Comments on: Being Designed Doesn’t Make It Well Designed http://resistmedia.net/blog/2005/12/06/being-designed-doesnt-make-it-well-designed/ This is a blog about adventures in design, and sometimes other crap. My name is Beth Dean and I'm a web designer from Cleveland Ohio. I work for Progressive Insurance as a UX Developer. Thu, 17 May 2012 11:02:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Laura Godfrey http://resistmedia.net/blog/2005/12/06/being-designed-doesnt-make-it-well-designed/#comment-122530 Laura Godfrey Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:00:41 +0000 http://resistmedia.net/blog/?p=52#comment-122530 "Being Designed Doesn’t Make It Well Designed" I agree with this statement. Websites must deliver a design that is suitable and is aimed at their intended audience. Just because you have contributed a vast amount of time designing and building a website, does not necessarily mean it is well designed. The main purpose of a site is to inform the user of what it is selling etc. If the design lacks the basic principles of structure, attractiveness and functionality, then there is no point of it existing. “Being Designed Doesn’t Make It Well Designed”

I agree with this statement. Websites must deliver a design that is suitable and is aimed at their intended audience. Just because you have contributed a vast amount of time designing and building a website, does not necessarily mean it is well designed. The main purpose of a site is to inform the user of what it is selling etc. If the design lacks the basic principles of structure, attractiveness and functionality, then there is no point of it existing.

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