Restaurant Websites

Whilst looking for inspiration for creating my website for the Bluebell I remembered an article I came across a while ago. It contains 40 of the best restaurant websites on the internet. They are all very inspiring and take advantage of current web trends and techniques. They all contain nice features which will no doubt influence me when adding extra functionality into my clients website and by doing this I am able to show that I am aware of what is happening in the wider web design community.

I have taken inspiration from this article and this can be seen in my chosen design. Many of the sites on the list feature a wooden style background, and they also have bold imagery which is something I have tried to include.

The article can be found here.

Below are some of my favourite screenshots from the article.

Artefact 2 Research

For the rest of my artefacts I will be creating a mock music advertising site with 3 variations. The first one I will make will contain still images, the second will be still images with slideshows and other pieces of movement, and the final one will contain video and more interactive elements. I will then ask people to try the website and see which one people are more willing to buy from.

I have been researching into the layout of different music download sites and was surprised to find that the majority of them contain just still images, and occasionally some slideshows. This fits in with my survey responses where the majority of people said that they would prefer just a still image for an advert.

Below are screenshots of Spotify and iTunes, both of which use still images, iTunes also has one slideshow on each page but no video.

The Wilderness Downtown

I came across this website the other day and thought it was a great example of new kinds of music advertising. It has been made by Google to highlight the capabilities of the Chrome browser and features music by the band Arcade Fire. At the start you enter the name of a town or city and then throughout the video different browser windows are opened featuring different videos. Some of the windows feature images from Google Maps and Street View of the town or city you entered at the start. This is an extremely advanced example of HMTL5 and fits in very well with the subject of my PRP research document.

You can find it online here.

Research Survey

I created a survey for my research project last Friday. Have got a decent amount of results already but I'm aiming for a few more before I start making charts and graphs. The survey can be found online here; http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/D6RHRB7and only takes 2 minutes. Would be a massive help if anyone could fill it out.