Reflection of Assignment 1

After few weeks, we had finished our assignment which we have to made up a media critique. In this assignment we have to choose one website, analyze and bring out any point that we had recognize as weaknesses of applying principles of design. This is the original surface of the website that we had choose.

Phew... What a very, very green page. Yes, it apply such a very striking greeny colour, add up with e those decoration of bamboo and grasses. I'm sure the page had applied those elements because they wants to present the value of agriculture, since it is one of the main courses in that school.

However, from our discussion, we decided, it seems too green, messy with grasses. As first view, it does not seems as an educational organization website, but a page only about farming or gardening, or maybe a website about forestry. As we had discussed, we found some of the problems in applying principles of design, which are:

1. The design of one page is not consistent, either applying theme, or typeface, that makes that website was a combination of few pieces of articles that had been developed by different people. There is no unity value there. Even we can see, different page, as not seen as the home page, unless those pages still use the same background. the arrangement of the contents, it is not neat and have no value of unity.

2. It is not applying the contrast well. Even they put the green vs white, it is not emphasis the whole content. our eyes are more attracted to the background colour and some of the unimportant moving animations.

3. The way it manage the navigation bar, the menu is not proper. It does not seems in a good arrangement, it did not applied well when link of that tab was not very useful to the audience.

So, we made some magic!! As we had re-fix the page, through applying those principles of design that had been taught in class, here it is:

We still apply the green colour... But it such a refreshing green. It did not too obvious yet seems modern even the page design is not too modern. We did not want to change the theme, or the layout, but we fix and we arrange it neatly. We applied the principles of unity, and using white space to relaxing the audience while they surf the website. Besides, we also applying emphasis of the content where it seems obviously in the middle of the screen with some colour contrast that attracting those audience eyes. No more moving animations that have no benefit to apply on.

It may late when I post this reflection but I hope it is still not late. And the best thing when we did the assignment, we understand more about the principles of design.

Thank you Prof. Jamal for your guide, and for your class!!