Desk Crit for Courtnie Wolfgang

Hey Courtnie,

I am ashamed to be doing this (somewhat, considering last night's
conversation on untimeliness with crits) but also think this could be useful
for you in the future. Besides I DID talk to you at the rehearsal but just
didn't write anything down....

Anyway, I was just looking at your project and I really enjoyed the way
you've gently guided the user through art critique and interpretation. Well
done! My comments are just to help you strengthen your wayfinding/navigation
technique.

It's a little difficult to remember which section I'm viewing, especially
when I'm ready to choose the next one. I know you have different quotes for
each of the 6 sections, but I think it would help if you were to make the
menu item bold and maybe include the menu title again, small and subtly
above your more fancy, scripted title in the upper right. For instance, the
page marked "experience" is lost to the title "interpretations of Magritte"
because you have another section called interpret -- with a few more cues,
this would be clearer.

I also kept forgetting what I was supposed to be doing between pages (not
your fault, I'm already addled) but I think if you moved the quote you have
per section and brief directions into the space to the right of the picture,
this could better direct and organize the actions of your viewers. Not to
fill up the white space, but to help further focus the section purpose and
user directions. If you did this and made the directions a san-serif, they
would stand out and separate from the fancy, curly title and quote.

An example: all this summed up for the "context" page:
- Title right of picture: "Context" small, somehow integrated with "History
and Philosophy"
- Display/content space right of picture: Quote "Interpreters place artworks
into philosophical and artistic contexts" followed by smaller text "(roll
over image to explore)"
- Menu at bottom: highlight or bold menu item "context"