CrazyWebFoo Design's Redesign

by Steve Waugh | Saturday, October 24th, 2009 at 11:16 am

As a web designer I’d been itching for a change for months. This wasn’t just change for the sake of change, mind you. I’m always reading, researching, and talking with other designers about the latest standards, tips, and techniques. I needed a platform to showcase my talents, and CrazyWebFoo Design was going to be my vessel.

This is the newly redesigned CWF site.

I started out chatting to other designers. Also, I dove into web design books that focused more on design practices and principles. While new to design the concept is not completely foreign to me. I wanted to balance my programming and design halves to make a better whole. Slowly, over the course of a few months, design light bulbs began to flicker in my mind. I was fascinated when I began seeing sites as complete bodies of art. I become mesmerized by sites that took a theme and flawlessly applied that theme into the site design. Design work aside, many of these designers employed innovative techniques in order to accomplish their goals within the confines of current technology.

I had two basic goals when I started the CWF redesign. First, I wanted a clean layout. Second, the layout had to have a fluid look about it. With those goals in mind I went looking for images that captured the essence of those two goals. Once I finished with that task I then began putting the puzzle pieces together. That’s where I employed many of the design and programming techniques that I’d picked up over the previous few months. I’m very happy with the end result.

Tags: design, Web Design

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