In this feature I try to shed some light on the development process and/or elements of a selected design. By deconstructing the design into layout, typeface, colours & use of images we will hopefully develop a better understand of how the final result was achieved. I feel that this degree of awareness is crucial to a graphic designers development; being able to not only identify the design elements but the rationale behind them.
In this edition of Design Deconstructed (DD) I am going to be observing the brand new website of the White House (http://www.whitehouse.gov/).
Within minutes of President Obama being sworn in the new site had gone live. I’d imagine it has received a huge spike in visitors but it seems to be coping perfectly. I’m trying to find out the designer/company who is behind it, so if anyone knows?
It looks fantastic. It’s clean, feels like a position of authority and most importantly approachable. It doesn’t look like a news site, like it used to. Here’s an image of the homepage.
