Saturday, November 23, 2013

Urban Ministries of Durham: Names for Change


Hi, I’m Alex Sanchez!

I am your new blogger, social media strategist and I write about profitable online marketing strategies.

The  Advertising Agency, McKinney (http://mckinney.com/) based in Durham, USA has recently launched a new campaign “selling the naming rights to every item in a homeless shelter to raise money to get more people into homes of their own. Everything from toilets to teddy bears, showerheads to cans of spam, maxi pads to mac 'n' cheese.”



The main idea behind grid-based designs is a solid visual and structural balance of objects that can be created with them. The design offers a sophisticated layout structure and more flexibility. It enhances the visual experience of web surfers. In fact, users can easily follow the consistency of the page, while developers can update the layout in a well thought-out, consistent way. However, when designing a project like this, it’s quite hard to find your way through all the theory behind grid systems: it isn’t easy at all. Some important notions and related key-facts can help to learn basics and keep essential techniques in mind.
A grid like this one example is a consistent system for placing objects. It works on two levels: At the unit level of cells, in this case (4 cells followed by 3 cells and then the pattern of 4 cells repeats continuously) and at the column level (e.g. 4 columns).




This is an example of a balanced and consistent design scheme that will increase the readers’ confidence in Urban Ministries of Durham. The first step this agency faced was to establish a basic layout grid. With this graphic “backbone” They were able to determine how the major blocks of type and illustrations would regularly occur in the site. To start, they probably gathered representative examples of text, along with some graphics, scans, or other illustrative material, and experimented with various arrangements of the elements on the page.

As a result, McKinney established a consistent, logical screen layout, one that allows the creator to “plug in” text and graphics without having to stop and rethink the basic design approach on each new page.
Learn the design, here! https://www.namesforchange.org/

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