Hannah Daman
Professor Ames
I chose to compare burgatory and madmex’ websites. Madmex’ site uses a series of muted colors associated with the restaurant’s color scheme. There is a banner at the top with a photo of the inside of the restaurant with their logo laying underneath it connect to a menu bar. As you scroll down the menu bar attaches to the top of the screen and the logo shrinks a bit. The balance of the site seems to be leaning to the left because the block of text with their news information in it is smashed together. The photos to the right of the copy are a little boring sliding between 3 photos left to right. At the bottom of the page rests another menu bar with comments, about, privacy and search listed for easy navigation. Based on the color scheme the page seems unified but the typeface chosen for the text makes the eye uncomfortable to read. The layout is somewhat basic and sort of unappealing. As for burgatory’s website theirs is vibrant, modern and done tastefully. At the top of the screen is a nav bar showing the menu, their locations, news, merch, some kind of member sign up, contact, and their social media accounts with the burgatory logo in the center. Under that is a slideshow of various images of customers and staff members enjoying themselves at the restaurant. The titles for the different sections are 3 to 4 times bigger than the text underneath of them showing great visual hierarchy and style. Under this there are 3 panels one to sign up for the mailing list, a thank you message to the customers and a link to “join the crew.” Burgatorys layout, visual hierarchy, and balance is all accounted for while madmex’ site is jumbled up and messy.