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Pixel : Industries
http://www.pixel-industries.com

Category:
Graphics & Web Design > Studios

Created by:
Pixel : Industries in 2001

Rating:
6.6 (32 votes)

Date added:
Apr 29th, 2001

Last updated:
Apr 29th, 2001

Suggested by:
marc nichols (38)

Features:
Frames, JavaScript, Rollovers

Our comments:
Pixel : Industries feature two different designs (called progressive and corporate) each using a different color scheme (red and blue respectively). Delicate illustrations and intricate detail are among the strongest aspects of the designs however the tiny pixel font although compatible with the style is hard to read.

--Aycan

User reviews:

DRT (19) - Apr 11th, 2003

Graphically a great site, loving the clean and high-tech look.

Now navigation wise.....what navigation??

Yaz (4) - Apr 9th, 2003


Presentation		3
Graphics		10
Usability		3
Technical		3
Personal Slant		3
Overall		4.4

agreeing with the rest here..

very nice graphic design but usability needs a real boost!

AppleCider (14) - Dec 25th, 2002

::sigh::

Why do web design companies do this? A completely useless splash page, baffling navigation (in fact, I had NO IDEA what kind of company it even was until I clicked at random and dug deeper).

Users needing your services, and has found you, wants INFORMATION....first. They don't want to learn all about your site's navigation before they can do so.

That said, the person who designed this is an excellent artist, and has quite a bit of technical knowledge. But It's wasted for potential customers.

didulica (44) - Dec 5th, 2002


Presentation		8
Graphics		9
Usability		3
Technical		5
Personal Slant		7
Overall		6.4

"Nice design, extremely poor navigation and usability"

that says it all.

i360 (4) - Nov 28th, 2002


Presentation		6
Graphics		8
Usability		2
Technical		6
Personal Slant		4
Overall		5.2

Nice design, extremely poor navigation and usability.

But then again, if their ultimate goal was to show-off certain design skills, they've succeeded. However, I wouldn't let them develop my e-commerce site though.

marc_nichols (57) - Jun 25th, 2002


Presentation		6
Graphics		9
Usability		2
Technical		5
Personal Slant		7
Overall		5.8

How from time to time briliant illustrations are let down by an abysmal navigation and communicative strength of the site.

A design made by artists.

Hanson (28) - May 6th, 2002


Presentation		4
Graphics		9
Usability		4
Technical		6
Personal Slant		8
Overall		6.2

Less is more, and it has never been so clear as in this website.
Shame, because graphically it is tighter than the chewing gum under your shoe.

ugwump (31) - Apr 16th, 2002


Presentation		8
Graphics		10
Usability		2
Technical		7
Personal Slant		3
Overall		6.0

This is all that's wrong with usability on the web (exception: see volumeone).

I don't deny the designer's fantastic skill in graphic design and flash. And it definitely has that edgy futuristic look and feel.

But patience runs real thin trying to navigate the site. Everything's much too busy as well.

Howard Wooten (2) - Mar 15th, 2002


Presentation		1
Graphics		8
Usability		1
Technical		5
Personal Slant		5
Overall		4.0

Mark Klein the designer / developer of Pixel Industries is quite competent. He is the creator of multiple websites ( not only this one ) with a very strong grasp of precision HTML / DHTML and design detail. His weakness as illustrated by Pixel Industries is his understanding of information display and usability. This web site although admittedly beautiful presents numerous navigational and usability challenges. For the sake of excessive graphical embellishments Mark ignores the key underling user issues that must be addressed at the core of any web site. Again, I respect Mark as a designer ( and have for years ) but I feel it's time he raise's the bar a few notches and start to work out these glaring short comings.

fish (6) - Feb 27th, 2002


Presentation		6
Graphics		8
Usability		1
Technical		1
Personal Slant		1
Overall		3.4

This is a web site design company?! I found more ways -away- from their site, than into it on the front. Not to mention the incredibly tiny type.

Once I got in, I found more mystery meat navigation. The ALT tabs did not prove useful, WWW3 and WWW4? How about you say what they are, if I did not have a graphical interface, I'd be lost.

Entering into the Corporate Web site, I had to maximize my window to see all that was going on, and then the convention for linking was changed! Just when I was expecting to click on circles, they switched how they linked to things. Not to mention all the useless moving things that distracted me from finding actual links.

As a site design company, you would think they would have put more effort in a simple to use, backward compatible, efficient, and usable site. The goal is to attract clients, not to hopelessly confuse them with obscure links and unreadable text.

samktheman (27) - Feb 19th, 2002


Presentation		8
Graphics		9
Usability		8
Technical		3
Personal Slant		6
Overall		6.8

Ok...so the graphics are good, but they take a long time to load. The scrolling="no
" that was put in some how was annoying, as I stick to 800x600 and I couldn't see the bottom.

Pearl (31) - Jan 3rd, 2002


Presentation		6
Graphics		9
Usability		5
Technical		6
Personal Slant		7
Overall		6.6

Rather novel and interesting contrast between theme (machine) and the soft, delicate graphic translation.

newstoday slave (15) - Nov 18th, 2001


Presentation		7
Graphics		8
Usability		4
Technical		5
Personal Slant		5
Overall		5.8

sometimes it is not a bad idea to keep usability in mind, you know.

by Divin (unregistered) - Oct 19th, 2001

I just love the way they have designed the site and have put together the concept of a pixel machine.
I also wanted to know what ALL Fonts have they used in the images. If any one knows, please e-mail me on divin@ureach.com

Cheers!

Divin.

Microsoft (16) - Sep 22nd, 2001

A very nice website. The simplicity of the site is really astonishing. Such simplicity which contains a wide vairety of information is the best. Good use of pictures and text too. Very Good ***

DeeJay (36) - May 15th, 2001


Presentation		7
Graphics		8
Usability		4
Technical		7
Personal Slant		7
Overall		6.6

it's nice to see a distinctive design in these times of uniform webdesign. the site is well-executed and boasts an array of lovely details.

Updated on Jun 20th, 2002

Fred (158) - May 12th, 2001

+ easy to navigate
+ design = construction/handcraft/specialised work/high quality concept works well
+ obsessive eye for details
+ you feel that the designer loved working on it
+ good, different layout
+ nice undertoned colors

marc nichols (38) - May 1st, 2001

+ lovely 'construction' illustrations
+ powerful but subtle use of animations
+ excellent display of setting corporate identity
+ design = construction/handcraft/specialised work/high quality concept works well
+ obsessive eye for details
+ you feel that the designer loved working on it
+ good, different layout
+ nice undertoned colors

- navigation is confusing, too many options, not well defined
- lack of clear headers make the popups confusing
- choices on splashpage are not obvious

Zaphod (8) - Apr 30th, 2001

the "schematic" graphics of the site are very well done and the animations also add a lot of life to the site. But I think the design could be much clearer and easier to navigate. The design incorporates very small text along with busy graphics that made me wonder where to click. You find your self mousing over the entire page to find something that links. Also the links are not labeled and you have to mouse over something to see what it is. The sound loop gets irritating quickly and I could not find a way to turn it off that was obviously displayed.