Aesthetics : Good

• A List Apart
• Alessi (Italian)
• BBC
• Benetton
• CJR : who owns what
• Desert Gardens
• Disney (good/B)
• GE (rule of thirds)
• Harley Davidson
• HBO Online
• The Hermitage Museum (Russia)
• Honda
• inol3.com
• iso50
• jc.com.br (grid)
• King Co Metro
• Korean Movie -Chihwaseon
• Land Rover (good/B)
• Mac Rumors
• Microsoft - Portable Media Center
• Museum of Modern Art (beautiful)
• PBS: From Jesus to Christ - the First Christians
• Pixel Surgeon
• popcap.com/ (grid)
• They Rule (flash application)
• uol.com.br (rule of thirds)
• Wa Dept of Revenue (per Forrester)
• Who's We

Aesthetics : Bad

• 1amp.com/
• arngren.net/
• Cactus and Succulent Society of America
• Cleveland Clinic Heart Center (rule of thirds)
• Desert Research Ccenter-Egypt (flash splash)
• Discover Washington (grade: F)
• EyeComma Design
• Gutenberg - Spiegel
• k10k.net
• MoMA - Workspheres (flash - "mystery meat" navigation)
• MTV
• New Dimensions
• On the Bards (bad use of grid)
• Ohayo Sensei (good morning, teacher)
• pbase
• RV America (grade: D+)
• Senador Eduardo Suplicy
• Sinzan Kennels (horrifying)
• Shaw Guides : The Guide to Writers Conferences & Workshops
• Southwest Airlines (grade: C)
• USA Today (grade: C)
• Web Pages That Suck (irony)

Closure/Area/Symmetry

• Alaska.com
• Allmusic.com
• Circles/Diamond
• Click! Network (logo)
• Comcast
• Design Observer (celebrates all)
• dry.uk.com (violates all! chaos)
• Fandango (logo)
• Fantasy-Interactive
• HP/iPod Logo
• LoanSelect.com
• Lucas Film
• Motion Pictures of America
• National Geographic (background)
• UW College of Engineering (bad example)
• Vatican

Equalibrium

• Transylvanian Woods

Figure and Ground

• B7 Development (flash)
• Beaches Resorts
• Disney
• The Divine Comedy
• Eye Tricks
• Harmony in Red - painting
• Mt Rushmore National Park (bad example)
• Nanotechnology Portal (bad example)
• National Georgraphic (camel in desert)
• Pintos (merged figure and ground)
• Seattle Supersonics
• Volvo V50 (video as ground)
• WebMonkey

Past Experience and Context

• Duracell

Perception

• Armin's Club

Similarity/Proximity - Contiguity/Continuity

• Comcast
• Desert Divers
• figures v tree
• Fresh Alloy
• MoMA
• MoMA - Kiki Smith Exhibit
• Monster.com (logo)
• NYU
• Pro Flowers
• SAM
• SF Gate
• Skills Factory
• Swirling Space Dust
• UK Flag
• Waterski.com

Unity/Consistency

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