Romanian Websites

I asked a Romanian peer to give me some examples of Romanian companies that are similar to my client. I was given these three websites:
Vel Pitar
Tomis
AnaPan

Tomis is a Flash based website which was nice to interact with but I will not be making my project entirely in Flash.

The AnaPan website was very nice to view, it seems very elegant and had an extensive image gallery which really showcased the produce well.

I really enjoyed the Val Pitar website, I found it interesting how similar it was to how I envisioned my client project to look (minus the Deco theme) the colour scheme is similar to the one that I have been thinking about and used in my mock images. It has many features that I will be using, the tab to switch from English to Romanian being one.

I also enjoyed the interactive banner which featured which was similar to what features in the English company Graggs' website.

Online Presence Vs Online Portfolio

Are Social Websites and Blogs becoming more important for a creative to have and maintain than a Dedicated Online Portfolio.

For years it has been essential for a creative practitioners to have a dedicated online portfolio to showcase their skills and talents. But now, with the incredible growth of social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter, many people seem to be turning away from the technical platform of a dedicated portfolio and are starting to embrace the freedom of the tangible Blog.

Blogs provide a platform for immediate and continuous updates on any aspects of a persons life and they help build the relationship with communities of practice. Large companies are also starting to turn to the blog as a way of keeping their readers in the loop which makes them feel involved.

Thinking about it, a peer of mine has said that they think web designers are having to go backwards in terms of design and technical features within their websites. As more and more handheld platforms are being used to view the Internet, there has been an increase of blog style sites being used for readers to easily access the information using hand held devices. Accessibility is being challenged way beyond the old conflict of browsers as mobile technology advances. 

My research so far into this personal research project has made me think that I could integrate a blog RSS feed as the 'News' section of the website. This would make it easier for my client to update this section, which will probably be the section they update the most. It would also give them another form of online presence which would greater enhance their image and accessibility for their customers.

The only downside to this would be that it is another site for them to have to 'log in' to and edit which might not be appealing to them as they confess they are not very tech savvy. They might prefer to have everything in one place for them to maintain.

Deco Imagary

Vintageadbrowser.com

Has provided me with lots of different advertisements that were made throughout the decades for different campaigns. Here are a few of those images that got my juices flowing:

 I found this old Cambells' soup advert interesting as the colours of Dianas' logo is red and white like Cambells'. I found their use of these colours interesting because even though the colours used is limited, it still manages to be an effective visual advertisement.

Art Deco Mood Board

A mish mash of art deco imagery for the research of my Live client website.

Diana

I have been sent some newspaper clippings about the shops that will certainly help with the history section of the website, the images will help to project the progression of the shops through the years and with it being newspaper clippings I feel it will add to the sense of community too.

I was also sent this poster that was used during the opening of the shops which features the logo for the company. I want the website I create to be consistent with the branding set by the logo.

Red and white being the main colours of the logo gives me a feel for the colour scheme needed in the site.

I am also looking at art deco images as part of my research for this project, the logo has inspired me to use this art theme throughout the website because to me, the logo resembles some of the imagery that you see with art deco.

(The Walk - Nottingham)

Bakery Websites

I have started to look at bakery websites so that I will be able to see what other companies use their websites for. Some of them use the internet for place food orders or adverstise their telephone ordering system. This might be useful for my client's website.

Some of these are quite nice websites and have various features that I might look into using when aking my client's website.

This one is a little baseic though, and there are plenty more as basic as this one online:

Flash Mobs

I am loving all the flash mobs that are going around at the moment. Spurred on by T-Mobile's most talked about adverts lately I have looked into some other Flash Mobs that are on the internet;

For the fun on of it!:







To Advertise:









Enjoy.