WindyChien.com

California-based artist Windy Chien is trying to develop a universal language of knots, spoken across oceans, centuries, genders, and occupations. Her work ranges in size from a knot that can fit in the palm of a child’s hand, to room-sized installations that are sought after by private collectors. Following long careers at Apple and as owner of legendary music shop Aquarius Records, she launched her studio in 2015. Select clients include the National Geographic Society, Nobu Hotels, IBM, Google, and the Kering Group, and her work has been covered by Wired, The New York Times, and several other prestigious publications.

According to her, knots are artifacts of human ingenuity: an ancient technology predating the wheel and use of fire. Knots manifest tension, direction of pull, forces working in harmony and in opposition. Examining these empirical aspects, she considers their physical function, cultural significance, and aesthetic value. She gave herself an assignment to learn a new knot -out of the almost 4,000 documented- every day for one year, creating a beautiful collection exposed in her website.

ABOUT THE WEBSITE:

  • Domain name: windychien.com
  • Creation Date: 2013-07-23
  • TLD: .com
  • Type: Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD)
  • Registry: VeriSign Global Registry Services
  • Registrar: 1API GmbH
  • Website Title: Windy Chien
  • Website Description: About Windy Chien
  • Server IP: 65.39.205.61
  • ISP: Squarespace, Inc.
  • Server Location: USA
  • CMS: Squarespace
  • Alexa Rank: 2,757,307
  • Daily Unique Visitors: 493
  • Monthly Visits: 15,530
  • Pages per Visitor: 2.00
  • Daily Pageviews: 986
  • Backlinks from United States: 65
  • Backlinks from Germany: 2
  • Backlinks from China: 2
  • Backlinks from United Kingdom: 1
  • Backlinks from France: 1
  • Backlinks from .in: 35
  • Backlinks from .com: 29
  • Backlinks from .net: 2
  • Search Engine Indexes;
    -Google Index: 106
    -Bing Index: 65
    -Yahoo Index: 175
    -Yandex Index: 2,014
  • DNS provided by the following nameservers:
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  • Google Safe Browsing: Safe
  • SSL Check: Website supports HTTPS
  • Issuer: Let’s Encrypt Authority X3

WEBSITE SCORES:

  • Content: 85%
  • Usefulness: 90%
  • Design: 78%
  • Creativity: 90%
  • Usability: 77%
  • Responsiveness: 92%

AND THE AWARD GOES TO:

Today’s web award goes to WindyChien.com thanks to the beautiful idea of using knots as a new media, and the ingenious content created by knots. Congratulations.

The website address is: https://windychien.com

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