Website Critique

Little tricky considering how little there is to work with but I'll give it my best.

The Dolphins website is a simple page which consists of a link to their blog and their workbook. Their presentation video takes up 3/4's of the available space and is intended as the dominant attraction for all users visiting the site.

There is no content on the actual website, save for the video on the front page. The workbook leads to a PDF document containing all of their work and the link to their development blog appears to be offline, so viewing their work history is impossible.

The predominantly red theme of the website is similar to the designs found in the workbook, though the use of random red circles and splotches on the lower half of the page seems random and unnecessary.

This website could have been integrated into the final presentation of this group's work a lot more, and feels almost like an afterthought in order to deliver their other more important elements; the workbook and video presentation.


I believe that we can use this website as an example of what to stay away from. Excessive minimalism is not a good approach to take when you have a large idea you want to impress on a person as soon as view the page.
It is far more practical and inventive if we integrate our final expressions and products into elements of the website, using it as the medium for viewing, rather than a hub leading to external and disjointed media.