It’s been a while since I’ve posted — I blame the Summer (although admittedly my last post was in February…)! As the MA starts again soon, I thought it would be a good idea to catch up on the back log of posts I said I’d write before the end of term in May, so … [Read more…]
We just finished our SEO and Social Media module, so thought I’d write a short post on what we learnt throughout the 4 weeks. The first thing to say is that I completely underestimated the complexity of SEO; there’s so much work behind maintaining your site, keeping it fresh, and making sure it’s still sitting … [Read more…]
We received the feedback from our interim crit this week and here’s a couple of points that came up for The Bike Shed: Good points – faithful representation of your mock up new logo looks good Things that could improve – use sample products in the shop section instead of a comprehensive list not good … [Read more…]
So we’ve been set our first project–a website for a small business of our choice from four: Roberto’s Italian, Deli The Art of Bloom, Florist The Bike Shed, Cycle Shop Bamboo House, Chinese Takeaway And the main points of the brief are: You’ve been commissioned to build a website for a small business retail outlet … [Read more…]
The third part of our brief was to find a few examples for each of the websites a client had asked us to design: 1. Dead Sea Squirrels – an upcoming indie rock band from Sheffield Blur I really like the music video playing in the background of the site. The Carnabys It has a … [Read more…]
This week was all about learning to be aware of design and knowing the difference between the good, the bad, and the ugly! As Paul Rand puts it: Design is the method of putting form and content together David showed us a simple example of a liquid detergent ball and pointed out all the design … [Read more…]