Category Archives: Story of Stuff

When viewing this website, I thought ‘I can take this one of two directions:  focus on the STORY, or focus on the STUFF. Based on the project’s logo and my general impression of its intent, Annie Leonard and co.’s focus … Continue reading →

When analyzing the Story of Stuff website, I find that the content that has been categorized as “stuff” is much more than that. I’m assuming that the webpage is based off of Annie Leonard’s “The Story of Stuff” book. In … Continue reading →

The Story of Stuff website does a great job appealing to its target audience. The presentation of the information is inviting and allows for a simplified breakdown of complex issues and information. I watched the bottled water video and love … Continue reading →

The animation holds you in. It takes clears straight forward information about bottled water. Combining Javascript with embedded video to select chapter makes the information more engaging. This helps with the message they are pushing against bottle water companies. having … Continue reading →

This video was very interesting, but honestly the woman bugged the hell out of me.  I’ll side step my criticism of her horrid hair and outfit to criticize her presentation.  I don’t know what I expected, but I didn’t see … Continue reading →

The ‘Story of Stuff’ website is the perfect example of good design being used for persuasion. It is clean simple and so welcoming. I want to look around at the cute little drawings and see what they are discussing. ‘Oh? … Continue reading →

The video on bottled water would typically bore me long before the actual point trying to be made was ever brought forward. It’s not necessarily the most engaging topic. The use of the sketches/drawings is clever and attention grabbing. The … Continue reading →

I watched through the Story and Bottle Water. I thought the site and the video were both interesting.  The video did a great job of introducing and relaying information in a simple way.  The use of the the animations and … Continue reading →

Hundreds of years from now, a little girl leaps onto her mothers lap prepared to hear a story. Her mama always told the best stories, just like her mama’s mother and her mama’s mother’s mother used too. Throughout the generations … Continue reading →