Class+5

Class 5 Notes - 2/23

 * Class critique - revised location designs
 * Presentation of Banner ads for products
 * Discussion of design ideas for product web sites
 * Demo: using masking layers to combine images
 * Demo: using Blend If to replace the sky

Homework:

 * Read chapters 10 & 12 in //White Space is not your Enemy//
 * Read chapter 7 on Combining Images in //Photoshop CS5//
 * Create Wireframes for Product Website using Photoshop (960 px wide)
 * Select a Metaphor as the design theme for the site
 * Start the style guide - identify 2 types of audience, emotion, primary action for each audience, and color palette.
 * Create a research folder with photos of inspiring images that you might use for your site.

Metaphors in Design

 * Country Store - Jim Town
 * Trading Company - Trader Joe's
 * Growth - Flourish
 * Boyscouts - CSS Zen Garden
 * Explore the CSS Zen Garden site for many more Metaphor-based sites