Filed under: Design and Digital Media
I was happy to find out that I had an interface design class during my final year of study. Happy because, though web and print have many similar needs for design, web is its own identity with its own needs.
Print design usually is marketed to work for the individual who is holding it. It is meant to be looked at closely, and to convey certain information. Web design is meant to be viewed in an entirely different medium. Having design on a screen alters the way the viewers eyes sees the design, the colours are different, the images are different, and the bulb powering the screen is bright.
Websites have to be designed based around this knowledge. Certain care and emphasis has to be put into web design that isn’t in print design.
In high school I took a class that introduced us to graphic design, we had the ability to design post cards, business cards, t-shirts, posters, the list could go on. I have a decent background knowledge with print design, but what I was never introduced to was web design.
I wasn’t sure how to design a website, to have it interact, to incorporate all the pages into one common theme. There is so much space to play with and enjoy, it can be overwhelming.
I never really took into consideration the design aspects of websites. I avoided websites that bothered me (for example this homegrown website and this “professional” website which represents a web design company) and I flocked to websites I loved (such as Second Cup and Digital Marmalade, a company specialized in multimedia design).
Now that I know (the basics) about the design that is put into a website, I appreciate them more.
And, for our weekly Design is… picture…
“Design is attention to detail.”
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