This months winner is Meomi, a small illustartive partnership between Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy. Their quirky style of illustartion is not just reserved for their charcaters, but also extends to the overall structure and design of their site. The use of subtle movement across the site really adds engagement and turns the tree house scene to life.

WWW.MEOMI.COM

February's winner was a slight departure from the usual sites we reward here at the UDA. The British American Housing Staff website is a hark back to the past, referrencing traditional values through a collection of toned colours and textures. Sepia images, placed via HTML 5, are used to create a montage, envoking a time gone by.

We think it's a beautiful example of how digital can convey and old and pre-digital age.

WWW.BAHS.COM

January's winner was Vanmoof Cycles. Vanmoof produce high end bicycles for commuters and bike enthusiasts alike. The website heavily features glorious photography of their bikes in fantastic locations. Utilising HTML 5, the site creates an immersive and thought provoking experience enhanced further by the use of minimal but well thought out typography.

WWW.VANMOOF.COM

December's winner wass Moment Skis. Inititally purely a ski equipment company, Moment Skis has now turned into a fashion label, with a large roster of professional athletes representing them.

The site itself has a very contemporary feel, with large clickable areas adding intuitive functionality as well as a cutting edge aesthetic. Simply hover over the logo to witness one of the best uses of an animated giff we've seen, chanelling the marvel comics logo device!

November's winner was Thinking with Type. A website dedicated to the beauty of typography. Written by Ellen Lupton, the site serves as an online guide to the finer points of type rules, essential for any graphic designer. Ellen herself sums the site up best:

"If ThinkingwithType.com were a carton of eggs, it would be filled with those created (and sometimes illustrated) by Ellen Lupton. The egg carton would be constructed by Christopher Clark. If you wanted to extend this metaphor, you might say that the egg carton was constructed with a generous amount of help from symphony CMS and the jquery javascript library. The beautiful typography on the outside of the carton was designed by Peter Bilak and hosted by the typotheque type foundry. The egg carton was certified safe by the W3C and constructed from sturdy, lightweight, and standards-compliant XHTML and XSLT."

Digital Mash is the portfolio site of freelance graphic designer Robyn Morris.

The site itself is minimal in its simplicity which allows his beautiful work to sing within the page.
Utilising many exuberant colour pallettes, his design style is energetic and dynamic which is communicated clearly through the site itself. A great example of a successful protfolio, take heed!

WWW.DIGITALMASH.COM

September's winner was The Yellow Bird Project.
To quote them directly:

"You can think of us as a tree of creativity, with branches joining together indie musicians, charitable organizations, and t-shirts with a fashionable punch. We seek out only the coolest of cool artists, collaborate with them to design awesomely awesome tee-shirts, and give all the prettiest of pretty profits to charities of the artists’ choice."

The overall design of the site is highly creative and functionally innovative. A truly inspirational project which we think you should all get behind.

WWW.YELLOWBIRDPROJECT.COM

August's winner was Typographica. Typographica is a review of typefaces and type books, with occasional commentary on fonts and typographic design. The site is brimming with fantastic typographic commentary which is superbly complimented by sleek and minimal design.

WWW.TYPOGRAPHICA.ORG

July's winner was Type Radio. Typeradio is the radio channel on type & design. Typeradio is a Microfm broadcast, a MP3 internet radio stream and a podcast station. Since 2004 Typeradio (which is Donald Beekman, Liza Enebeis aka LoveLiza & Underware) is visiting different design events around the world, to meet designers and to talk. Truly inspirational! A fantastic subject and a fantastic site!

WWW.TYPERADIO.ORG

June's winner was the BC grpahics blog. A fun and interesting collection of evertyhing design. The slick and minimal design allows the featured work to grab the viewers attention. Subtle iconography also make it easy to share your favourites. A great hub of inspiration!

WWW.BCGRAPHICS.TUMBLR.COM

May's winner was the Psy Ops type foundry. We've been guilty of typographic envy recently and Psy Ops is the cause! A beautifully minimal design allows the fonts themselves to shine, aided by some fantastic poster work which we wish adorned our walls! This site is a true pleasure to visit!

WWW.PSYOPS.COM