Oceanside: http://www.oceanside-ca.com/
Air Mac: http://www.airmac.com/
Dancing Baby: http://burningpixel.com/Baby/Babygif.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20000618114243/http://bonzi.com/bonzibuddy/bonzibuddyfriend.asp
http://www.estella-nyc.com/designer-brands.html
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Week 3
Unit 3 Response
It
is always so true that “people won’t use website if they can’t find their way
around it”. Personally, I think for any kind of good website, the navigation
should stand out, clear, simple and consistent so that user can navigate around
the website easier. Indeed, if users go to a website that is hard and confusing
to look for thing they need; more likely they won’t come back for the website
again. Navigation is the heart and the very basic for any websites because it
gives us something to hold on to, tells us what is here or not, tells us how to
use the site and even gives us confidence in people who built it. Consistency
is something needs to be concerned in every pages of the website so that users
know whether or not they are still on the same website. Also, every page needs its name, and its name
should be prominent enough to be recognizing by the user. In order to do those
or I can say commonly, web developer put pages’ name into tabs to organize the
names. Making a long story short, a good website needs a simple, clear engaging
navigation. It includes the use of spaces, position of each elements,
consistency, indicator and organized content.
Links (clear navigation)
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Week 2
Unit 2 Response:
What they want to see in the website:
Intended Audience:
Describe what I need to inform and persuade them of:
List the assets I need to persuade the user:
Categories depict in mockup:
Concept Statement:
What makes a challenge for designing an effective website is
how can designers design a web page that is barely going to be read by the
majority? The answer will be creating a website for scanning not reading because
people have tendency to skim and scan through the website to find the
information they are looking for rather than reading every single piece of text
displaying on the web site. Indeed, the website should be visually clear to establish
the first look. Also, it should have a clear hierarchy for each page on the
website. Breaking pages into easily identifiable areas with different purposes
will help user understand the page better, making obvious what is clickable and
what is not, removing any unnecessary clutter. Also, presenting simple choices
to the users that are totally unambiguous will be another option because they
just like it. Another way to create a better website is to cut all the crap and
get straight to the main point because user won’t read it. For example: kill
the happy talk (Welcome to our website blah blah blah) or cut down the
instruction just like the example Krug shows for Verizon’s intro. The more text
appears in the website, the less valuable the website will get. Therefore, it
is best to cut half the words on a site and then get rid of half of what is
left.
Concept Statement:
Users that may
visit the website:
Clients
Employers
Fellow Designers in the field
Friends/Family (whoever interested in)
What they want to see in the website:
My cool art works
Information about me
My Resume
Intended Audience:
Clients and Employers
Describe what I need to inform and persuade them of:
Promote my: Creativity skill and Design capabilities
Goals of the site: Getting the business going, attracting
the clients
Ultimate message: What makes design matter
List the assets I need to persuade the user:
Folk Life poster: photo and description
Absolut vodka ad: photo and description
Some Logo design I have done: vector file, photo and
description
Supreme Digital: website, app, photo and description
Categories depict in mockup:
Web
Print
Identity
Misc
Concept Statement:
For a portfolio website, my ultimate goal is to present my
awesome art works to the clients, customers in a way that will give them a
pleasure experience. Indeed, the art work will always be the focal point
throughout the entire website so that the users can concentrate more on the
work of art. The feature work will be displayed on the home page so that it
will give the users an instant pleasure experience when they visit the website.
Also, the users can directly click on any art work that they are interested in
to see more information about that particular work, or they can freely navigate
around the website to any section that is available to them.
As far as navigation system, headers, links info go; it will
be simple in size and color so that it won’t scream for attention. Ideally, I
want my website to be subtle, relaxing, professional looking that can portrait
and even enhance my art work more. Because of that, I will step back from my
original color palate and choose and simple one so that will create the look
and feel that I want it to do. The transition between pages will be smooth,
content may fade in and out so that it will match and enhance the entire
design.
Homepage:
Monday, July 16, 2012
Week 1
Unit 1 Response
After reading the first paragraph in “Don’t Make Me Think”
by Steve Krug I realized the first law of usability for any website is “Don’t
Make Me Think”. It surprised me that how a simple everyday talk sentence can be
the usability law. Indeed, it makes so much sense when it gets to navigating
around websites to look for useful information because people don’t want to
think much to navigate through the website. The lesser user have to think, the
more users that website will get. In order to achieve that “Don’t Make Me Think”
goal, designers have to get rid of questions they think their users may have
because it will just make the website more complicated. Simple name to
categories will aid users navigate better through the website. In chapter 2
Krug shows the harsh-but-true reality of the hard work designers put into
making a website. People just skim and scan through and choose the link that
catches their eyes the most no matter if it has great information or
interesting stuff. It is true the people scan and look through a website really
quickly, but it is only when they try to find stuff. After having found their
stuff, people tend to settle/slow down more to look for great content. I agree
with Krug that breaking the website into words or phrases that match what user
looking for; however, it is hard to create that website because different users
will expect different things from a website. It is best to create a website
will good and catchy name because people will tend to click on it more. Also,
people don’t spend time on figuring out how thing should work. They tend to muddling
around to find what they need as I do the same thing all the time without even
realize it. These two chapters are really helpful for me because it helps me
realize many things that I need to do to make a better website. It is also fun
and easy to read with interesting visual that backs up and restates the crucial
idea of the book “Don’t Make Me Think.”
Some Inspiration Portfolio website
1/ Rob Young: http://www.eisforeffort.com/
2/ Daryl Campbell: http://www.madelikeme.com/
3/ Sebastian Nikolaou: http://www.sebdesign.eu/
Concept Statement
(Will be updated later)
Thumbnails Sketches
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
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