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comment by insomniasexx
insomniasexx  ·  3904 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why have today's designers stopped dreaming?

I just stumbled on this in my RSS. Warning: this is a sponsored article + has a module "free download" overlay

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2014/04/create-a-website-using-startup-design-framework/

Basically it's a website framework that allows you to easily make the exact parallax, full screen image, one page sites the author of the original article was talking about.

shivers ... washes hands of the horrors ...





veen  ·  3904 days ago  ·  link  ·  

eye twitches

It's a shame, because the fullscreen look that inspired these has created some amazing sites like this Pitchfork article and this NYT and Apple's Mac Pro site. What that site promotes is a far cry from those.

insomniasexx  ·  3904 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If done properly and with motivation / intentions, using styles like these can be amazing. Just like any design trend, if you are using to to elevate your content and with purpose, it's going to be good. The problem is when you throw whatever content into a scrolling style site or flat design and call it good.

This one is another good example from Apple. Look carefully at the bubbles. Amazing.

http://www.apple.com/your-verse/new-depths/

Web Devs might enjoy this: http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/1vcr85/what_css_property_did_apple_use_for_this_part_of/