GRC 175 Learning and Discussion Forum

Here are my roughs for project two. After researching restaurant sites that were done with taste, their designs seem to fall on simplicty. I chose a sushi bar and restaurant that is on the east coast and has numerous design flaws and the menu is linked to pdf. I was playing around with different color schemes but I'm sure I will stick with the actual colors that exist within the establishment. Here is the link to the site. http://www.takogrill.com/special/index.html

We'll done and solid, I enjoy both layouts. I really think it's what unifying the design to the individual brand that will make the decision for you but good job.

The blue layout is really nice... How are you going to layout the second page?

Hello! I'd say I like the layout on your second design, but i'm digging the color palettes and tentacle logo on your first design more so maybe try mashing the two designs together and see how it goes? I love your logo btw. The tentacle logo is stronger and perfect for the theme. Type choice is also good and legible. Overall, good work!

2 beautiful concepts headed in a good direction! It's great that you are exploring 2 different logo designs and you have presented both. I'll have to agree with Whinona in that the logo featuring the tentacle is awesome! Very simple and easily interpreted and employs good use of negative space. I think that sticking to the colors used in the restaurant is a good idea so I'm for the palette used in the first layout. I feel a sans serif type face used for the text in the content area may be better suited for this layout. Also, maybe you can consider including a border around the 2 images to the left instead of overlapping them? I feel it'd add a bit of interest and make the layout appear more organized. Nice work overall!

nice concept, I like the grey layout. Good font choices. good job

Oooh, I really like the direction you're taking these.

Personally, I think your first design is much stronger. The tentacle logo cracks me up. I really like the gray, black, and red colorscheme. The inner page layout is really strong. I like the imagery on the left so it's the second thing the user sees (the first is the logo).

I'm assuming the large blank on the home page is for some sort of large image or image slideshow? I also think the navigation text needs to be bolder. Also, try pulling the red shadow from the kanji under the bodycopy and fading it back so it's more of a watermark. Maybe try a sans-serif type for your bodycopy and see how that works.

You've got yourself a really neat direction here. Keep it going!

Also, I wonder how many people are going to get what "Tako Grill" means?

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I think that these are both really great. I do find myself looking more at the top design. The logo on that one is interesting and looks like an octopus leg which in creative and unique. Great job!

Like I said about the other food joint, all I want to see is the menu, the price range, the outside of the building, if you have a bar, and a map. All the fancy pictures in the world won't make me visit your establishment.

Great layouts so far. I'd have to say that the logo and type from the first design would work really well on the second designs color patterns and imagery.