Websites I Like

Part of my senior project is to locate 5-10 artist's websites that I love, take screen captures of the sites and post them to my blog. The goal is to build an effective online presence - identify what we like in a website so that we can create our own. I chose all jewelers because those are the types of artists whose websites I frequent.


Anthony Nak
Jewelry designers Anthony Camargo and Nak Armstrong launched Anthony Nak. I love the black background, the simple font, the cropped photos of their jewelry, and the use of artsy photographs to showcase some of the jewelry. I think their site is very classy and easy to navigate.



http://www.anthonynak.com/

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Alexis Bittar
Inspired by bakelite and Lalique glass and stimulated by the beauty of precious and semiprecious stones, he mixes unusual colors into bold combinations, some of which have become collectible pieces. I like the white background here just as much as I like the black used by Anthony Nak. I don't like colorful backgrounds...I think they take away from what you're trying to showcase. I also like the modern looking font, where the name "Alexis Bittar" is in lowercase letters.




http://alexisbittar.com/home.php
http://www.verbena.net/producthighlights/alexisbittar.htm

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Suzanne Wilson Designs
I love Suzanne Wilson's website. It is very simple, yet beautiful. It is also very easy to navigate. I especially love the way her jewelry is displayed on objects found in nature. I think it enhances the organic quality of her work. I'm thinking this might be a good direction for me to head in with my website.





http://www.swdjewelry.com/

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Lauren Wimmer BEADS
I like Lauren's website is it very very basic. I don't like complicated websites. In fact when a website is too busy I won't even bother looking at it. This has a nice plain white background, and the jewelry is photographed to that it looks like it's floating in space. I think that is a great way to show off jewelry because there is nothing distracting the viewer.




http://www.laurenwimmer.com/index.htm

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Odette
Jennifer Sarkilahti is an artist and designer who created her own collection of jewelry called Odette New York. Since she is inspired by nature, botanical forms, art, and modern design, it makes sense that her jewelry is displayed on rocks, slate, branches and the human form. I love the use of monotone colors - white, light grey and dark grey. It matches the jewelry and what it's photographed on.





http://www.odetteny.com/

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Kyoko Honda
What I love about this website is the inclusion of hand drawn and graphic images on the homepage. I also obviously love the white background and the simple font. I also really like the way the thumbnail images of the jewelry before you click on the to blow them up larger are cropped so only part of the piece shows. I think it makes the viewer want to look closer to be able to see the whole piece.





http://www.kyokohonda.com/index.html