Interface Design
Sites from 03/11
By the end of this week, you should have your interface design concepts nailed down and in electronic form so you can begin working on the XHTML/CSS and content. To help those of you who need some inspiration, here are two sites to Review for design:
Web 2.o style from Web Design from Scratch
Grunge Style Article […]
Color Palettes and Background Textures
This is a nice resource for finding color palettes if you’re creatively challenged (like me), or just need some inspiration:
ColourLovers.com
If you click the little “PS” icon beside the palette, it automatically opens into Photoshop’s Swatches, so you don’t have to do any sampling with the eyedropper tool. They have a great section for seamless patterns, […]
Redesign #2: Cat Prin
Here’s a link to the original Cat Prin website.
My redesign:
Rachel’s website redesign
Here’s my website redesign of theviolinsite.com
CALS Student Council Redesign - Danielle
original site www.uwcals.com
Websites from Tuesday’s lecture
Below is a listing of the sites I shared in class on Tuesday, with some additions. One of the best is the Web Design from Scratch site. It’s an excellent resource for aspiring web communicators. It’s definitely a resource to use again and again.
Remember the one of the key points from our discussion on Tuesday […]
Project 1 Final Versions
Here are the project 1 redesigns. We will critique these tomorrow in class. Please reply to this post with your 3 favorites. As you are looking at the designs, ask yourself what specifically what stands out (in a positive or negative way)? Which designs capture your attention? How do they capture your attention?, etc. […]
Visual Design - Web 2.0 Design Style
With the advent of “Web 2.0” new design styles have emerged. Just as I showed with the case study on Tuesday (garyengbergoutdoors.com old and new), design styles are becoming more sophisticated. Ben Hunt from Web Design from Scratch shares his perspective with a Web 2.0 Style Guide and he outlines some basic principles to consider.
Eastbay Interface for Redesigning
I apologize. I had this image in a not-so-easy to find spot on the blog (bad information architecture, right? And thanks for pointing that out Noel). Click on the image for a larger version of the interface that you can print. It’s a little fuzzy, but it will work for our purposes.