Eirik
08-01-2003, 06:36 AM
(Admin code added by Palmer - H6080435)
Hi boys and girls,
I’m just now rounding up a design contest in the logo forum for our new product, and now it’s time to have the site itself designed.
The final logo will not be selected until tomorrow morning, but if you check out the contest (http://www.designoutpost.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=1125&s=) you’ll see that the colours are very similar, so it should be enough to get started. Also, when I announce the winner tomorrow morning, I will post it here as well.
PRODUCT
The product, named “EiendomAdmin” (meaning “real estate administration”) is a web-based real estate management application, helping real estate owners, administrators, brokers and buyers communicate better and more efficient.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Though the product is meant to help all groups mentioned above, real estate buyers will not be paying anything to use the software. So, the target audience is real estate owners, administrators and brokers.
CURRENT WEB SITE
The current web site is located at http://www.eiendomadmin.no/. No effort has been put into the design yet (except for the logo for which we ran a contest), so the main thing to look at is the placement of the various objects in relation to eachother. These should be upheld, unless you as the designer have a good reason for doing something different.
COLOUR
The colour of the web site main/content area should remain white, or at least a very pale colour for easy reading. Other than that, I would prefer the colours blue, orange, grey, white or/and black used throughout the design.
MENU
The arrows in front of the menu elements are not keepers, though some other sort of bullets are welcomed. Also, please design the menu to include an example sub-menu.
CONCEPT SKETCH
The large image on the main web site is what I will be referring to as the concept sketch. The objective of this image is to illustrate what the application is about, namely the communcation and exchange of real estate information between the real estate owner (Eier), administrator (Forvalter), broker (Megler) and buyer (Interessent).
In the center is a symbol of the software, namely a couple of screenshorts. On top of it is the text “Fra kun 249,- * pr mnd eks mva” which means “Starting at only 249,- per month ex. VAT”.
This entire image needs to be done over. The people look like they’re from the 80’s, and there’s nothing in it that makes me want to use the software. The only thing I’m fairly happy about is the placement of the objects in the image in relation to eachother.
Also, I’m thinking that the screenshots perhaps should be replaced by a box similar to the ones that client-based software come in (the packaging of the CD-ROM and documentation). I’ve seen many web-based application providers to this, and I think it increases the perceived value as well as the sense of it being and actual application.
TABLE
In addition to the existing elements, I would also like the contributions to include a table with a heading and content cell background colours (and example of a table can be found at http://www.eiendomadmin.no/pris/).
CALL US
The picture in the left row including some text and a couple of form fields, encourages viewers to contact us by phone or let us contact them (by filling out the form). I’m fairly happy with this image, but if you feel that it needs redesign to fit into your contributions, please feel free to use the picture under MATERIAL to create a new one.
SCREEN RESOLUTION
The design should be optimized for a 800x600 screen resolution.
OTHER
The web site design will also be used as the basis for the application design to keep a feeling of consistency.
MATERIAL
Logo (coming - meanwhile, check out the logo contest (http://www.designoutpost.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=1125&s=))
Portrait (http://www.eiendomadmin.no/material/portrait.jpg)
Hi boys and girls,
I’m just now rounding up a design contest in the logo forum for our new product, and now it’s time to have the site itself designed.
The final logo will not be selected until tomorrow morning, but if you check out the contest (http://www.designoutpost.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=1125&s=) you’ll see that the colours are very similar, so it should be enough to get started. Also, when I announce the winner tomorrow morning, I will post it here as well.
PRODUCT
The product, named “EiendomAdmin” (meaning “real estate administration”) is a web-based real estate management application, helping real estate owners, administrators, brokers and buyers communicate better and more efficient.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Though the product is meant to help all groups mentioned above, real estate buyers will not be paying anything to use the software. So, the target audience is real estate owners, administrators and brokers.
CURRENT WEB SITE
The current web site is located at http://www.eiendomadmin.no/. No effort has been put into the design yet (except for the logo for which we ran a contest), so the main thing to look at is the placement of the various objects in relation to eachother. These should be upheld, unless you as the designer have a good reason for doing something different.
COLOUR
The colour of the web site main/content area should remain white, or at least a very pale colour for easy reading. Other than that, I would prefer the colours blue, orange, grey, white or/and black used throughout the design.
MENU
The arrows in front of the menu elements are not keepers, though some other sort of bullets are welcomed. Also, please design the menu to include an example sub-menu.
CONCEPT SKETCH
The large image on the main web site is what I will be referring to as the concept sketch. The objective of this image is to illustrate what the application is about, namely the communcation and exchange of real estate information between the real estate owner (Eier), administrator (Forvalter), broker (Megler) and buyer (Interessent).
In the center is a symbol of the software, namely a couple of screenshorts. On top of it is the text “Fra kun 249,- * pr mnd eks mva” which means “Starting at only 249,- per month ex. VAT”.
This entire image needs to be done over. The people look like they’re from the 80’s, and there’s nothing in it that makes me want to use the software. The only thing I’m fairly happy about is the placement of the objects in the image in relation to eachother.
Also, I’m thinking that the screenshots perhaps should be replaced by a box similar to the ones that client-based software come in (the packaging of the CD-ROM and documentation). I’ve seen many web-based application providers to this, and I think it increases the perceived value as well as the sense of it being and actual application.
TABLE
In addition to the existing elements, I would also like the contributions to include a table with a heading and content cell background colours (and example of a table can be found at http://www.eiendomadmin.no/pris/).
CALL US
The picture in the left row including some text and a couple of form fields, encourages viewers to contact us by phone or let us contact them (by filling out the form). I’m fairly happy with this image, but if you feel that it needs redesign to fit into your contributions, please feel free to use the picture under MATERIAL to create a new one.
SCREEN RESOLUTION
The design should be optimized for a 800x600 screen resolution.
OTHER
The web site design will also be used as the basis for the application design to keep a feeling of consistency.
MATERIAL
Logo (coming - meanwhile, check out the logo contest (http://www.designoutpost.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=1125&s=))
Portrait (http://www.eiendomadmin.no/material/portrait.jpg)