One of those weeks...

I can't remember where I found this image but it's been one of those weeks! TGIF and March I can't wait to meet you!

10 Commandments of Good Design

1 Good design is innovative.
2 Good design makes a product useful.
3 Good design is aesthetic.
4 Good design helps a product to be understood.
5 Good design is unobtrusive.
6 Good design is honest.
7 Good design is durable.
8 Good design is thorough to the last detail.
9 Good design is concerned with the environment.
10 Good design is a little design as possible.

Dieter Rams

In Class Website Crits

Jennifer— (Studio Iphestos II )For a first website I think that you met the challenge with nice graphic simplicity and function. E-commerce sites tend to be complex because of the needed functionality. I think it would beneficial for you to choose an e-commerce site to model your site after if you would like to seriously publish this site for your mother's business. It's a great first start, but once you look at other sites, I think that you will find that you will have to approach your layout differently. Plus, you'd have to kick your coding skills up a notch! Nice work!

Marina— (35millimoser) Your first site is a nice effort considering the amount of divs! I would re-evaluate your color choices for your site if you plan on using it as a portfolio site. I also wish I was certain how your navigation would function. If your other pages fill in the main shape, then I would make sure that horizontal and landscape images will look nice in this shape. Nice work, considering the challenge it was to learn all this coding!

Blogs I Like

As per our assignment, please see my BLOG ROLL in the right column for some of my faves.

Green Dream Site Project

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SELF-EVALUATION I had trouble again uploading my site...I can't tell if I did everything right since I'm uploading remotely. Overall I think that the look/feel of my site is appropriate and engaging. I'm looking forward to refining my typography as I continue to pick up more CSS. I would like to add additional content; possibly a photo gallery and forms (which I haven't learned to create yet) for further usability.

Assignment 4: Lime Web Page

view it live here

SELF-EVALUATION Getting used to the fact that I actually need to mind the details of exact pixel measures otherwise the browser will not display the columns properly. Still have a lot to learn as far as typography for the web goes...Notice the awkward header spacing!

Lovin this

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Four Pillars

Here are the four pillars of smart growth manifesto:

1. Outcomes, not income
2. Connections, not transactions
3. People, not product
4. Creativity, not productivity

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