April 6 response
I used the Vista version of Microsoft Word to create my colored wire frames. I find Word more manageable (albeit limited in many ways) than Photoshop. Here is the link to a draft of my homepage, secondary page, and tertiary page. I am still gathering all of the content so you will see Lorem Ipsum in some of the places. I added in some text boxes to point out why I chose certain fonts and colors. I am still trying to find a logo that I feel comfortable with. I came up with a couple, and I liked that Jeremy suggested to make a primary and secondary header, where “History, Memory & Politics” is the more focused idea and “in Berlin” is like a subtitle. I have kept the colors relatively simple (black, white, and some orange), but I am open to any suggestions! Hopefully I can create a collection of photos via Flash for the homepage header with photos from the Berlin trip this past summer, and these images should add more color and style to the page. Here is my working copy of the design rationale: design-rationale-97-03-version.
smdeane said,
April 11, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Looks like your site is coming together, even with the use of “Lorem Ipsum”
However, I do have one question: why did you pick “orange” as the third color? If I am not mistaken, I thought we talked about using the colors from Germany’s flag. Those colors are red, black, and yellow. Just wondering…
rshafi1 said,
April 12, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Good question! Orange and white are part of the ocular professor public theme and I hadn’t thought to change the colors until our discussion in class. I am still fiddling around with different color combinations and I think the class’ suggestion for Germany’s flag colors is definitely one to consider.
susanld said,
April 12, 2009 at 8:41 pm
I think still that the script “in Berlin” is terrific in that font, but I see it getting lost in white, especially because it seems to run into the larger, dominating headline. If it were in color (red/white/green striped?) that would be interesting. You may think striped is over-the-top but try it. It would really stand out, and has meaning, too, since Berlin is “eine ewige” part of Germany, and fought over. Ich bin eine Berlinnerin, having lived there for 10 years while the wall was still up. Great website.
SD
carbonbasedcaveman said,
April 13, 2009 at 2:57 pm
You are definitely on the right track. I like the grimness of the picture. Wouldn’t make the sight any more colorful.