Site o' the Month : Yellowstone Park

Wednesday, January 16. 2008

Photography

Great sense of place and activity.

Photo illustrations (not clip art) are well done. Detailed and placed contextually on site.

Typography

Display typefaces are used sparingly and appropriately. You wouldn't use this for navigation, but it's appropriate for a few features.

Type varies on the page, adding interest. The smaller typefaces are legible and interesting. All typefaces feel like they belong together; they're part of the same family.

Color Palette

Earthy, strong, bold, aged.

Personal feel

Users can identify with visitors like themselves. You can speak directly to audience and their interests with photos and quotes.

Flash

Used sparingly and appropriately (for maps mostly).

Things I would do differently:

add a breadcrumb to sub-pages

get rid of the drop down menus

Thanks MH

Posted by Courtney Clark in Web Design at 17:15 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

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Neat idea - using the web to get people outdoors, like Backyard Jungle. The trip builder idea is pretty neat, and I'm impressed that the site fully supports 4 languages. The information and visual design definitely are top notch. Great find!

#1 Sophie on 2008-01-17 11:18 (Reply)

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