
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Final Design Info
Media mobilizing - the network of organization - overarching
gray, black and red
All for the taking - housing and development
Our City Our Voices - immigration
Youth and Education
Labor Justice - new labor, traditional labor organizing (taxi drivers, hotel workers, day laborers)
Media Justice - media policy, locally and nationally especially broadband internet, radio, public access tv
next week:
set of wireframes - home page, sector page, article, video/photo, audio
color palette - mediamobilizing.org, allforthetaking.org, phillylabor.org, phillyeducationjustice.org, ourcityourvoices.org, and media justice (see descriptions above)
Resolution size: 960 x 600 pixels (Size of design layouts) W/ Full Bleed , ie, no margins
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Color and White Space
ColorSchemer Gallery:
http://www.colorschemer.com/schemes/
This is a really extensive list of web friendly color schemes that hopefully will provide inspiration as you think through the different areas of organizing/sectors on the site and appropriate color schemes.
Web.Without.Words
http://webwithoutwords.com/blog/
This site makes an interesting display of the layout of different web pages by removing the words from each of the pages. It is an example in whitespace, and helps show how different pages are arranged.
Also, for a more explanatory take on white space in web design look here:
http://webdesigntuts.com/web-design/using-white-space-effectively-in-web-design/#what
http://www.colorschemer.com/schemes/
This is a really extensive list of web friendly color schemes that hopefully will provide inspiration as you think through the different areas of organizing/sectors on the site and appropriate color schemes.
Web.Without.Words
http://webwithoutwords.com/blog/
This site makes an interesting display of the layout of different web pages by removing the words from each of the pages. It is an example in whitespace, and helps show how different pages are arranged.
Also, for a more explanatory take on white space in web design look here:
http://webdesigntuts.com/web-design/using-white-space-effectively-in-web-design/#what
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Brian's Links
Useful links - Sectors of Organizing and Media
Sectors of organizing
Network Home Page - http://mediamobilizing.org/
Labor Justice
All for the Taking (Housing and Development)
Our City, Our Voices / Nuestra Ciudad, Nuestras Voces
Youth and Education
Philly Media Justice - No page yet
Media Mobilizing Project -
Video
http://www.youtube.com/user/media4movements
http://mmpvideos.blip.tv/
Radio
Labor Justice Radio - http://laborjusticeradio.podomatic.com/
On Blast (Youth Produced) - http://onblast.podomatic.com/
Radio Tlacuache - No page yet
Photographs
http://picasaweb.google.com/mediamobilizing
Major Partners organizations (Our Network)
Philly Student Union - http://home.phillystudentunion.org/
Unified Taxi Workers Alliances - http://www.twapa.org/
Sectors of organizing
Network Home Page - http://mediamobilizing.org/
Labor Justice
All for the Taking (Housing and Development)
Our City, Our Voices / Nuestra Ciudad, Nuestras Voces
Youth and Education
Philly Media Justice - No page yet
Media Mobilizing Project -
Video
http://www.youtube.com/user/media4movements
http://mmpvideos.blip.tv/
Radio
Labor Justice Radio - http://laborjusticeradio.podomatic.com/
On Blast (Youth Produced) - http://onblast.podomatic.com/
Radio Tlacuache - No page yet
Photographs
http://picasaweb.google.com/mediamobilizing
Major Partners organizations (Our Network)
Philly Student Union - http://home.phillystudentunion.org/
Unified Taxi Workers Alliances - http://www.twapa.org/
Important Design/Inspiration Links
STYLE/AESTHETICS --
http://www.okayplayer.com/
http://libraries.imjohnwaller.com/
http://www.hotmeteor.com/
http://www.studiomikmik.co.uk/
http://www.markdearman.com/
ORGANIZATION GROUPS/IMAGES
http://tumis.com/
http://www.ospaaal.com/
http://designforsocialimpact.com/fs.porthome.html
http://cimarrones.org/
http://peoplesproductionhouse.org/ (MMP's FRIEND)
http://www.okayplayer.com/
http://libraries.imjohnwaller.com/
http://www.hotmeteor.com/
http://www.studiomikmik.co.uk/
http://www.markdearman.com/
ORGANIZATION GROUPS/IMAGES
http://tumis.com/
http://www.ospaaal.com/
http://designforsocialimpact.com/fs.porthome.html
http://cimarrones.org/
http://peoplesproductionhouse.org/ (MMP's FRIEND)
Design Inspiration
http://www.hotmeteor.com/
http://www.studiomikmik.co.uk/
http://www.markdearman.com/
http://www.studiomikmik.co.uk/
http://www.markdearman.com/
New Elements
MMP Original Homepage Critique

The homepage has no clear navigation.
There are small colored buttons (color-coordinated?) at the top of the page that link to other spaces in the webpage, but provides no information about the page the user is about to visit. (Suggestion -- tool tip?)
The homepage is very congested, and the information architecture is confusing and unclear.

The page scrolls down, with a right hand bar navigation that is the length of the page.
This right hand navigation is too much navigation for a single unit.
A restructuring of the navigation bar, including what kind of information to link to and where to place it throughout the site, is necessary.

There is a small, easily overlooked button that asks for feedback at the bottom of the page. This feedback unit should have more focus placed on it. Feedback is key in this project.
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