site crit II
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- leftwave
same client, new design direction. what do you think??
- Jnr_Madison0
Better, not so down and depressing now.
The blue text box doesn't look (or fit) right, throws it off balance, I'd just drop it and justify the text to the left.
Maybe move the address section to the bottom blue strip to give it more balance too.
My 2cents.
- mbr0
yeah, the text box looks off. I'd try to line things up - the SMU text, the menu, the box. Also line up the links in the text box.
I'd try either eliminating the text box altogether and making the text line up like the rest of the site, or line up the rest of the site.
Right now it looks a little disjunctive. A few touch ups and it'll come together.
- leftwave0
excellent advice. thank you. i've made some changes like you both suggested.
- Jnr_Madison0
Again, much better, now just lose the light blue box (witht the main copy) and line the text up to the left and you're finished.
- leftwave0
okay, box is gone (i really thought i liked it, but it's way better without it, thanks for that!)
- Jnr_Madison0
(Just had a look at it without the blue box)
Cool, I take you're going to line the text up to the left tho, yeah?
- raksasa0
nice layout design.. the blue colour looks great too. it will be great if the text on the top will be in the banner itself ..well just an idea though :) good job
- ********0
i see a lot of different alignments. get a grid, mate!
also be careful of stacking a lot of different fonts on top of each other. looks rather messy imho.
sorry, but do try again.
- ********0
and did i see scanlines on the right?
please tell me it is just my eyes..
- nRIK0
get a grid, mate!
Crouwel
(Dec 3 05, 21:03)
- leftwave0
okay, i just went out and bought myself a grid.
better?http://leftwave.com/indev...
- ********0
yes. now see if you can go a bit easier on the type there..
- mirrorball0
TOO BLUE, whos this aimed at the elderly?
FACT: Past fifty and the colour you see mostly is blue, hence the reason why Pension companys prodominately use blue in their literature and branding.
- Jnr_Madison0
... and their hair dye.
- ********0
a bit contrived
- nRIK0
oh btw ur a few pixels off, for dropping the horizontal scrollbar at 800x600
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- imavery0
TOO BLUE, whos this aimed at the elderly?
FACT: Past fifty and the colour you see mostly is blue, hence the reason why Pension companys prodominately use blue in their literature and branding.
mirrorball
(Dec 3 05, 21:19)Actually, Blue is a color that induces calm, and also can be considered an expression of conservatism. Which seems prudent for a university in my opinon, especially when its being used in this manner.
The page is very left heavy which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but there could be a little more balance, it is also very bottom heavy as well. It might look cheesy, but you might want to play with right aligning the "what do we study?" section. It will probably look like crap, but its something to try.
The word research looses the letter "a" in the main graphic. You might want to adjust the contast and brightness of just that window trim to see if that will help, or possibly adjust the text colors.
The last note, your telephone, and address need to be a single consistant style. A good example of what I mean is the bottom page contact information for the apartment.
http://www.theapt.com/apthome.ht…
Hope this is helpful, my additional $0.02
- nosaj0
This needs another colour, a warm colour... Bring a rust or an orange into the mix (not on the blue but on the white). Also Don't monotone the photo. You can play with the colour balance to add alot of blue to it, but give a taste of some other colour.
- jevad0
1. Tighten up the line spacing...it's far too open
2. Equal amounts of text so the links at the bottom are on the same baseline.
3. Typography is bland - try something with a bit of personality
- imavery0
hey, also try a differnet approach to the navbar. I was looking over your portfolio, and you (company) use the same nav layouts for all the sites listed.
Tried and true eventually leads to perdictability. Depending on the projects parameters, try to slip in some experemental stuff, if you can.
After working with departments at Cal Berkeley, I know how they can be sort of stifling with all their back and forth debates and narrowmindedness. You might need to present a few different mock ups to get it passed.