Albert Exergian

Albert Exergian’s portfolio/ website is a beautiful compliment to his work. His work mostly contains very simple elements and overall clean design. The website features a white background with simple black text and lines. This helps the viewer to focus solely on the work and not be distracted by the layout. 

This is a style I would definitely consider for my own portfolio site since a lot of my own work is very simplistic. Exergian has a lot of corporate and magazine designs that are featured on the professional site along with a link to his personal blog. 

The blog then contains more of his light hearted and fun works. This is a good division of styles that allows him to be specific in the type of work he shows potential clients. This separation is also something I’d like to mimic in my own portfolio site.

Stefan Sagmeister

 Stefan Sagmeister's website is a unique blend of live video with static images with a clean white background. The home page is what appears to be a full screen shot of live feed from his studio. Embedded in this footage are the links to the rest of his site. The home page effectively grabs your attention, but it is a stark contrast to a majority of the website.  

 The works page is a grid of clickable thumbnails on a white background. This is more attractive to me design wise than the home page. This type of set-up is something that I would consider for my own website but the home page wouldn’t. 

The answers page is similar to the works in functionality and design and again differs greatly from the home page.  It continues the slideshow navigation that is seen in the works page and also contains the subsections tabs at the top.