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

date posted 1st January 2006 23:49

who says speakers are boring :o)

http://www.mtx.com/caraudio/images/showRanger2.jpg

On 2 Jan 2006 00:00:40 -0000, Neil Kay-Jones
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>
> Also after checking out one of steve's links posted here i found this
> site which uses some nice colours and the orange of teh ORANGE advert
> really stands out.
>
> http://www.newmediaboutique.com/
>
> This would make quite an interesting layout too for a cool minimalist
> look.
>
> 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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