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June 10, 2009

Wireframing Web Sites

This is a nice article on the importance of wireframing before designing your website. Form follows function is always a good design motto to follow.

When 45royale first started, there’s no question we had a few bad habits. You see, way back in the day when we would get a new project, discuss the requirements with our client, maybe sketch out a few quick ideas, and then jump right into full color Photoshop comps. Our reasoning for that approach was that it was unlikely that we would hit a design home run right out of the gate, so we wanted to start the process as soon as possible to allow time for revisions. After a while we came to realize that we were spending way too much time on revisions and the revisions that we were making were far more complex. Not only did we have to adjust layout, but all of the corresponding graphic treatments as well. This was frustrating for us, worrisome for the paying client, and disastrous for the project schedule. However, it didn’t take us long to realize that we needed a new approach.

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