Towards the beginning of the summer I wrote a little about my internship here at Worthwhile, so I decided to do a little follow up since I’m now closer to the end than to the beginning. It has continued to be a great experience for me and I’ve learned a lot. Coming into this internship, I was never sure what facet of graphic design I was most interested in pursuing, whether print or web design. Honestly, I guess I still can’t completely answer that question. But this internship has given me the opportunity to expand my knowledge of designing for the web and therefore has given me more of an option when it comes to which I prefer most. Web design always seemed a little foreign to me before–a little out of my comfort zone. Not saying I’ve come anywhere near mastering it–I’ve got a long long long way to go. But what I’ve learned about web design even over the past week has made me much more comfortable and confident about it.
Designing for the web is quite a bit different than print. Earlier today even this came up as I was working on a web page. There are different objectives–with print, you want the viewer to read or look at what you’ve designed. With web design, just looking at your design isn’t enough. You have to make them want to come back by giving them something to do once they come to the web page, or they’ll probably leave within a few seconds and not come back. Cool looking design won’t cut it by itself–it has to be intuitive and functional. It has to make sense to the viewer and be self explanatory.
So that’s a little more of what I’ve learned. It’s been great working here at Worthwhile. It’s definitely been worthwhile.
