The Best Of – Interactive Designs

This is the first “Best Of” post, of many to come. Inspired by the amazing We Choose the Moon, I’ll start with The Best Interactive Websites that have been featured on The Design Gene. These range from mild interaction, to blow your mind functionality in both CSS and Flash format. Enjoy!

	We Choose the Moon (Flash) – Simply amazing recreation of the first Apollo 11 mission, in 1969. The mix of actual transmissions, graphic interpretation, educational content, videos and interactivity make this one of my all-time favorite websites.
	Tori’s Eye (CSS) – At first I thought this was a nice, cute portfolio site, but after opening the link I discovered it is actually a really cool Twitter Visualization Tool. The heavy use of illustration and graphic art make it unique, as does the experimental nature of the Twitter little origami birds. It’s fun and useful!
	XPERIMENT (Flash) – This is a fun and sort of disturbing website where you get to feed different illegal drugs to a floating eyeball. Flawless animations and effects.
	Designspasm (CSS) – Web design portfolio of Sean Geng, using JQuery to slide across a large panel of "sections". Creative, illustrated design with cool sliding effect.
	Eric Johansson (CSS) – Another CSS and JQuery gem. This creative site uses a little slider at the bottom of the page to navigate a large panel, with a fun little dude on a moped that follows the motion of the scroller. Great illustration and creative use of interactivity.
	Egyptian Mummies (Flash) – Educational and fun website about Egyptian Mummies. Lots of animation and educational games.
	Labuat (Flash) – Minimal, yet stunning and artistic website of the Spanish band, Labuat. The site features something of a brush stroke traveling across the screen, controlled by your mouse, with sporatic animations.
	Rule the Stars (Flash) – Promotional website that allows you to create your own designs "in the stars" and send them to your friends.
	Your Playground (Flash) – US Olypmpics promotional website by Allstate where you create your own playground, then add your creation to a gallery where it can be voted on.

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Added on: 21 Jul 09

Category: The Best Of

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