Once I had decided on the Flash presentation for the display of the biographies, the next step was to create a design which utilised the space available in the most effective way. In order to do this to my satisfaction, I imported all the necessary components of the page into a Photoshop document and arranged them as a reference plate. The smaller images would be along the bottom with the larger ‘Polaroid’ image shown above. The idea for the design was to display the smaller images at all times with the names appearing as subtitles underneath. This enabled the user move freely between the selections of which biographies to read.
A noticeable change to the layout is the addition of a key legend on the left hand side, showing which colours correspond to each of the teams involved in the exhibition. These colours can be referenced to the overlay tint colour of each person’s image. This was created to show a sense of conformity to the exhibition logo colours and also to give the different photographs a common similarity.
The font for ‘end of year’ was also changed to tie in with the script effect of the names written on the base of the Polaroid images which were given a handwritten effect to add a personal feel to each name against the person they represent.
Other small changes include the movement of the logo slightly and the addition of an interactional ‘Back’ button which will be used to navigate to the previous screen when the website goes live. All change and amendments were shown and approved by my team leader, who gave his blessing for future changes as the design progressed.
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