Week 5:Discuss a website with relation to good principles of design
April 1, 2009
The website I’ve chosen to discuss is www.treearegood.com.
Contrast
The trees are good website has got contrasts of colours which makes the sites appear crisp and organized. Contrasting the elements allows the user to figure out which page areas are related and which are totally separate. This webpage ensures the user can differentiate the elements of this site from page sections.
Repetition
This website ensures it continues its styles throughout the website, which gives the page flow and shows the website has great repetition and continues the trend in other areas for consistency. The site is visually consistent with the rest of the site. This site has realised by repeating styles with similar meaning across various areas of the site. The site is allowing the user get familiar to this meaning which lets them browse the site more easily.
Alignment
The alignment of this site is good, the spacing of the page into the centre of the boundary. Everything on the page is visually connected to something else, nothing is really out of place or distinct from all other design elements. Also the alignment of the columns is perfect none of the columns are out of place.
Proximity
The principle of proximity allows similar or related elements to be grouped together to form a cohesive whole. The items on this page have been kept visually separate from those that are not related i.e. News, Merchandise. This enables the viewer to glance at a page and immediately know which page elements are grouped together and which are separate. There is enough space in between the different areas to communicate they are different.
References:
Trees are good website
