Assignment 3

From the Do's and Don'ts of Web Design, provide a link to an example of a violation of number 6 (clickable elements are not obvious).

An example of violation 6 I found when searching "bad website designs" was Tag Team Signs When visiting their site, I kept trying to click different elements only to realize they weren't clickable. There is so many various texts from bolded, to different colors, bulleted, and underlined. All of these can be used to tell a user that an element is clickable. However, NONE of these were clickable on this website. The most misleading part to me was the 'Our Services" section where it lists services they provide with little icons. I thought that I would be able to click the text or icons to bring me to a page with more information on these services, but I couldn't.

From the Better User Experience Through Storytelling Articles: How can framing your project in a story format help you refine your ideas? Write a paragraph explanation.

Framing my project in a a story format can help me to consider the user experience when accessing my website. I can also think of their "journey" through my website from start to finish. With the homepage, the accessing of information or what they visited the site for, and leaving the site. I will need to consider the flow of various elements on my page to make their experience through the page from start to finish as smooth as possible.

From Meet Your Type: A Field Guide to Love and Typography: What are different ways to establish hierarchy (or emphasis) in typography design? Provide a link to a good example of hierarchy.

Two ways way to create hierarchy in typography design is size and fonts. On a site like Wikipedia with a fairly simple page layout, they use different fonts, bolder fonts, and/or text size to differentiate between the titles, subheadings and different sections within the articles.

Creative Brief

Problem

The problem my project seeks to solve is lack of motivation or ideas. Many times, I have wanted to try to make something, but I don't know "what", or perhaps I just don't have the motivation at all. With a website full of endless creative ideas, the user is bound to find one that sparks their interest or motivation to create.

Audience

Since this is an issue that I have personally experienced, my target audience would be people similar to me. Students in college or young adults trying to build up a portfolio or practice their design skills.

Competition

My competition for this project would likely be the examples of websites I gave for inspiration. I will need to think of a unique element to set my project aside from the others that are similar.

Key Messages

Consistency and daily effort builds results, One fresh design daily, Stress free, fun and effective

Call to Action

Find your inspiration and start creating!

How to Measure Success

Daily visits or "streaks", social media "challenges" like posting with a specific hashtag