Blog Post for WebSite Design (Wed, October 17th)

The website (timberland.com) uses type to communicate their message by using them in different sizes. The font is a San-serifs and looks like Arial, I can tell because of its boldness and tightness of the font and since it's one of the default fonts. The site mostly use Arial, the only part that has a different font is the logo, and this "waterproof" word thats pointing at the boot which helps give the watery feel.

Question:
Choose a website that you feel uses type to communicate their message.
Describe the role of each typeface in constructing that message.

Blog Post for WebSite Design (Wed, October 10th)

The website (Gamespot.com) is grouped well. Everything has a border to show that that section belongs together. The site is made up of dark blue, orange, and yellow. The main hue is dark blue. The website is successful because once you go there you see the current news and as you scroll down on the homepage you see other related news. I personally don't go to this site because their news is not what i'm looking for, I go to ign.com more than gamespot.com. The one thing that I feel makes the site unsuccessful would be that the site can be a bit crowded even with the grouping.

Question:
Choose a website that has a homepage that you think is interesting.
Describe the qualities that you feel make it successful or unsuccessful.

Blog Post for WebSite Design (Wed, October 3rd)

The website (Daisymaysbbq.com) is grouped well in fact it's almost the same layout I was picturing during the class challenge, but Daisy's Mays did what exactly the things my team was missing. The site's layout with the logo on the top left, the navigation bar under the logo to the left, under the logo is the address & times & phone. Next to the logo is a quote, and under it is the news and other info. My opinion is that the site used grouping well since I came up with almost the same layout. It also uses alignment well. The amount of alignment and grouping impact on the message of the site is that it's a simple BBQ restaurant. The colors on the site are patriotic, it has red, white and blue, and brown for the wood (making it feel like BBQ-ish.)

Question:
Does this site use grouping well?
Does this site use alignment well?
How does amount of alignment and grouping impact the message of this site?

Blog Post for WebSite Design (Wed, September 26th)

The purpose of this website (ElevenMadisonPark.com) is to promote the restaurant, provide info on the restaurant, and what they serve. The message of this website is Classy and organic. The site has a monochromatic theme which uses only black and white. The background is close to a shade of black. The site is mostly depending on the imagery to lure people and to make the site exciting. I got the message mostly from the imagery because everything else is just too plain.

Question:
What is the purpose of this website?
What is the message of this website?
Do the photographs used in this website support these goals & messages?

Blog Post for WebSite Design (Wed, September 19th)

The imagery of the website (BritneySpears.com) has change over the years and the overall message of the page change too. In 1999 the website has a childish friendly feel to the imagery. She used very saturated colors (yellow and blue.) The site is also has a simple layout. In 2002 the website has a more wild side to it, more of a caution (lookout) feel to it. She used very saturated color (mostly orange.) The imagery has this TV-line thing in them and are also organge. I couldn't view the 2006 page, for some reason the page wouldn't load.

Question:
Compare the images that the website uses in 1999, 2002 & 2006.
How does the subject of the imagery change?
How does the form of the imagery change (frame, line, shape, texture)?
Does the imagery support the changing message of the website?

Blog Post for WebSite Design (Wed, September 12th)

The dominant hue of the website (ChristinaAguilera.com) is a dark redish-brown. The color scheme is Monochromatic, everything in the site has this dark redish color. The colors are not saturated since there dark. The colors are mostly shades. The dark redish color is telling me base on how the entire site looks that she's a glamor girl (old fashion style.) She's high class and a showgirl. With all the imagery its even easier to identify the celebrity. Alone with just the dark redish-brown color I would have said bloody, or old.

Question:
What is the dominant hue of the website you picked?
What is the color scheme?
Are the colors saturated?
Are the colors mostly tints or shades?
How well do these choice express the identity of this celebrity?

Blog Post for WebSite Design (Wed, September 5th)

The three messages I identify in the website (AvrilLavigne.com) are Girly, Music, PopRock. The elements that help communicate these messages are the pinkish purple color for girly. On the front page theres a video when clicked plays a music video that she has done. and PopRock from listen to the music video and looking at her songs (but I know what genre she does since I have all her albums). The layout I've seen before, theres a banner with links below it to other areas of the site. Three columns are mainly use throughout the site. On the front page the three columns are from the left one has current news, the middle with the music video, and the right with a poll, whos online, and a register now to be a member of the fan club.

Question:
Identify three messages in the website you picked.
Which elements help to communicate these messages? (type, color, imagery)

Blog Post for WebSite Design (Wed, August 29th)

The purpose of this page of the website (kournikova.com) is a blog entry informing her fans of whats currently going on, how she feels and her thoughts. Personally I wouldn't really go to this website mainly because I don't follow any celebrities. I don't really care what they're doing everyday. Also because she plays a sport I'm not into. I actually don't follow any sports. I know some of the rules of the sports, so I can play the video game version of the sport but I wouldn't play the sport physically, I don't like running.

Question:
What is the purpose of this website?
Would you visit this website? Why or why not?