ENGL307: Digital Writing

This website provides some inspiring examples of typography being used effectively in web design. These examples are incredibly useful for anyone interested in designing a website because they show you how to properly utilize typography. Each of these examples chose the perfect type to build there website around and the typography really adds to the overall site.

This website shows 18 different examples of websites that effectively use emphasis to make the color green pop out. This is done for stylistic and symbolic reasons for each of these various websites. I especially liked this because green happens to be my favorite color.

"In the visual digital culture landscape, the interaction between media technologies demands a critical approach to describe such relationships. Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin�s Remediation: understanding new media sets up the theoretical parameters and close-reading examples to describe interactions between old and new media."

I thought this site was interesting because it deals with oscillation and new media technologies.

I really like this website because it gives an explanation of abstract art. It gives details in the explanation, like abstraction is giving the viewer a chance to see something that they have never seen before. I also like the image that is included at the bottom because it is very interesting and it shows me abstraction in a different way that I am not interested in.

This article was very interesting to read because it talked about sensory association and how it can be used to heal people like in hospitals. Although this article is mostly geared towards interior designers, I feel like designers in new media can also use this concept to make something that help heal someone.

This website gives some tips on what designer needs to know about typography and how to correctly use it in a design. It tells you to read your design first to make sure that you understand it. If you are having trouble, then of course someone else will as well. It also tells you to keep titles big that way people can identify what the title is. This website gives some very good information that is very useful.

This website gives some tips on what designer needs to know about typography and how to correctly use it in a design. It tells you to read your design first to make sure that you understand it. If you are having trouble, then of course someone else will as well. It also tells you to keep titles big that way people can identify what the title is. This website gives some very good information that is very useful.

Hello there - I know we were not provided with the article, but this Google site provides a pretty basic summary of what we were supposed to read this week!

This website lists repetition as being one of the 4 principles of good designs for websites. This shows how useful repetition can be when used in the creation of a website. It is a fundamental tool that should be used by designers when appropriate.

This website does a fantastic job describing how rhythm can be created and utilized in a web design. Rhythm can be very effective in moving a user's eye across the website while also providing an aesthetically appealing appearance. Rhythm is an element that can tie an entire site together when used properly.

This website displays 50 great examples of websites that use abstract designs on their pages. These pages are great inspiration for any designer interested in utilizing abstract designs. Abstract designs are unique and memorable making them perfect for web pages.

These beautiful abstract designs really keep the viewer's eye engaged and make the viewer think about their potential meaning. My personal favorite is the one for Conductor Universal. The colors really pop making it very aesthetically pleasing.

This website provides an easy to follow guide on whether or not to design your website to be realistic or abstract. It points you in the right direction depending on your goals for the project. This would be very useful for a web designer trying to decide whether or not they want to use an abstract design with their website.

This is a video of a person talking about Michael Young who is the author of "The Rise of Meritocracy".

I was inspired by the storyboard example in the textbook. So this is Toy Story 1 storyboard read.

Great input on why today's society shouldn't have to suffer like past generations have to suffer. Media literacy is pertinent for those to succeed in the future.

This quick video gives a very good explanation of how additive and subtractive color systems work. It provides a great example of both of them in action.

This website gives a list of great uses of texture in web design. My favorite is the website for Andreas Fretz. This website is for a landscaping company and uses the texture of plants to help the viewer feel like they are in the right place.

This is a website with some examples of poorly designed web pages.

Very helpful for thinking about our Project One assignment and how to improve it.