I will be looking six different websites and six published works and evaluating three good, and three bad in those categories.
Good website designs:
EXAMPLE #1 - www.apple.com
- Very good use of white space
- Does not confuse the viewer(s)
- Good typography
- Very good use of visuals (not to many to confuse, but enough to draw attention)
- As little as possible legal and information at the bottom
EXAMPLE #2 - www.threebearsdesign.com
- Unique layout, yet not cluttered
- Well chosen color scheme/ fits their style
- Nice use of showing "Our Most Recent Work" with pictures in small boxes for easy viewing
- The use of applications at the bottom ( Myspace, Facebook, Flickr, etc.)
EXAMPLE #3 - www.hollisterco.com
- Nice use of boxes to separate different adds within the company at the certain time
- Good use of color and texture
- Very good use of fonts - not too many, but enough that shows difference
- The "small print" at the bottom of the webpage might seem to be a nuisance, but in reality makes things more accessible
Bad website designs:
EXAMPLE #1 - www.ebay.com
- There are many different colors that are conflicting
- It is a little hard to stay focused, since there is no hierarchy being shown
- With the side bar on the left side, the search bar on the top, as well as the boxes on the lower half of the window; it is hard to focus on anything in particular.
- There is a lot on information trying to be given but no direction or organization
- Having photos, as well as the background art is very distracting
- All of the links and pages are in different colors, and it is very hard to then know what are links/pages as well as what are logos, body copy, etc.
- The random photo placement and the size of the photos are distracting
- It is very overwhelming
EXAMPLE #3 - www.tracyskarate.com
This is just a screen shot of part of the website, the website was much longer and had much to scroll through.
- Very harsh colors and no consistency
- Very tight tables
- The contact information is very small compared to the size of web page
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Good terrible example number 2 =)
ReplyDeleteThe example you have for #2 bad designed website is very overwhelming to look at I see why you chose this one. I chose ebay as a good design, mainly because I use it on a regular basis.
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