Saturday, August 26, 2006

Creative Brief

Our website owes much of its inspiration to the J.K.Rowling official site. The main menu for the J.K.Rowling site is given on a desktop with lots of stuff splashed all over the place. As you move your cursor over the objects, some will turn into Portkeys (enchanted objects) that will transport you to other areas of the site. There are some sections which will appear on top of the desktop and some other sections which will go to separate pages. Admittedly, the site design is a little busy, but for a busy site, it was done very well, featuring incredible graphics, delightful flash animations, and a lot of tricks and surprises.

The J.K.Rowling site has given us the experiences that shaped our design ideas. Our site will also have a kind of look and feel somewhat similar to, but not the same as, the website of the author of the famous Harry Potter books.

J.K.Rowling official site

Below are some other sources of inspirations. You should visit these websites and see how awesome they are.

Shanghai 3D map

Shanghai 3D map (detail)

Ryan Terry's Ry-guy.com

SIMCITY (game)

Website updated

The website has already been updated. There are several changes made to the first "draft" of the website (both content and the look). Currently, there are only two sections available: About and Site credits. Below are the screenshots of main pages in the website. Please check it out and tell us what you think about it. All comments are welcomed! :-) Click here

The introductory splash screen

Main menu of the website

Site Credits

About

A close-up of some places on the map