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The article presents a profile of Big Spaceship, an Internet web site design firm based in New York City. Big Spaceship specializes in broadcast media, interactive applications and gaming designed to promote the products and services of clients in an Internet video format. The article provides information on the organizational structure of the company, its design philosophy and hiring practices. Chief executive officer Michael Lebowitz is quoted the diversity of clients who use the services of the company.

Across the board, designers of Web sites and interactive kiosks are providing richer, more elaborate, more educational, more entertaining and more in-depth encounters with a museum's collection. Visitors to the virtual museum have the opportunity to go behind the scenes with a museum curator, hear directly from a primary source, view collections normally locked away in storerooms, conduct detailed research, watch videos and animations, make purchases and plan visits. Whether museum directors realize it or not, visitors to museums on the Web are now beginning to outnumber attendance at real, physical museums. For a number of savvy curators and designers, new media offers provocative new ways to extend and enhance the museum experience.

Reports on New York City-based Chopping Block's work on Web site design. Web design strategy; Samples of the firm's work; Major clients; Creativity in Web design.

Describes how Duffy Design & Interactive entered the interactive Web design marketplace. Hiring of young people familiar with the Internet; Educating old staff about the Web; Strength in communicating across different media; Widening of roles and responsibilities of a traditional designer; Production process.

The article discusses the developments in Web 3-D. It describes several failed efforts to develop and implement 3-D standards. Tony Parisi, a 3-D Web consultant, explains why 3-D was not fully integrated into the Web browser. The creation of realistic 3-D in Flash is described, as well as the features of the game building tool, Unity, including hardware acceleration and learning curve.

The article discusses products related to graphic design and recreation. The TuneFlex Aux from Griffin Technology is a device that allows an individual to play their iPod as they drive while simultaneously charging the device's battery. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts is releasing two lines of watches based on Warhol's artwork, including his famous Campbell's Soup cans. Domtar Paper, the third largest producer of paper in North America, has launched a design center on their Web site.

Focuses on the design of the website for photographers, www.eccentris.com. Theme of the design; Way in which the project of designing the website was done; Name of the people who designed the website.

Offers advice on Web site development. Determination of the role the site will have with stakeholders; Design of the homepage; Statement of corporate mission; Contact information; Use of the site for job postings; Creation of an intranet; Disclosure of the site's privacy policy.

Presents updates on technological resources in communication in the United States. Includes Web design techniques on several computer books; Fusion of the computer imagery collection of Digital Vision; Release of digital image plug-ins by Sapphire Innovations.

The article offers information on the website Bob Dylan: Studio A Revisited developed by production company Studio6, to promote Bob Dylan's collector's edition box set, titled The Cutting Edge 1965–1966, as of March 2017. Topics include association of the project with a promotional campaign; demands that made the project easier or harder; and response received by the site from the media.

An interview with Dejan Djuric, who developed of the interactive website designed for Printed By Somerset, is presented. He talks about the the project's core features, such as digital interactions; sign ificant challenges faced during the development like representing a represent a printing company; and the audience targeted by the website.

An interview with Sean Carnage, who developed an interactive shopping website based on the theme of Star Wars movies, is presented. He talks about the thinking behind the navigation structure, technical features of the design like use of mobile camera; and a different approach to developing the website like changes to shopping cart features.

An interview with Bruno Choinière and David Dufresne, developer of the website Dada Data, is presented. They talk about most challenging aspect of the project, the audience they were targeting, and how they compare the project with other project they have worked on. It also presents an overview of the website, citing its features like its focus on museum visitors.

An interview with Michael Takasaki, who developed of the interactive website Not Yet, is presented. He talks about the purpose of the project like Funeral planning; most challenging aspect of the project, which is dealing with consumers; and the audience they were targeting, which are supposed to be difficult to reach.

An interview with James Duffy, digital content manager for the city of Boston, and Sebastian Ebarb, head designer for Boston, Massachusetts, who developed of the interactive website Boston.gov, is presented. They talk about thinking behind the navigation structure; the most challenging aspect of the project; and news things learned during the process.

An interview with Karianna L. Haasch, developer of the interactive arts website Zumtobel US, is pesented. She talks about the thinking behind the navigation structure, the software, back-end technology and programming languages used in the design like a a custom CMS was built in Python, and the demands that made the project easier or harder.

An interview with Mira Kaddoura, Red & Co.'s founder, and Marco Murillo, executive interactive producer at Red & Co., which developed of the interactive website FEELM, is presented. They talk about the use of applications that they hadn't used before; special navigation features of the site; and specific demands that made the project easier or harder.

An interview with Gabe Kean, who developed of the interactive art website RadioEight, is presented. He talks about the thinking behind the navigation structure; demands that made the project easier or harder; and and facing the supposed out-of-the-ordinary obstacles during development of the website like challneges in recording in Nepal.