Digital Web Magazine - Web Design by Designers
Article URL: http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_design_by_designers/
Article Summary
This article took two web design websites and broke them down to show the best parts of each one. They explain the importance of hierarchy and structure. They explain some of the same things that we have been learning in class. (it's nice to see the comparison to real world things.) They explain how a grid system is a great way of getting information organized and placed in the spots you want it to be in.
The first web site that they look into is called MetaDesign. The site was simple. That's about all you need to say to describe it. It is simple! The text is big, black, and it sits on a white background. The information is straight to the point and keeps the user wanting more.
The second web site is called Duffy and Partners. It is quite the opposite but still keeps the same features of good design. It gets straight to the point as well by giving the user plenty of amazing images up front.
My thoughts:
The article was very well written and easy to understand. It gave the facts and showed images to help portray the information. The images were clear, precise, and helped the article instead of being a distraction. The information that is presented is very usefeul. I saw a lot of parallels with the information that we have been learning in class such as the hierarchy and using a grid system. It is very helpful for web designers to review the basics and learn from the best. Here, two webpages have been shown that have a lot of good design. It is good to learn from others and use everyone's ideas.
It really opened up my eyes to see the first website. It is amazing that something so well-known and highly seen is so simple. It's white background with black text. Big woop right? Yet the proportions of everything is perfect! It's amazing to me how you can take something with a lot of information...and nail it down to a simple thing and that is where we need to stick to in web design...is that simple thing!
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Thanks for posting this article! It was interesting to see how different the two Web sites are and how they each follow good design rules. The overlay of grids also helped in recognizing how the placement of items is important in good design and in increasing the usability of a site.
ReplyDelete-Annalisa