2005
27 elements
13. SeaWar (Battleship)
14. Gold Software Downloads
15. AdWizard
16. NoSpam
17. ReaGallery
18. Wine race 2
19. Kaspersky's bird
20. ReaConverter
21. HDDLife
22. Wine race
23. InstaBack
24. Universal Shield
 
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Help-screen is both useful and attractive interface element. It visually demonstrates what actions user should perform. And as help-screen is made as graphical illustrations it heightens the application attractiveness
ChiliBurner
client: MOVAVI
date: 2005
project includes: { logos, icons }
  Overseer project   Arovax Antispyware project  


logo

 

Initially, the software was called MOVAVI Burner. After occurrence of burning red Chili-pepper in the draft of a logo – it was renamed to ChiliBurner

 

Semantic scheme

 
   

Alkaloid capsaicin, the a part Chili-pepper, a hot substance, in the pure state capable to cause strong enough burn of a skin. Its flavoring, receptor’s interpretation measured in special units, Scoville units (SHU). It makes to believe, that you satisfied your thirst with a real flame! In its turn, DVD-R-drive does not have the red flames of fire inside, but  people call disk writting process the “burning”, like it has the one. As you see, the chili-pepper is a good illustration of DVD writting process. It is very hot, but has no any real fire inside.


Application icon

 

Trivia

  • chile, chili, chilli” — equally true variants of a writing
  • The Scoville scale is a measure of the "hotness" of a chili pepper. It was developed in 1912 by hemist Wilbur Scoville. Capsaicin in the pure state - 16 million Scoville units. Habanero chile will rate around 300,000 Scoville units
  • The Pain from burning pepper, causes sensation of delight. When eating Chile-pepper, the brain actively allocates endorphins. Thus active substances of the pepper bear antibacterial effect

 

 
   


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The large buttons used in the interface, have covered the standard systems panels with the bright mexican carpets:

  • folder with documents
  • the coils with a fascinating feature film about adventures of  legendary El Santo (an episode « Santo contra el Cerebro del Mal »)
  • vinyl record on 33 turns (album Los Diamantes de Ojinaga)
  • diary photos

Rollover effect makes buttons alive:

 

   
  Overseer project   Arovax Antispyware project