Client mock. Crit please.
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- ridiculous
http://www.adamson-interactive.c…
The left hand side will be flash with expanding sub nav.
The client gave this feedback prior to this mock-up.
1. Needs navigation clarity.
2. Conservative straightforward logos.
3. Not cluttered.
4. Geometric layout.
5. A little flash to hold interest.
- freshmode0
The site is OK, but nothing great.
When I look I see a bunch of information. Doesn't look to much like a home page. More like a secondary page.
It seems as if the site lacks structure. How many people are working on this? Is this inhouse, freelance or agency? The design doesn't catch me much. It almost seems as if you are trying to hard to make the company look high tech and it isn't working.
I would take a stab at another 2 or 3 different ideas.
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- ridiculous0
I am the only one working on this particular mock. It is an agency job. Do you have any suggestions for salvaging elements integrated into this design or just scrap the entire mock? Thank you for your feedback.
- instantok0
i think you need to separate the navigation from the content...they seem to be competing now...set up a visual hierarchy with what you want the user to see 1st, 2nd, etc. to make the site easier to use...i like the colors and they type...has some promise...just think the usability through a bit more
- krts0
I like the overall feel...
Maybe a little more contrast with the text so I know what is navagation and what is to be read at body...
Also a little more negative space would give it some breathing room..
Otherwise it looks very pro!
- ridiculous0
I also should have confessed that I just purchased and read the book "Grid Systems in Graphic Design" maybe I took it a little too far?
Thanks again for the feedback.
- freshmode0
From what I hear that is a good book. Although you can see where you used it, it didn't help much they way it was intended to.
It isn't about just slapping some guides up their and designing to the guides.
You have to give people a visual path on where to go and how to get there.
I wouldn't say scrap the idea. I would just suggest making the site a bit easier to look at and use.
I am glad to see you are not using a conventianal nav system, but don't kill it by making it too hard to use.
Just think of how people read things and what people tend to look for first. In some cases it is the navigation but in most it is the name of the company. Then nav... then everything else in it's respective order. Open up. Go outside and breath for a min.
I did an exersise once that made me go to the park and study how people react to certain elements. Kids mostly. I drew a grid of the play area and dropped in all of the things the kids could play with. Then noted which the kids went to first and so on. It was a bitch to keep track but good to see what people react to more. You will notice how color makes a big difference and the use of negative space between sections can help.
Just think of the suits that will view the site. Sucks but sometimes you have to mix the 2 together...
keep trying
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- instantok0
yeah dont scrap it...i think there are some nice things going on that can end up working very well...just focus on reworking the hierarchy and usability...as freshmode said color is often the key...along with size, line weight...etc
this book is great for this sort of thing...
- unknown0
I think it would help if you expanded the logo bar so it stretches all the way across and move the nav down so that it is directly opposite the text block.
at the moment my eye goes straight to the 'company' button, especially because of the lens flare image used.
Users will naturally cast their eye from top left to bottom right, unless your composition is worked out peoperly.
- mbr0
I kinda like it. I can see how the navigation competes with the text, or vice versa.
What I like:
Different navigation = good, as long as those squares on the left are all huge rollovers, if not, it may be confusing
Colors = nice. I like the feel of the left side
Didn't like:
The left side. It looks kind of cheap, for lack of better words. It makes the left side look less substantial. Kind of like a nice site with no content.
I would not scrap it. Keep the idea of the left side, work with a heirarchy of Nav #1, boring text #2.
- ********0
I like it..just to recap previous comments, I might try reducing the line weight within the non-nav space..maybe also, color theme the nav pics (2 tone), to add a little more weight to that area.
I was a little confused by the 45 degree bevels top an bottom, I think it would be nice simply squared.
I like it the more I look at it, actually :)...let us know how it progresses.
- ridiculous0
I have tried to clean up the composition and the flow of info to the user. The left-hand subnav is showing "company info" active. I thought it looked cleaner without the images unless the section was active. Let me know your thoughts. Thank you for your input.
- stewart0
i think this one
is better, because the company info is in the middle [more important], and the pressrelease to the right.but still missing a real "beginning" (?) of the website, the company logo + payoff in the upper left corner or something...