Above: Monday was a tough day of trying to animate the logo and following tutorials to only loose what I had done. Very annoying. So I thought about the website again and returned to this idea. After a few hours of frustratingly moving things about I went to the gym. I thought about the logo and the arrows. They work because there is an idea and concept that unites them. I needed the same for the website. The idea of doing something different was a worry as I really wasn’t sure what to do. Whatever I did looked okay but wasn’t conceptually great or even had an impact. So, after forgetting all about it in the gym I come home with an idea. Excellent. The project is all about connecting people. About showing those links and opportunities in an easy to see way. The idea of having lots of images may seem to be user-friendly but in hindsight could get confusing. I was told to not think about a user and challenge the design concept to produce something different. This idea i guess is so simple that it doesn’t challenge the design concept but hits it right on the head. The website should be a visual representation of how people in Bodmin are connected or how we can find opportunities to connect to people. The home page, in its simplest form is an animated mind map that shows simply opportunities and takes people to pages with more information.
Tuesday: Design iterations of the mind map connections.
Pixels and Serifs. 