Re: FN-FORUM: I designed I but I don't like it ...

date posted 1st January 2006 23:24

Some really nice suggestions Steve, just found this on the bang and
olufsen site which reinforces the stark idea to great effect.

http://www.bang-olufsen.com/web2/systems/overview.asp?
section=systems&sub=ls

Hope this helps Max.


Neil



On 1 Jan 2006, at 23:40, steve oconnor wrote:

>
> Hi Max
>
> The site works - thats good.
> The problem comes in with the colour choices and the use of images.
> If you are going to use orange I think your other colours need to
> be stronger. The Orange site is an ok example of black & orange
> working together, but this is much more striking: http://dark-i.com/
> default.aspx . Try using some strong greens and/or blues too.
> As for the images, lets face it speakers are boring. There are ways
> of improving things however, such as
> close-ups http://www.dj-tom.com/t4e/t4e-speaker-1280x1024.jpg
> a stark background http://rubenpost.tripod.com/Speaker.jpg
> perspective http://www.makezine.com/blog/sonic1.jpg
>
> Sorry if this has made things worse!
> Good luck.
>
> steve
>
> John 'Max' Maxwell wrote:
>
>> Happy New Year All,
>>
>> I'm looking for some help from the designers amongst us.
>>
>> I have just posted a mock up homepage for my client at
>> www.pasoundhire.thepigfarmer.co.uk for his comments & I'm dreading it
>> because ... I don't like it!!! Has anyone else suffered this before??
>>
>> All I had to go with was his logo which is a single graphic and is
>> in the
>> banner - and a pile of images of speakers, most of which are dung
>> (Devonian
>> term).
>>
>> I have never used Orange and now I have, I will never again and
>> the whole
>> thing just seems chaotic to me as I usually design very clean and
>> almost
>> empty sites. The thing is, I just feel that my usual style would
>> not fit
>> this guys industry - up to now I have catered for high end glossy
>> mag' style
>> sites for designers and make-up artists etc etc.
>>
>> I was about to start again and then thought it may be a helpful
>> exercise to
>> post it here and invite a selection of harsh, but constructive
>> criticism to
>> help me on the rebuild.
>>
>> I don't want any rendering or validation related scolding as this
>> is a true
>> fag-packet mock-up. What I want to know is why it looks so bad.
>>
>> ...... well, I know what I mean.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Max.
>>
>> AKA The Pig Farmer
>>
>>
>>
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