Encode Designer Website: Further Exploration & Finalizing

Encode Designer Website: Reimagining Design

After finally solving my float problem in class, I started to think about maybe going a slightly different direction with my design.  I was never really happy with the digital translation of my sketches; it became far to top-heavy & the colors didn't feel in synch.

The bottom screen shot above is my new preference.  It keeps the title of the page clean and classy, while bringing in the color & angular elements Van Doesburg is known for.  It's not as overtly geometric as I ideally wanted, but it may actually read better this way.

Encode Designer Website: Coding & Troubleshooting

It would seem bringing my sketches to life is giving me a bit of trouble.  After spending almost all class Thursday trying to figure out why my blue boxes aren't staying within the yellow main div, I decided just to start over.  Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be a corrupted document causing me troubles, as the new document is displaying the same troubles.

In spite of layout troubles, I worked more on the branding for the site.  Here is the completed logo/title for the webpage.

Encode Designer Website: Further Sketches

During class began with a quick review of HTML & CSS basics and a group meeting with the professor.  I spent the rest of the class furthering my sketches (focusing on my second page design), exploring color, texture, & typography, & brainstorming branding for the site.

The page layout & color is abstractly based on Van Doesburg's Contra-Composition XVI, as I have previously exhibited, with some inspiration the Cinebal, a dance hall he designed.

The logo, which will be embedded within the title design, is also based on his Contra-Composition XVI, though much more literally.  I have yet decided if I want a full color version for the logo, or a more black & white line drawing.

Also for the title, I'm looking at Van Doesburg's Kleine Dad Soiree for typographical inspiration.  Interestingly enough, it wasn't until after I fell in love with this Dada lettering that I discovered it was also the work of Van Doesburg.  

Encode Designer Website: Beginning Sketches

Encode Designer Website: Theo van Doesburg Research

Theo van Doesburg was a Dutch artist active in painting, prose, poetry, & architecture in the early 20th century avant garde.  He is best known as the founder of the Dutch art movement De Stijl, also known as neoplasticism and characterized by the simplicity & abstraction achieved through stark use of lines, diagonals, & bright rectangular forms.  He was also associated with Concretism & Dadaism. 

Van Doesburg's Contra-Composition XVI

HTML Coding Exercise: My "First" Website

Not actually my first website, I redid an activity I did in my web design class to further practice the basics of internet coding.  It was quite helpful (especially with the huge undertaking of designing an entire webpage in my other class) to go back & practice these concepts in a less stressful assignment.

Below is a picture of the finished "web page" & its HTML code.