Design Website Reviews

www.builderspace.com
I really wasn't impressed by this website at first glance because of how sparse the welcome page was. The background is white with only minimal color and small text. The resource page, however, were impressive as they had numerous industrial briefs. Overall it is a website that I would go to for a specific need, instead of viewing for sheer inspiration.

www.ia-global.com
I was impressed with this website at first glance because of the bright colors and enticing interactive technology found on the site. They also had a very nice portfolio that displayed their work. The design style of this company appeared to be somewhat influenced by Art-Deco because of the clean, geometric lines and intentional locations of color.

www.architectureweek.com
This website was similar to the builderspace site in the way of their usage of color and text. They did have good blogs and a nice amount of information that can be easily located on their site. They have adequate listings for their competition, blogs, directory, events, news, forums, and library.

www.schoedhardt.com
Although this website had a really nice use of color, they only had one example for each of their projects in their portfolio. This added up to only 15 photos for an entire website made specifically for showcasing and enticing potential clients. Also, it seemed that they wrote more about their company and design more than they showed the viewer, which to me is not a very sucessful technique for marketing.

www.brainforest.com
This was the only website, out of the ten that I viewed, that had an option for the viewer to leave feedback. Brain Forest is a graphic design website that appears to be user/people friendly, but they their porfolio pictures that are displayed on the website shuffle too quickly for the viewer to be able to really get an idea of the company's style.

www.jedesigngroup.net
This website had a completely different mood than the others that I visited on my research venture. The colors were very dark and rich and were joined with a somewhat classic yet bohemian style. Although the design style of this company was interesting and unqiue, their portfolio was a bit on the sparse side. They also display a cover of Good Housekeeping that they were in, as if to show their credentials, but they should show other examples than just that.

www.imichaelinteriordesign.com
This website had very nice pictures that displayed their various areas of work and design style. However, their website was really dark and seemed to lack the certain amount of "light" that viewers would be drawn to. Their style appears to have a somewhat asian, 50's, modern style with extensive and various material use.

www.deepblue.com
This company's website was very interactive and fun to view. The company is graphically oriented, so the complete layout of the page was really creative and efficient. Deep Blue designs for various areas needing design work; from transportation and commercial structures to recreation and animation.

www.legacydesign.com
Legacy Design is a company that deals specifically with media design. Their site would be very helpful if I was looking for inspirtation concerning any upcoming media project or if I needed help designing my own website. They were extremely informative, partly because they specialize in creating websites.

www.davidmichaelmiller.com
David Michael Miller works specifically with residential, modern houses. His entire website made it very clear that he deals with correctly designing structures based on the geography and culture of the area that the building will be created. He seems to take in to consideration the regional and geographical limitations that one may be faced with when building a house. His style only varies slighty, as he is very classic with a modern twist at times.