Hi Guys,
I've got a great client, the one problem is that he is extremely hands on and some of the things that he asks me to do seem like bad design moves to me.
We have been working on the homepage for his site. Based upon his very specific instructions (wanted to it styled similar to http://www.triplepoint.com ), here is a screenshot of what I came up with for him:
http://www.mdcreative.com/nwlogic/nwhome_version2.jpg
He wanted me to make the clickable brochure bigger, change some of the blue fades to yellow, remove the top fade, and move the slogan down into the fade below the original top fade. Based upon those instructions, this is what I came up with:
http://www.mdcreative.com/nwlogic/nwhome_version4c.jpg
Now he thinks that the design is too angular, so he wants me to add some "curves". He wants me to round off the right par, and create a big colored arch in the top bar. I tried it and it looked terrible. Does anyone have any ideas on how to add "curves" to this angular design without making it looked cluttered or off kilter? (note: orginally I gave him a really cool, different design in which I used the icon from his logo as a faded out watermark, but it was too funky for him. He wanted something very square.)
Any suggestions or feedback would be appreciated. He is basing his design input upon the triplepoint site, and the feedback from his fellow engineers! I need to either convince him that he is asking me to do something lame, or figure out how to do what he asks without sacrificing the design.
Cheers,
Monique