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Often people can become very focused in their opinions and perceptions,
which are understandable as this is what has guided them and their business, up-to-date.
When designing websites with clients who have not thought much about graphics,
we have to try and provoke a little "out of the box" thinking.
If you are thinking about ordering a website from Web-dominion and would
like to actively be involved in the design, then below are Some diverse
ideas on style and quantifying it, which may give you a starting point when
thinking about your website design.
Again if you keep a scrapbook with images in then we can talk through what
your expectations are. If you don�t want to get involved with the
design and wish to leave it to Web-dominion then we can cater for that.
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Can you quantify a style by time? The ideas below are just some pointers to the question.
Here we have picked out a few decades and divided a few subjects out of each decade.
You can then broaden out and research ideas if you are interested.
Below is an idea sheet that we constructed of the 1970's. We have
lifted out a few key points and then we would broaden them,
the idea with this exercise is to create an aide memoir of what styles you are
interested in.
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1970s |
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The flare and disco era |
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Entertainment |
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Films - disaster movies (Airplanes / buildings / natural disasters)
Films - space movies
Films - Challenging movies
Films - Disco
Music - Disco
Films - Comic action films
Television - Sitcoms
Television - news
Skate boards
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Fashion |
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Denim
White Suits
Open shirts
Medallions
Sandals
Platform shoes
Dungarees
Trainers
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Technology |
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Home entertainment centres
Personal Radios
Reel to reel tapes
Colour Television
8 track tapes
Microwave ovens
Video recorders
Push button phones
Calculators
Computer arcade games
Jumbo Jets
Concorde
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Fashion is always a good starting point when it comes to style.
Some decades have are captured by fashion and its impact on them.
Some decades for example can be chastised by denim (blue tones).
Other decades by the footwear. In looking at fashion you might
see design ideas that exemplify the message your website is to offer - poker dots? - 1950s?
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Music to most people recalls places and times. Sometimes music - album covers,
the times and the designs of equipment people used can focus you thoughts on
how you would like a website to look.
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What about your target audience? If you are designing for a designated age group then
it makes the website easier to design in some respects.
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When you talk to some people they demonstrate a style and a look
for a website by relating it to mechanical objects.
Sites have been designed with reference to as such broad
items as Concorde, to the paper clip. All these items
have provoked a reaction amongst clients.
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Architecture and its impact on our lives can have a profound impact upon style.
Most people have an opinion about it as a subject, and it again can help in
designing websites. You should not forget that website design is like building design.
When people visit you site the home page is no more than a lobby / entrance in a hotel.
As you filter people to the destination you can target the information more effectively.
In fact this page here is three levels down in the Web-dominion website. By reaching this
page we have filtered out all the people who wanted to know about fonts and colours.
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Nature has often beaten us to any number of given situations. It�s hardly surprising
then that many people like websites to reflect nature. Sometimes people like big
bold background images to help demonstrate there companies ideas, other people
like referencing nature.
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We hope this page has given you a feel for what Web-dominion do.
If you would like to know more of what Web-dominion could do for you, then please contact us.
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