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Design Inspiration
For this website, I undertook a crash course in design. Here are 6 of the sites that I found inspirational:
- Buffalo - I love the strict, 4 equal column layout. It's simple and it's something I can do. I also like the use of the gray text and Tahoma font. I also like that it's a 'tall' design: you have to scroll to see it all.
- This happened... - another four column layout, but this time not as strict in the header.
- Cooper.com - I think this site is really usable. Unfortunately, I don't have enough content to populate that left nav. Another site with gray text. Love the call to action on each page.
- Lesley Flanigan - Since I am branding my site with my name, I wanted to look at a few other 'personal' sites. Note that the wide column is about 3 times as wide as the left nav.
- Cornell Architecture, Art and Planning - I like the use of color.
- Open Frameworks - I like the use of color and gray.
Smashing Magazine has been a good source of inspirational portfolio sites and ways to categorize design
I am designing based on the following decisions:
- 950px wide
- centered layout
- light color scheme
- 4 equal columns
- navigation left-aligned at top of page
- contact information top right
- no logo
- branded with 'charles dietrich'
Posted: October 17, 2009
Category: News
