The first few weeks of class provided an overview on website design, structure, and tools. As our eyes feasted on the graphic wonders of website design, we were given the task of choosing a non-profit organization as our individual case study for the school semester. By process of exploration, I found myself once again wandering the garden at Hammond Museum. Although winter is upon us, it was a virtual stroll, via the web, and I found myself more immersed than ever before.
The first step was to create a site map. Using the museum’s existing site, I laid out the of pages and their branches in a simple text format. Step two was to create a graphic site map in color with modifications as would be applied to a website redesign and to be used as a guide for the building process.
This week was a giant leap. Step three required creating wireframes; blueprints of our website’s home page. This is a necessary process to provide visual choices for how a website will look prior to the construction. Several ideas are depicted, creating stepping stones which will lead to the final destination — the final design — and necessary footwork for the website to blossom.
marija knezevic 