Moto

www.motorestaurant.com

I don't know if I like the site or the concept of the restaurant, but it deserves a mention... This place is cool! Check out the site and see what you think...

Chicago Fish and Coral Company

www.chicagofishandcoral.com

This site is new, and I like it... to the point where I wish I had done it! I think the color use is nice, the type works well and the navigation is simple and self-explanatory. A clean site that has nice, clear photos and is designed well.

Prasino

www.eatgreenlivewell.com

Lovely site with stunning photos and simple navigation, this site is simple and elegant—extremely nice!

The Hearty Boys

www.heartyboys.com

This is a very cool site, monochromatic in the beginning but has full color rollovers that are really nice. I like this site a lot, I like the simple imagery and the colors, I think the type is well done and I think the site is very strong.

The Cake Girls

www.thecakegirls.com

Beautiful! Easy navigation, beautiful product, and very clean... this site is lovely!

A.D.O.P.T

http://adoptpetshelter.org

This site has been recently redone, this is the update... beautiful images, effective typography, clean design, a great cause, and I think this is wonderful all around! If you decide to add a four-legged friend to your family, please consider this shelter, they do great work!

GIA Publications, Inc.

www.giamusic.com

I really consider this crappy design at some of its' worst! The best part is they have a "web designer" and a marketing person doing this site and it still looks like this! Two words best describe this site... Visual Vomit!

My Logo Design

Well, I finally did it! I completed my logo design—it just took me years to do it but, I am happy with it...

Bleeding Heart Bakery

www.thebleedingheartbakery.com

I really like this site, I love the type, the colors, and the dynamics of it... very cool! The owner also won a competition on the Food Network for extreme wedding cakes.

http://nikhilmisal.wordpress.com/

This site is full of great information that is useful for today's graphic designers...

Mitsubishi Real Estate

http://www.bucchake.com/

A really beautiful Japanese website... simple with elegant animation.

Atomic Cheesecake Studios

www.atomiccheesecakestudios.com

This is a friend of mines daughters site... I love it! Very retro.

Scarlet Bar

scarletbarchicago.com

Beautiful site that stays beautiful as you navigate through it... The color palette is great, the imagery is inviting, and I think for a bar this site is really strong.

Crowley Webb

www.crowleywebb.com

This is so clean it may as well be a bar of soap! I love the navigation on this site!

Ben Lind

benlind.com

Clean.

Trump Tower: Chicago

www.trumpchicago.com

Premium real estate deserves a premium website! Beautiful imagery, good typography, easy navigation, all representing a beautiful building.

Aston Martin

www.astonmartin.com

What would you expect from a car company like this?! I think it's visual magnetism!

Hydrate

hydratechicago.com

A lot going on with this site but I like the logo, color palette, and navigation buttons.

Roscoes Bar

www.roscoes.com

A classic in the gay community. Clean design with some nice animation and music.

Cirque du Soliel

www.cirquedusoleil.com

Nice image, simple navigation.

Grey Goose Vodka

www.greygoosevodka.com

Nice site! I loved the animation in the beginning!

Absolut Vodka

www.absolut.com/us

I always loved their print ads; why should I feel differently about their website? Simple...

Contrast

www.contrast.ie

Do we have to have a reason to like something? Okay... I think this is visually interesting, not something I would have thought of, but I like the movement of it, the feel, and the images. You really need to see the entire site.

Joe Nyaggah

danjoedesign.com

Simple color, simple image, simple type, and clean buttons—I love it! Another designer portfolio...

Digital Mash

http://digitalmash.com

A designers online portfolio, very interesting and I loved the main image...

The Nature Conservancy

www.nature.org

I like the imagery and the ease of navigation...

kiva.org

www.kiva.org

Simplistic and beautiful.

Red Bird Graphics

I like this for the color use—very simple and I think it's well done. I think the typography is clean and simple. Perhaps the only thing I would change would be the arrows—I don't think the arrows work well with the overall feeling of this page, but I think all in all, it's nice

Simple Art Design Studio

www.simpleart.com.ua/en/

Type and image in balance.

Okay...Read the Message

Put the shock value aside and read the copy...

Garamond...Part 2

Nice color use along with texture and image, a lot of content and movement.

Ode to Garamond

My favorite font for body copy...what an easy font to read!

Interesting Typography

I think the typography on the above is very well "played". When I was at UIC, I had an instructor that encouraged us to cut type out of magazines and newspapers (this was before computers), and place it on a page to convey our intent... a lot has changed since then, but I still think it's an interesting exercise.

Room and Board

www.roomandboard.com

Clean design, nice typography, and a pleasing color palette.

Apple Computer

www.apple.com

Consider all the products Apple has...the homepage is beautifully simple, it focus on one major product and then has others below it. The navigation bar is self explanatory and diverse, getting the consumer/viewer to their destination quickly. Apple is a marketing marvel in my opinion, producing computers that are sleek and functional and their webpage follows that idea.