Mercedes-Benz Contest – GOOD
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GOOD BECAUSE
- Fully responsive
Brandon's wisdom: Develop mobile-first and retina-ready so your site displays beautifully on all screen sizes, resolutions, and pixel ratios.
- Great contrast
Brandon's wisdom: Colors should blow up at a user. They should flow with the overall design, and stand out intentionally (i.e. call-to-action buttons).
Spotify – GOOD
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GOOD BECAUSE
- Fully responsive
Brandon's wisdom: Develop mobile-first and retina-ready so your site displays beautifully on all screen sizes, resolutions, and pixel ratios.
- Great contrast
Brandon's wisdom: Colors should blow up at a user. They should flow with the overall design, and stand out intentionally (i.e. call-to-action buttons).
- Modern / Minimalist
Brandon's wisdom: This site has a modern feel that makes it more soothing to read.
Jeremie Battaglia (Photography) – GOOD
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GOOD BECAUSE
- Fully responsive
Brandon's wisdom: Develop mobile-first and retina-ready so your site displays beautifully on all screen sizes, resolutions, and pixel ratios.
- Great contrast
Brandon's wisdom: Colors should blow up at a user. They should flow with the overall design, and stand out intentionally (i.e. call-to-action buttons).
- Modern / Minimalist
Brandon's wisdom: This site has a modern feel that makes it more soothing to read.
- Use of Parallax
Brandon's wisdom: Use parallax and smooth scrolling effects subtly to enhance the look and feel of your site. It shouldn't be distracting, but rather a nice detail.
MGBD Parts & Services – BAD
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BAD BECAUSE
- Poor contrast
Brandon's wisdom: Texts positioned over images is usually a bad idea.
- Poor use of color and fonts. Site is too busy.
Brandon's wisdom: Limit font and color choice.
Headhunter Hair Styling – BAD
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BAD BECAUSE
- Poor contrast
Brandon's wisdom: Texts positioned over images is usually a bad idea.
- Poor use of a repeating background image
Brandon's wisdom: Never use repeating backgrounds.
- Poor font choice
Brandon's wisdom: Never use Comic Sans.
- Poor menu items
Brandon's wisdom: Shorter text, and use font-icons like Font Awesome if you want to include imagery with menu items.