For this weeks sole project we were given a list of websites and told to analyse them, saying what we liked and disliked and how we can take ideas from their blog and apply them to our own.
1) http://www.aestheticamagazine.blogspot.co.uk/
What I like about this blog is that it has a professional look. I also like how photographs are used and the text about them is informative yet it is used in different medias such as informative text and interviews. However, I feel there needs to be an even balance of images and text and people who don't enjoy reading, such as myself, can get bored very quickly and lose interest before finishing off the blog entry.
Something i can take from this blog though is to use different ways in which to write my blog such as using interviews, instead of it being just text for every blog entry.
2)http://www.art21.org/
What I like about this website is that is uses a very bold and attractive layout. However, I do not like how you must go through a series of other pages among the site to find what you are looking for. As I do not like this website I would not apply anything from it to my blog.
3)http://www.artcritical.com/
This site is laid out in a similar way to the previous website. However, I like how it has a more easier layout to follow. The previous site, took time to find what you were looking for, however this one is so much quicker and straightforward. I also like that the homepage has a simple design. I don't like that the homepage is slightly overcrowded in my opinion. I feel there needs to be less things going on and maybe making some elements bigger too.
For my blog, i would use the simple and easy design and layout of this website.
4) www.blog.frieze.com
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5)www.contemporaryartdaily,com
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6)http://www.edwardwinkleman.com/
What I dislike about this blog, firstly is that my first thoughts about it was that it is boring. It has a simple layout but black text on white background does not appeal to me. Secondly, there is too much text. I feel people could easily get bored reading this and if they were to click onto the website link, would quickly click back. I also find that the blog is hard to navigate. There is nothing I particularly like about this blog nor use to influence my own.
7)www.galleristny.com - http://observer.com/art/
What I like about this website is that even though the design is simply black on white, it uses many photos, subheadings and a brighter tool bar to making the website more appealing. However, i don't like this website as it reminds me more of a newspaper than it does of an art blog. If i was to apply something from this website to my own it would be the design of it.
8)http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/blogs
What I like about this website is that is it so easy to navigate, using the side bar you can easily find what you are looking for. I also like that the images can be enlarged to view better and that the use of images is frequent. I also like the logo. However, I don't like that there is a lot of information crammed into one space. In my blog, i could use the easy layout and the use of a logo.
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