good design/bad design
UIWEB.COM Issue #8 : Why Good Design Comes from Bad Design
Site Planning
Web Style Guide : planning, setting goals
Site Specification
Web Style Guide : Site Specification
Visual Vocabulary for IA
A visual vocabulary
for describing information architecture and interaction design
Page Design
Web Style Guide : Page Design. Read the whole chapter.
Typography
Web Style Guide : Typography. Read the whole chapter.
What is Web Design? (User-based design)
Know your audience
The three armed approach
Style
Function
Structure
Roles in modern website design
User comfort
Technologies and Tools
Vectors versus pixels
Browsers
RIAs
XML tools
Seven plus or minus two
Communication
EXERCISE :
Group browse and discuss Style, Function, Structure.
HOMEWORK :
1.Review 2 sites for companies that serve the same sector. What differs? What is the same? Who is target User?
2.Bring in a final project idea – short goal statement, inspirational images or documents, define two target Users
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