Simplicity

I agree with Colin's blog that the Antony Gormley site is simple and therefore visually and practically easy to navigate. Stylistically personally I am drawn to clear, uncluttered sites.

The following site http://www.collabarts.org/ I think fits this aesthetic. I like the fact that they use the image of the animal as a navigation tool and I also think that the way the information is sectioned is useful. It does not incorporate a blog however or an external posting site. This however would be something to consider in terms of managing content and might not be such a bad idea to exclude blog access from outside users.

The following site http://www.dance-tech.net/profile/dancetechTV is a more complicated but still visually appealing site. i have chosen it as it incorporates a lot of video which is something which I feel is important, particularly to disseminate more performance based work. The site uses images of users which I am not so keen on but I do like the resource/book tips to the right of the screen. This might be an interesting way of presenting our 'feed' words already present/listed on the right of our blog.

The following http://www.soundalibi.co.uk/ is another site from a film maker that I have just finished a collaboration with. The site again in terms of visuals is clean, again does not have the specific content that we would want but this will be determined by our group. One thing to consider is Quicktime. Lot's of the video here are quicktime but our university does not seem to be compatible. Maybe we need to consider software compatibility/access so as many people can access without having to download new software. This tends to put people off.

This site http://www.newworknetwork.org.uk/ is great for networking, building communities so there is perhaps something in the purpose of this site and its effectiveness that we can look at. However I feel that the homepage is confusing and overloaded with information.

Hope these are useful.

Victoria