Quiet Structure Website

This first website is an iterative beat-boxing site that was created to help people discover the talent in the human beat-boxer.  Very cool play around for a while making your own music by adding sounds and every now and then bonus features pop up and add to the melody.  You can use it in manual or shuffle mode. Give it a try, and leave a comment of what you think.
http://www.incredibox.fr/

This second example of a quiet structure website is advertising ZUNE the mp3 competitor for iPod.  It has great graphics and amazing color.  It's easy to navigate and inspiring.
http://www.zunejourney.net/

Adopted font

CAMBRIA

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Ok I know this is the most basic font, but I have come back to it each time so after much searching this is the font I have adopted.  This font fits me because of it's clarity and simplicity.  It has become a default font for most basic word processing programs, because of it's clarity and it is easy to read.  Most Serif fonts are not very appealing to me but this one has just a subtle serif nothing to distracting.  I think it makes it clear and clean.  I also like the kern between each letter.  It flows and is pleasing to the eye.  


I would use this font if I wanted to express a neutral message, or it could be used for a complex and simplistic one as well, this is one reason I chose it is because of this versatility.  I think it would be categorized as a cross between slab serif font because it has a fairly even line weight and modern because of the small variances in the thick and thin lines.  It is a very vertical standing font without much slant if any.


If I were looking for a headline or something to draw attention or emphasize creativity I would go with a very different font one of those being Katy Berry because of its creative possibilities it is very artistic and while I have a very practical side I equally have a very creative side.  


In the end the font I would choose would reflect the message I was wanting to portray or just the mood I might be in.

Credits

Designer(s)

Jelle Bosma, Steve Matteson, Robin Nicholas

Foundry(ies)

Microsoft , Tiro Typeworks

Release Year

2004

Country of Origin

United States

Classification

Serif

Original Format

Digital

Distributor(s)

Microsoft, Ascender Corporation, Monotype

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The Cambria Font Family was designed for on-screen reading and to look good when printed at small sizes. Cambria is part of the new Windows ClearType font collection. The Cambria fonts have excellent legibility and readability characteristics. Cambria replaces Times New Roman as a Windows Vista and Microsoft Office default serif font.

Compare and Contrast Design

These displays fall under the catogory of exhibit. When I first started looking for these window displays it was overwhelming the amount of contrast and creativity.  Even within the displays themselves there are sub categories lighting, motion, clothing, shoes electronics, holiday etc... So believe or not this is my narrowed down comparisons.  The Category I chose to analyze is apparel.

Good designs...

This first display is an interactive window display for a street wear label WeSC.  Please follow this link to watch a demonstration of the interactive store front: 

 http://vimeo.com/18740420

I think that this interactive window display demonstrates the elements of
Simplicity, and
 Figure Ground Relationship 
which are 

elements that are perceived as either figures (distinct elements of focus) or ground (the background or landscape on which the figures rest).

along with 
Uniform Connectedness 
which by definition is

elements that share uniform visual characteristics are perceived as being more related than elements with disparate visual characteristics.

Common Fate
Humans tend to perceive elements moving in the same direction as being more related than elements that are stationary or that move in different directions. This is one of my favorite displays that I came across.  First of all it absolutely grabs your attention, and it demonstrate 

The Law of Proximity very well.

Closure is represented here as well as the Law of Continuity. When looking at a complex arrangement of individual elements, humans tend to first look for a single, recognizable pattern. I think this demonstrates this very well. The metal stakes that frame the shoes are also similar to them and so it has continuity as well.

 This demonstrates the Law of Prägnanz, it is a display window for shoes in europe.

Humans tend to interpret ambiguous or complex images as simple and, along with the similarity of this display.

 Again the Law of Prägnanz is how

humans tend to interpret ambiguous or complex images as simple and complete. This image demonstrates that by leaving the un seen pieces of the the women and the ice cream for your imagination, it does not take away from the closure but that you really do know exactly what is missing.  Therefore it has Simplicity in it as well.

This is an add for the clothing store Anthropology.  The clothing is very well framed by the horns and the lighting. The Law of similarity is represented by the time period pieces and the style of the clothing. The Law of Continuity is also shown here,it is when

elements are arranged on a line or curve are perceived to be more related than elements not on the line or curve. Other elements represented here are, Closure, Pragnaz, Common

Fate, and Figure ground relationship.

Bad design...

 These are examples of bad design.  They almost hurt to look at because there is so much confusion going on. Gestalt principle seems disregarded completely. There is no law of similarity, no simplicity, no law of proximity nothing goes together it is just a lot of noise.  There are no lines to draw your eyes in any direction and no depth or quality to these designs.