A Review of Hairsalon by Patrick Niebrzydowski

"with an edge"

  • Patrick Niebrzydowski

    Patrick Niebrzydowski

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    • Design: 1
    • Purpose: 2
    • Originality: 2
    • Engagement: 2
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    "with an edge"

    Posted on Jun 30, 2010 at 10:39 AM

    First, the site to me looks like a fashion magazine more than a hair salon. I know you said you want to get a magazine look to it, but you don't want the audience to think your site is for something that it's not either. The header is a little awkward as is right now. I see what you're trying to do with the magazine feel but it doesn't really work right now as is.

    I find it interesting that you use the words "with an edge" in your description, because the major problem in your design is it's lack of edges. It is very difficult to determine what is supposed to go with what. Is all the text on this page one article? Personally, I see 11 different items on the page, none of which are related. At the same time it kind of looks like they should be related. Maybe the black box text and the picture of the girl in the flowers? It's very difficult to parse through the content of this.

    If all the content is supposed to be one big piece of the same puzzle, then you can pretty much ignore my tips below, but you need to still work on reorganizing significantly to reflect that. If it is supposed to be multiple items as I have interpreted, here are some suggestions on how to improve your readability and usability:

    1) Use some sort of grid. You have a very grid-like appearance, but it doesn't seem to be following much of a grid layout. Keep content organized by columns and rows. You have a lot of overlap that will confuse the reader.

    2) Add more white space. White space is THE best way to separate content, especially in a content-heavy page. It adds logical divisions that aren't distracting.

    3) Typography! Every item of text on this page is the same size, style and font, with the exception of the bold NR78 and the underlined "lees meer."