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Vlabs Design

October 24, 2018 By Emily Park

Vlabs UI Design

 

Today I started developing my ideas for how I want the UI design for Vlabs to look. I began by looking at the already existing sites in our eAnthro suite. Suloni had suggested maybe finding a design element other than the dark shades to tie vlabs in with the other sites and create a cohesive experience when accessing these sites.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sites in the eAnthro suite do have a heavy look because of the dark backgrounds and the bright look of Vlabs is refreshing and I don’t want to darken it. But looking through the sites I pulled some colors:

 

I want to keep the dark brown and tan to maintain some cohesion between the sites; however, they won’t be used  extensively but rather more as accent colors. There were also lots of colors I found within the eAnthro suite but I liked the colors above the best. They are bright and colorful but still have earthy and more subdued tones which seems fitting for an anthropology lab.

 

In addition, I noticed that all of the sites in the eAnthro suite utilize a colored bar as a design element. For example these bars found in the eFossils home page banner and the colored bar signifying a section within the site.

 

 

 

This is a design element I can definately bring over to Vlabs when housing the different labs and sections.

 

I am hoping to have a rough mockup by the end of Friday!

Filed Under: 2018 Fall - 2019 Spring

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