Good design is more than meets the eye.
The visual part of a design – the look
and feel – is only the tip of the iceberg.
Beneath the surface lies the foundation of
a successful design: a user centred design
process. It is a development cycle which
takes into consideration what users really
need and makes adjustments by exploring,
testing and tuning the design until these
needs are satisfied. The result of this is a
high level of usability: the design is effective,
efficient, engaging and easy to learn.
The process can be applied to all design
practices that have the aim to provide a
good user experience. This includes web
design, interface design, product design,
editorial design, urban design, wayfinding,
service design and architecture. I have been working on turning Joomla template Afterburner into a website for a company that sells preschool curriculum. This is just the rough draft I have so far. Apparently I am not good at lining up boxes in photoshop maybe I should turn on the grid! Oh well does not really matter the template I am using will fix that for me!
I plan on changing the footer way to repetitive. I am not going to change the color scheme because it is a preset for the template that I am using and I just don't want to have to mess with it. My first draft did not have any images in the container but I thought it looked to text heavy so I added some graphics but I am still not satisfied with how they look. I was trying to make it look like a preschoolers art work. What do you think?
Some inspiration on my pinterest boards
