Spice up your web design
5.27.2009 | Blog, Web Design
A lot of web designers have a hard time adding that ”extra touch” to their designs. The competition between designers is hard and you have to create a design that in someway stands out from the rest.
My advice is to go with your own style and NOT try to mimic some other designer. It’s OK to be inspired, but it’s NOT OK to rip. Now, withouth leaving the topic: what should you to do spice up your web design?
Create an eye-catching header
Your sites header is the first thing a visitor sees when they enter your site. It should therefore be as attractive and eye-catching as possible and give a good impression of what follows -> your content.
You could for example encourage a user to act, giving them options to click through. In this way you can add more information to your header without wasting any valuable space.
Illustrations and Icons
It’s very important that your visitors are able to visualize what you are trying to explain. Everyone thinks in their own way, that’s why you should try and illustrate your explanation or advice.
Using icons is something I find really helpful when creating a design. The purpose of an icon is to illustrate a meaning, which makes it ideal for using on a headline for example.
Divide information into boxes
It’s always a good idea to divide your information into a box-set. If you want to explain something in a step-by-step process you could create a box for each step, with the information of the steps inside the box.
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