Website Research
I choose this website as my redesign final project, it is one of the most famous japanese ramen restaruants
around West Los Angeles.
The featuring layout is simple and clean within few photography slides. The main navigation is in the middle
and clearly displays six pages.
The sub contents show different information with half page of photograph about their best food on the left.
The main navigation with its name and logo design always stays at top of page when turning into subpages.
The current design for this website is simple like usual Japanese styles, the photographs on the main page
are mostly the architectual and interior design of the restaturant, I think there should be more photos
about their food than architecture because the food might be more attractive for customers. I like the way
it shows full page of photograph on the main page but it seems a little bit monotonous and boring. The
design main page could be more interesting and more things to look at.
I like the design of subcontens and all typefaces are perfectly matched with its theme and layout.
Competitive Analysis
Competitor Sites
The website above shows comprehensive visual design within simple typefaces. photographs on the main page
are well organized and in ordered which shows The white background makes photos stands out more. The
navigations is on the top left with a light and modern typeface. The whole design layout shows nice and
comprehensive functionality. Major social media links are at the bottom of main page.
tentenyu
This websites is quite similar to the first one. A large picture on main page with its name on the right.
The color palette is well matched with the photos and leaves a feel of balance. subcontents under each
navigations seems too small because of bad choice of color and font thus makes each title looks too large.
Functionality is deficient and the choice of photo under each page is unprofessional. Social media sites are
at the bottom of home page which clearly shows the proper links to each social media site.
curryhouse
This website has different style compare to another two, and shows a traditonal way of design. The layout
design is ordinary and inaesthetic because each part of content were not well organized. There are too many
choice of font on main page, so it looks a little bit messy. Its functionality shows lack of creativity. The
gallery at the middle of home page displays many photos of food. There is no name or introdution around it
and all photos looks like the same. There are too much information on the home page, such as promotions,
advertissment, menu. The social media sites are combined with the title above the main navigaiton.
Goal + Target Audience
The goal for the website is to attract more customers and share Japanese culture of food with locals.
Target audience will be the local citizens and travelers around the world.
- What questions need to be answered in order to complete this project?
Q1: What kind of layout style is suitable for restaruant website?
Q2: What is speciality or best seller of the restaruant?
Q3: When is the busiest opening hours during the day?
Q4: What is the most effecient approach to advertise?
- What tasks do we need to complete in order to successfully design this website?
1)Collect information, research about the restaruant, and organize them.
2)Design site map, navigation(header, footer and sidebars) wireframes
3)Start coding basic contents on home page to subpage
4)design styles, layout, color balance, arrangement, format, image, font, overall aesthetic measure
5optimized user experience, testing Usability, error checking, feedback
6)Launch, advertising, social media
- What issues need to be solved?
fail to build responsive site
proper visual design both desktop site and mobile site
wrong scaled image display
missing core content
- schedule
1)Planing
2)Content
3)Design
4)Development
Launch