanks to Joy Olsen sec# 1364 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/189/189.css&page=0 are listed below
In previewing websites, I printed off about 10 pages that had elements I liked. I didn't base my design wholly on a single site, but compiled from many. This site from CSS ZenGarden, is one I liked for a variety of reasons. The over-all look is bold. The dark tones with gold are very rich and the color pallett is consistant. The free space around the central content panel provides some relief for the eye. I do find the content area to be hard to read...too contrasty? too vibrant on the eyes? Type too small? The right-side navigation is a little different...the script font is pretty, and the styalized seperator between the buttons is a different sort of touch. As one scrolls up and down the page there are empty "window" that display an image (sheets of music) from behind the windows. Very Cool! But for me, primarily, I love the art-work on the page. Artsy, Dramatic, bold, sophisticated, refined. I am so impressed with the "Mozart" title graphic, and I like the images displayed off the left side of the window. I can't wait to be able to execute an awesome page like this!

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Special Thanks to Jan Simonin sec# 1364 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.juilliard.edu/ are listed below
Most of the school sites that I looked seemed cluttered. I finally settled on the Julliard School because I liked the color and clean, balanced layout. It looks like it was layed out in a table and there is a lot of information available with the rollovers. The bottom of the home page gets lost, which includes some of the navigation, but, if you were looking for it, you would find it.

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Special Thanks to Tona Morales-Calkins sec# 1364 for sharing their Surfing 1.
comments for their site - http://www.lachsa.org/ are listed below
I liked the collage of activities/programs as all one image, the logo at the top of the opening page was nice. The written information was plainly visible, clearly legible and quite secondary to the visual impression of the school programs. I like the drop down menus at the bottom of the screen as well. I did not like the fact that you have to scroll down on the opening page, especially since there is nothing of visual interest when you do. Also, the site is being designed by several students and it shows in the different styles of the pages. At one point, I had to check the URL in my browswer to be sure I hadn't gone on to another school's site because the style was so different.

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Special Thanks to Dean Tisthammer sec# 1335 for sharing their Surfing 1
comments for their site - http://www.ucsd.edu/ are listed below
I didn't necessarily base my work on the design of this site, but after looking at about 15 college web pages, I thought this was one of the cleanest and best organized. I general I think it has nice simple lines and a pleasant color scheme. All the information is all of the important navigational links are easy to find and well aligned. I like how contained everything is, and that the page is not very wide or tall. Too many of the pages I looked at were sprawling. The thing I don't like about this page is that there are possibly too many links in the lower right half of the page that look a little messy.

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