Project 2 – progress
wireframes thumbnails I start my wireframes with thumbnails. I like using marker for these because it forces me to stick to whatever mark I made. If I used pencil I’d want to erase. And that’s not what the thumbnails are about. They’re just quick little sketches of what I could do. finished wireframes Then I […]
2/12/13 – Week six
Yesterday in class we did a real world scenario. Amanda had us redesign the homepage for arthaus.org. But, soon after starting, she told us to switch computers with another student. Lacy and I had to finish each others design. I didn’t get very far with my own design. I had a plan though. I work […]
Project 2 – sitemap
I want to reorganize the sitemap for SIMS so that it makes a little more sense. I got rid of the search page because I’ll put a search form and quick links dropdown menu on every page at the top. Information about the practice would go under an “About Us” heading. Similarly, important/useful information will […]
Project 2 – inspirationn
Here are a few medical websites for inspiration. A few things to note: prominent phone number horizontal navbar some image on the homepage blues and greens (the last two are similar to where I want to go with color and type) some call outs/links to subpages (like new patient forms) from homepage appointment button, form, […]
Project 2 – color and typography
I’m already exploring color and type for the site. A lot of medical websites have blue and white color schemes. Green is also a popular color. For Southwest Internal Medicine Specialists (henceforth abbreviated SIMS) some ideas I want to convey are: friendly, competent, trustworthy, calm, healthy, and clean. blue – calm, competent, trustworthy neutral colors […]
Project 2 — the old site
For this project I’m redesigning the website for Southwest Internal Medicine Specialists. They are internists who specialize in adult health (teens to elderly patients) and take care of the whole patient. I have to redesign the homepage, meet the doctors/staff page, patient privacy page, and the location page. goals convey SIMS as competent, friendly, and […]
2/5/13 – Week five
We talked a little bit about the brainstorming process. The first thing you want to do with a redesign is look at the existing website and figure out what is or isn’t working, what can be changed or added? And you want to create the sitemap to help with navigation and to find out what […]
Second project
The next project is redesigning a doctor or dentist’s website (which is currently badly designed). The first few things to do: pick a site work up a creative brief (what’s wrong with the current site?) look at some inspiration (what’s working elsewhere?) color & type studies (what kind of feeling do they want to convey?) […]
1/29/13 Week Four & Project 1 — finished comps
The first project was due. Amanda went over FTP and uploading the projects onto Valencia Web Studio. The next project was assigned (pick a doctor/dentist and redesign their website). Here’s a link to my Process Book (PDF) for the Eastside Bistro redesign. And here is a redesigned Facebook page for Eastside Bistro. They didn’t have […]
Project 1 — Comps in progress
I’m working on the comps now which is the final step of Project 1. I still have to make sure I put everything into the process book. Amanda posted a link to a Psdtuts+ article about adding polish to a design. It’s so interesting how minute details can really add to a design. I found […]