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The best example of the worst website design.

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The best example of the worst website design.Its rare that I smile when I see a website as its usually a very serious business of keeping a client satisfied with top quality professional work.

HOWEVER…

…sometimes I wonder if clients appreciate the fine line they walk when they try and influence the design of a web site rather than leaving it in the capable hands of the web designer… namely us.

I will now be referring people to this website as the finest example of work that we at 123 Marbella DO NOT DELIVER. If nothing else many of our clients will breath a sigh of relief that their website looks the way it looks today, even if it may be a few years old.

So without further delay, hold onto your hats, and grit your teeth, for the best example of the worst website design I have seen in a LONG time. (That being said the site is actually very interesting in the respect that it explains the reasons that things are NOT done.)

oh god, here goes:

WORST WEBSITE DESIGN

PS: If you have speakers, you may want to turn them of, rip them out and bin them… and also don’t blame me if this destroys any faith you have in mankind… I´m on the edge personally.

What is good web site design?

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Ahh the eternal question. I suppose we have to remember that no one can actually agree on the meaning of the word design and what it entails to begin with never mind apply the terms “good” and “web design” to it as well!

But, being a glutton for punishment I decided to give it a go by considering the two main points of views when looking at what we will call “good” web design.

Web Design for the Designer
Form follows function or function follows form. Designers are each and every one a completely unique entity when considering web site design. what’s good, what’s bad, what’s the trend, what’s the style and the fashion and what should the fashion be are all hotly contested debates on many serious web design forums. But considering what is good design for the designer? In a nutshell I think its something a designer can be proud of.

Web Design for the Client
We have all been in the situation where the client plays designer when we know in our heart of hearts that they really should leave it alone… but they are the client. So what’s good design for them? The answer may be “god only knows” but I think the real answer is exactly the same as the designers. Give them something they can be proud of.

ok ok its easy to say “give them something they can be proud of” but how do you reach that wonderful point? Well this is where it all boils down to the designer and their skill at adapting and developing a design solution. Given a situation that is not enviable I think a solid designer will be able to come up with a solution that satisfies both the client and themselves and with that solution they can still be proud of the work they have achieved. If the designer cannot or does not then the design, in my opinion, has already failed.

Managing Clients while Designing a Stop Sign

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How many of us have encountered this problem.

A brief is submitted, understood (even if its bureaucratically insane as in the example from this video) and the perfect solution is created… and then the “client” gets involved in the process and trys to become the designer.

Enjoy this video because if design is your profession then you will most certainly encounter occasions such as this. The hard part, I find, is convincing clients that less is more in most cases and that clutter and changes to what is a perfectly good concept or design take it away from what its ment to achieve or whatever message is to be conveyed.

Dont let clients walk over you as is the case here, the suggestions become petty and dont actually add up to achieveing any goal, put the foot down and tell them YOUR opinion as you are the professional at the end of the day.