David Carson Design Website

David Carson is a designer and i thought to look into his website could be interesting to see what it would be like. I like it all though there are certain things about this website that don't follow the principles for a good website. I feel it shows the designer and his works well and suites his works, but with so many distractions of the background and the display of his works, its difficult to see the writing and the links to other pages within the website. I think if the opacity of the main background picture was not as bold, i think this website would look effective and would be clear and easy to use. I find there is no order within this website either, there needs to be a consistency of where the writing is, where as the writing is placed randomly on the web page. Overall i think this website is effective but could do with a few more improvements. 

http://www.davidcarsondesign.com/

M.A.C Cosmetics Website

This website is bold, colorful and grabs your attention straight away. They have used a simple layout by using the images of the makeup and people modeling the makeup as there main attraction, then they have placed all there writing and links to the left side. I think this is an effective way to get peoples attention straight away as pictures are what people look at first when going to a website they are unsure about, or have never visited, they then look for links to other pages and to find out more information on the product, which is why its good they have placed it to the left as people read left to right. When you click on the links more links and information pops to the side, as shown in the right picture above, this is helpful to find a certain product that you are looking for instead of searching further. The overall website is targeting their market well, with having the bold colours and pictures, i feel this suits the brand as there make up is usually bold and colorful. 

http://www.maccosmetics.com/index.tmpl

Black Stitch online clothing website

This website shows consistency throughout, using the same colours, Black Stitch clothing is able to show there signature colours clearly. Their logo ' BLACK STITCH' has been clearly shown and is in a different font, different boldness and different sizing to the other fonts within the website, which makes it more noticeable and stand out more. I like this website, its clear, bold, simple and still effective. They have seen to keep their main attention on the clothing, as its displayed in the center of the web home page,  i think is important especially in retail websites, as its important to show the selling point and make it clear of what type of retail it is. It is easy to sign up to their clothing site to get the latest updates on their clothing by entering your email address, they have made their website clear and easy to use for people that are unfamiliar to this website. I came straight into this website and was able to clearly look at what i wanted whether it was 'dresses' or 'new arrivals', it is displayed on the left side and didn't involve any searching. Overall i think this website is successful and wouldn't need any further updating as it has the layout to aim there attention towards the teenager age market.
http://www.blackstitch.com/