Fuzzco: A Deliciously New Website

About a month ago, when I was still in London and working feverishly on bringing this journal and website to you, I had a bout of ‘Holmnesia’ (my word for a sudden urge to investigate an occurrence where something seems amiss).

Noticing on my Google Reader feed that it had been a very long time since I last received new blog posts from Fuzzco (a web and graphic design studio in Charleston, South Carolina, USA), I decided to find out what was going on with them. My biggest fear was that they might have closed down thanks to the on-going economic slump.

Instead, and to my delight, I came across a marvellously re-designed website. And what was once a single blog, is now two new ones (one for work and one for play) with changed permalinks (which explained why I hadn’t been receiving new posts on my feed reader).

Have a look at the screen-shots above and tell me that you don’t feel like doing some investigating yourself.

I love how they’ve used the ‘connect-the-dots’ concept to form a title/section marker on every page. They definitely have a good sense of humour and fun (as evidenced by the use of photos and copy).

My only grouse is with the annoying sound effects that come into play when you hover over the navigation menu. Why haven’t they given the viewer of the site, the option to turn them off?

I hope someone from Fuzzco gets to read this and takes action. While that happens (or not), why don’t you check their site out and tell me what you think of it.

[Update: A funny thing happened just after I published this entry. The old Fuzzco feed that had been dormant since July 2009 on my Google Reader feed subcriptions page suddenly came to life and updated itself with the 10 latest posts from the new blog(s). Hmm ... interesting co-incidence!]