Design for the User Week 6

After my tutorial with James last week I researched how older people use the internet. I looked at http://www.seniorsnetwork.co.uk according to this website "Older people aged 65 and above use the internet relatively little in comparison to other age groups (14% of people aged over 65 compared to 57% of people aged 16 to 34 use the internet)". 

Understanding the User

If older people are going to use my site I have to think about their needs. After researching I found out that older people can be put off the internet by poorly designed sites and the use of technical language they don't understand. So I need to make sure my site is a good design and the navigation is easy for them to use and understand.

Branding and Logo Design

After talking to James I decided to call my company Grandays Out. I then started drawing ideas for the logo and came up with a few designs. I then picked a couple I liked to draw up in illustrator ready to show James next week. Below are the two I drew up:

 

Design for the User Week 5

Today I had a tutorial with James to discuss how I was getting on with the Designing for the User brief. I showed James the research I had done on my blog and then we agreed what I needed to do next.

Action agreed:

• Expand research to include organised tours of any kind to see how they do it.
• Look at design
• Look how older people use the internet
• Look at layout and wording
• Consider how best to use flash
• Start branding and logo design

Now I will start to look at the list above and start looking at organised tours of any kind to see how they do their tours. I will also look at how older people use the internet and then start looking at designing a logo for my company.