Design Psychology Article

The “Design Psychology” article was interesting in the way that it said that web designers needed to be artists and psychologists. They needed to be artists such that the web site was appealing and interesting to look at. And they needed to be psychologists so that they could accurately predict how people would see and use the site.

I think that the topics raised relate to all web designs, not just our project. In our case, we want our site to speak to our specific audiences – the community, those who need Joshua’s Haven’s services and the volunteers and donors. We need to come up with a site that looks aesthetically pleasing and gives visitors the information that they need.

We should keep in mind the concepts of concise content, using white space and eye flow of the pages when developing the web site. We will have to review the site throughout development to make sure that we are implementing these strategies.