... in between

'In Between' is a look into the ordinary everday things that surround us and exploring the spaces they contain or that they hold within them.


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... in between


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Flash FIles

Photoshop FIles

Flashing It

Based on the kind of websites I have been looking at for inspiration, I have decided to take the challenge of attempting to create the entire website in flash. Because I’m used to creating websites using Photoshop, I figured that this would be a better chance than ever to have a go at creating a flash website. Besides from my research into website and website design, a lot of web-designers who create websites purely for artistic entertainment or fall between the lines of web art and design are in fact constructed using flash. This is largely due to the ActionScripting features within flash, which allows for the generation of animations and effects between transitions, which are generally static or simple when creating conventional websites.

So by creating the website using Flash, the site will be more visually effective as well as allow me to portray my concept more effectively

Some Flash Site I drew inspiration from:

sofake.com - through transitions creates depth within the page. Simple yet so effective.
leo burnett - utilises the 3D space of the page.
Facing New York Website - a Flash based website that uses the zoom transition effect to generate an amazing site.

spaces in between

Having talked to a few people about my concept, I realised that I myself did not have a solid understanding of where I was heading. I knew how I wanted the end result to look, without knowing whether I was capable of creating it or not, or whether it would even be an appropriate layout for the “space” I was creating it around.


That being said, I decided to get a good solid understanding of what my concept was in order to allow me to realise the possibilities I could come up with to represent my concept.

A recap of my ideas:

I initially set out with the aim of creating a site that focused on white space and minimalism. I then decided to look into the idea of unimportant spaces or the notion of “reading between the lines” – looking closer at simple things and the spaces around them or between them.

So having thought about it, I decided to put everything that I had, all my ideas & thoughts, and combine them together to create a website that revolved around the exploration of “Spaces in between” which looks at things we see in our everyday lives and don't really pay much attention to.

concept redefined

Above are a few mock layouts. Going with the latest idea I proposed, the door acts as and entrance to a new space within the page. The pages within will then allow you to delve deeper and find out more spaces. The site will use various types of multimedia in order to enhance the features and purpose of the website.

draft storyboard ...

What is the purpose of the website

White Space – “read between the lines”


A website which aims to explore the “unimportant” spaces generally considered as unimportant.

Attempt to portray the importance of the spaces in between as the concrete element which holds all things together.

A place between imgination and reality, A portal where dreams and imagination is brought to life.


External Links to websites that explore the use of White Space.


Aesthetics:

My initial thoughts for the website was a “crispy clean” sort of look. I want things to look quiet artistic and sophisticated. An elegance

exploring ideas

I was thinking of ideas on how I should go about creating my website. My problem was I had a lot of interesting random concepts, but no one solid concept which held them all together.

Random Ideas & Site Concepts:

• Read Between the lines: the spaces in between


• Objects float as if in space: Spacify


• Boxed in: inclosed spaces


• Let's go Minimal: minimalistic spaces

Overall, I want to somehow find one solid theme which these above concepts fall under. At the moment I am thinking of the Spaces in Between - this would be the main concept and the other ideas I had would act as the pages within the site. All sub-concepts would relate to the main one however, for example, the inner-page focusing on Boxed In would explore the spaces in between inclosed spaces.

The purpose of the site would be to explore my idea of Spaces in Between as the spaces which we do not consider at all, such as the air in the box, the cracks in the edges, and through use of imagination depict the possibilities they may incompass. The site will act like portals into fantastical worlds.

The idea came about when I was daydreaming one day and thought to myself "imagine if there was another world that makes the world we live in how it is?". Little occurences which we don't see. The empty space from one object to another seems empty to the human-eye. But is it really? Sort of an exlporation into the possibilities of what occurs when we are not looking. The concept to me right now seems a bit wishy washy in the sense that there are an infinite amount of possibilitites I could do with this. But I think to make this work well it will all rely on the navigation method I chose from one page to another.

I want the site to be extremely interactive so that the viewer will stay and discover more as they delve into the site.

admire to inspire

I came across some wonderfull websites randomly searching the web to get my brain ticking.

Filippa Smedhagen Sund

This one website which I fumbled across had a navigation feature that I liked where dragging and sliding up, down, left and right allowed you to discover more images within the site. This meant there was no structure what so ever and was strictly up to the viewer as to what was seen. It got a little bit annoying and confusing after a while though.



I also found some photographs taken for the fashion magazine Clear Magazine which were featured on the Filippa Smedhagen Sund website. The images depict great use of space which inspired some ideas for my site.

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Coca Cola Remix Art Gallery

I particularly loved the loading page of this website. The site itself simply showcases a collection of images designed by leading artists and designers for Coca Cola.



Nike Air Campaign

The nikeair campaign which I came across at the Big Spaceship website was one which I particularly loved. You chose to either 'Run on air' or 'Ball on air' and through keyboard input the viewer gets to interact and visually create their own world as they run.



I particularly liked the motion effects of the background as well as the aesthical appeal of the site itself. The site gave me some possibilites of how I can include movement within my site during the transition from one page to the next.