STAA Conference: Graphic Style

STAA Conference, Washington DC, January 2002

Graphic Style

• Design aesthetic and minimalist systems
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  • Fonts are graphics!
  • Create visually pleasing displays.
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    • (Don't forget the effect of white space)
    • Bhutan has an elegant site at http://www.ifs.univie.ac.at/~bhutan/test002/index.php3
    • Check out the National Museum of Wildlife Art: http://www.wildlifeart.orgindex.html
    • The Orinoco Museum: http://www.orinoco.org/
    • And the Seattle Art Museum: http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/
  • Eliminate information which is irrelevant or distracting (Levi)
• Focus on content
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  • Avoid baroque embellishments, blinking texts or animated graphics.
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    • See this lovely site on the problems kittens have with their kidneys (more on bells and whistles)
  • Be wary of programming that requires only the most recent browsers
• Be consistent
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  • Conform to uniform conventions for layout, format, navigation, etc.

Red check marks highlight points that will be of interest to established sites as well as new ones.