Joel Glovier

Website Redesign Pitch - Cure International

By Joel Glovier

   on Aug 06, 2009
7 Reviews3 Votes2 Favorites825 Views

Concept Reviews

  • Matthew Trubow

    Matthew Trubow

    Rank: 2 Titan

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 4
    1 Vote

    Hi Joel,

    I hope you're well.

    If this company don't hire you, they would be making a big mistake.

    You've managed to make the company look a lot more professional, organised and modern without going outside of the original theme.

    If I am to be pedantic for your benefit I would say to make a couple of items a little more prominent.

    The phrase 'heal changes everything' is powerful and tugs at the heart-strings, which is what you want. I think it could do with being in a softer font, perhaps something that is a smooth script face.

    The second area I would draw a little more attention to is the 'Stay in touch. Sign Up!' area. This news letter is a valuable marketing mechnism for their audience. It's a bit washed-out in my opinion.

    Again - nice work. I'd hire ya.

    Good luck with the job.

    Kind regards,

    Matt

    • Joel Glovier
      Joel Glovier commented:
      Posted: on Aug 07, 2009 at 8:57 AM

      Thanks very much for your compliments and insight Matt!

  • Yulka Plekhanova

    Yulka Plekhanova

    Rank: 10 Newbie

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 4
    0 Votes
    make slogan bigger

    Posted on Aug 07, 2009 at 11:40 AM

    Great job, a big improvement over the original version of the website!

    I would make the slogan bigger and maybe add another color to the color scheme to make the website a bit brighter.

  • Ken Sethney

    Ken Sethney

    Rank: 2 Titan

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    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 4
    0 Votes
    Put colorful buttons above the fold.

    Posted on Aug 07, 2009 at 12:04 PM

    I like what you did with the four "buttons", but I'd like to see them without scrolling, so I would swap them with the "Stay in touch. Sign up!" bar.

    Putting the Donate button in such a prominent location is unconventional and bold. You're not wasting anybody's time. This site is about getting donations to cure kids!!! Excellent choice.

  • Benjamin Charity

    Benjamin Charity

    Rank: 2 Titan

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    • Design: 5
    • Purpose: 5
    • Originality: 5
    • Engagement: 5
    0 Votes
    Top Buttons

    Posted on Aug 07, 2009 at 2:21 PM

    First off great design! You managed to keep the basic feel of the site yet really move them up to a whole new level.

    I must disagree with changing the color scheme. I am a fan of the mild, organic palette. Although it wouldn't hurt to throw in a bright color in very small places.

    I also agree that 'healing changes everything' could benefit from a softer font.

    The top buttons feel a bit cheap to me. They feel almost 'generated'. Maybe work on getting those up to par with the rest of your design.

    I'll be interested to see any hover effects when the site is up.

    Again great job and I hope they hire you!

  • Grady Lucas

    Grady Lucas

    Rank: 10 Newbie

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    • Design: 1
    • Purpose: 1
    • Originality: 1
    • Engagement: 1
    0 Votes
    more content on home page

    Posted on Aug 10, 2009 at 5:30 PM

    Not enough copy to understand from home page what is offered.

  • Ali Kasimoglu

    Ali Kasimoglu

    Rank: 7 Student

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 4
    0 Votes
    pure

    Posted on Sep 04, 2009 at 2:10 PM

    pure deisgn, good layout

  • Brian Caicco

    Brian Caicco

    Rank: 1 Elite

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    • Design: 3
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    • Engagement: 3
    0 Votes
    the colors

    Posted on Aug 06, 2009 at 11:10 PM

    I'm just not feeling the color combination. Any other options?

    • Joel Glovier
      Joel Glovier commented:
      Posted: on Aug 07, 2009 at 8:59 AM

      Yeah it's probably pretty open, I just picked something "safe" for this purpose. I didn't want to make any thing radical and risk them just totally hating it because of that. It was received very well, but if I get the position I would likely explore a lot more options.

    • Brian Caicco
      Brian Caicco commented:
      Posted: on Aug 07, 2009 at 9:03 AM

      I've been finding lately that some of my clients have been liking things just out of the fact that they are"new" and improved. But that what I've designed for them doesn't totally hit the nail on the head. Do you ever get that sense? I'm just curious to see if anyone else experiences this.