Website
Application

For my Web Design 2 course, we had a project to redesign an existing website that was poorly designed.

The Research

For this project, I picked the Whistler House Museum of Art because I felt that the website did not reflect the beauty and essence of the museum. The entire website had all of its text and artwork featured in gray boxes.

First, I scanned through the museum's website and identified areas of improvement. Then, I researched a couple of competitors' websites for inspiration and to identify how other museums were designing their websites.

User Persona

I created a user persona to help me navigate and decide what design features would make the most sense for this type of audience.

Brainstorming

After I finished my research stage, I worked with my classmates to brainstorm different website features that are good for a website to have. Then, we sorted the features into three different groups: must haves, nice to haves, and not needed. Based on our sorting work, I picked the features that would best match my user persona's need. Lastly, I created a site diagram to visualize the design features on the website and to organize how all of the content would connect.

MoodBoard

For the MoodBoard, I focused on capturing the warmth of the wood and the color scheme within the museum. I also wanted to incorporate the texture of the paint stroke into the website to help people visualize the paintings and artwork within the museum.