Welcome - Spring 2017

Welcome to the blog for the web design class.

You have a two-part assignment to complete before next class, this coming Thursday.

PART ONE

Make a post on this blog. You should: a) write a short paragraph about yourself, b) include a picture of yourself, and c) provide a link to a website that you like or visit often.

PART TWO

Be prepared, next class, to talk about why you like the website for a presentation of five to ten minutes. Write and print out an outline, which you will hand in on Thursday's class (this is not a full paper, but an outline you can refer to in your presentation). Talk about:

1. The design of the site

You should be able to describe the use of:
a) color
b) fonts
c) images
d) the general layout

How do each of these elements serve (or undermine) the purpose and content of the website? What is the emotional or design quality of each of these elements? For instance, a site designed for children might use colors that are bright, vivid, and friendly -- with a font that appears playful or toy-like.

2. The navigation of the site

How it the site organized? How do you get from place to place? Is the content on the site easily accessible? Are there different navigation schemes on different parts of the site, or is it consistent across the site?

3. The functionality of the site -- what the site "does."

Also, if you have a website of you own, post a link to that as well.

Finally -- if you'd like to download a copy of the syllabus, it's here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mbktl6p86gztg09/17SpringDART305-1Lanier.doc?dl=0

Finally, finally - the youtube "clip of the day" times two:





Links for today:

http://www.drawastickman.com
https://cardsagainsthumanity.com/sunlight/
http://everylastdrop.co.uk
http://www.kennedyandoswald.com/#!/premiere-screen
https://www.kickstarter.com
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1896552059/sierra-nevada-college-kiln-structure-fire-pots-not?ref=nav_search
https://www.kiva.org
http://neomam.com/interactive/13reasons/
https://genelab.nasa.gov

https://weird-stock.tumblr.com
http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com
http://thehawkeyeinitiative.com
http://www.papertoilet.com
http://www.slapkirk.com/play

https://www.richblockspoorblocks.com
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/15/us/politics/you-draw-obama-legacy.html
http://graphics.wsj.com/blue-feed-red-feed/