Site Design: Charlie was a sinner. (charliewasasinner.com)
over 8 years ago from Chris Allen, Designer @ Google Creative Lab
over 8 years ago from Chris Allen, Designer @ Google Creative Lab
Design is nice. Type choices are nice. Functionally, though, it's a trainwreck.
Endless scrolling and for what? Not scannable in the least. If the goal is "create a usable restaurant website", it doesn't accomplish that goal at all.
The branding work was done by Mike Smith (https://dribbble.com/mikesmith187, http://mikesmith187.com/?p=3035), site design was a collaboration between Mike Smith and Matt Goold (https://dribbble.com/mattgoold)!
Developed by P'unk Ave (http://punkave.com/).
I scrolled and scrolled and incredibly didn't notice it was a site for a restaurant until I read the comments =/
Looks really nice, but it's jarring and performs kind of poorly (esp glitchy around the scrolling). I do like the concept, but the concept grew beyond its means.
Cool concept overall, but the amount of scrolling to get to the menu on desktop seems overdone. Mobile is really nice though
+1 to the note about scrolling. Almost one of those rare occasions when I'd prefer to be scroll-jacked!
I love seeing a restaurant site designed around the reason you'd be on a restaurant's site though.... Here's to the future!
Scrolling here is just wrong
It's beautiful. My only problem is considering mobile users - they're most likely viewing the site on their phone because they need the address and phone number quickly - which is painful to scroll all the way down. I'd consider throwing them at the very top of mobile views.
Otherwise, its killer and Mike Smith's branding is on point.
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