I don’t do much flash to speak of, but I’ve been on my mind. I’ve been keeping my eye on how other designers are using it, and I’ve seen a wide variety of uses. Most are well designed and executed, but I’m not sure how much they add to their sites. They’re flash, just for the sake of flash. I’ve recently found a couple of sites that use flash in interesting ways.

Clara Collins uses it to make some online flip books. A fascinating idea. Use the controls to flip through one page oat a time, or let it zip through the whole book in sequence. You can even turn the books upside down to see the reverse pages. This definitely adds something to the presentation that a static site couldn’t touch.

I also saw Monoface. Now while this sit itself may not be useful in a professional sense, it’s very cleverly done. I can see how this same sort of setup could be use very effectively.

h/t to Gooding’s Goodies for both of these sites.