Stylegala news / January 2006 / The role of graphic design on the web
The role of graphic design on the web
Graphic design is very important on the web, but sometimes it is given too much importance, especially by graphic designers coming from ad agencies.
02 jan at 11:50 by Roger
There are 5 guest comments so far.
Search the archive
Stylegala news archive
- July 2008 [14]
- June 2008 [46]
- May 2008 [5]
- April 2008 [5]
- March 2008 [3]
- February 2008 [4]
- January 2008 [7]
- December 2007 [3]
- November 2007 [8]
- October 2007 [17]
- September 2007 [12]
- August 2007 [12]
- July 2007 [12]
- June 2007 [11]
- May 2007 [25]
- April 2007 [17]
- March 2007 [19]
- February 2007 [19]
- January 2007 [23]
- December 2006 [15]
- November 2006 [23]
- October 2006 [39]
- September 2006 [29]
- August 2006 [50]
- July 2006 [38]
- June 2006 [29]
- May 2006 [27]
- April 2006 [50]
- March 2006 [38]
- February 2006 [38]
- January 2006 [65]
- December 2005 [45]
- November 2005 [41]
- October 2005 [44]
- September 2005 [46]
- August 2005 [42]
- July 2005 [32]
- June 2005 [36]
- May 2005 [55]
- April 2005 [50]
- March 2005 [37]
- February 2005 [65]
- January 2005 [94]
- December 2004 [61]
- November 2004 [67]
- October 2004 [12]
- September 2004 [1]
Public news archive
- July 2008 [27]
- June 2008 [115]
- May 2008 [126]
- April 2008 [77]
- March 2008 [69]
- February 2008 [80]
- January 2008 [72]
- December 2007 [35]
- November 2007 [54]
- October 2007 [66]
- September 2007 [51]
- August 2007 [65]
- July 2007 [58]
- June 2007 [68]
- May 2007 [87]
- April 2007 [75]
- March 2007 [65]
- February 2007 [62]
- January 2007 [68]
- December 2006 [52]
- November 2006 [51]
- October 2006 [73]
- September 2006 [52]
- August 2006 [85]
- July 2006 [57]
- June 2006 [67]
- May 2006 [103]
- April 2006 [77]
- March 2006 [93]
- February 2006 [99]
- January 2006 [111]
- December 2005 [104]
- November 2005 [83]
- October 2005 [125]
- September 2005 [106]
- August 2005 [94]
- July 2005 [103]
- June 2005 [79]
- May 2005 [79]
- April 2005 [65]
- March 2005 [47]
- February 2005 [35]
- January 2005 [22]
- December 2004 [31]
- November 2004 [37]
News contributors
Features
- Stylegala BookStore
- The Stylegala BookStore has a massive archive of great books for you as a professional..
- Bullet madness
- Bullet madness is a list of 200 bullets, arrows and icons uploaded by our users.
- CSS Reference
- An alphabetical list over the most common CSS1 and CSS2 syntax and properties.
Sponsors
I agree with the point of the web being more functional than aesthetic, but I think his view is a bit over simplified.
Nike has been known for radical ad campaigns and has long established its brand of towards youth. In this case some flamboyant flash serves to re-enforce its brand. A plain, functional site would not appeal to their target audience. The same could be said of many sites in the entertainment industry.
Sometimes you have to think about the real purpose of the site. After all, a client remembers a visually impactful portfolio site more than a plain, but easy to navigate site.
This article absolutely baffled me. I can not see where this guy is coming from at all. Here're a few points that come to mind:
- If a designer 'get's it wrong', whether the graphics are elaborate or not, it is bad design.
- As soon as you make a conscious decision to position an element on a page (be it web, or print etc.) you are making a 'graphic design decision'. This design decision has a knock-on effect on how the page functions.
- Google does win awards: it get's write-ups in some major creative publications! The Amazon logo is one of the most discussed web based branding examples I have come across!
"The Web is, at heart, a task-focused, functional place"
The above can not be fully achieved without great graphic design. You get composition, colour theory, typographical decisions wrong and function goes out the window.
As for your closing paragraph: are you serious?! You must be just saying that as a wind-up!? It is all of those things! That's what makes it
Damn .. where did he came from !! hauhauHAUahu
Lunatic. Ok.. go coding an the page will be the best with only function in mind right ?! history has proven us that DON´T; products needs appealing.
Before anything, the internet is a "communication enviroment", and as far as i know.. ohh better than explaining with my words.. lets wikipedia do it.
"Web design is the design of web pages, websites and web applications. The term also refers to web-based Graphical user interface design using images, CSS and one of the HTML standards."
"Graphic design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message, or facilitate understanding. It may be applied in any media, such as print, digital media, motion pictures, animation, product design, packaging, and information signs. Graphic design as a practice can be traced back to the origin of the written word, but only in the late 19th century did it become identified as a separate ent
the guy is almost saying that you have to choose between functionality and aesthetics
most dont realize the diff.
Add a comment:
Keep the comment relevant, constructive and be polite.
A valid email address or URL to your site must be provided, or the comment might get deleted. Content seemed inappropriate or offensive may be edited and/or deleted. Avoid explicit language and words such as "sucks" and "ripoff". For more in-depth discussions use our forum. Email addresses are never displayed. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted - no need to use <p> or <br/>. Quotes & apostrophes are automatically converted to smart punctuation. Be careful when copying and pasting portions of entries or other comments. The following inline HTML elements may be used: <strong><em><pre><q><blockquote><code>. All other code will get removed before posting. Don't forget to close your tags.