Level Page Design Comps

September 23, 2009 · Filed Under BarkleyREI, Design, Level Pages, Redesign · Comment 

Since the approval of the new home page design, we’ve been working with BarkleyREI on designs for lower level page templates. You will see several recognizable design elements that are being carried over from the new college home page design — the color palette, the blue page background gradient, header and global navigation, and the super footer.

Please keep in mind that the photos used in these design comps are only placeholders as is the Latin text used for filler. Also, we’ve overfilled the right sidebar to show multiple options available for displaying column call outs.

Level page design comp - three column

Level Page Three Column Comp Level Page Three Column Comp - With Longer Department or Section Name Lower Level Design Comp Showing a Two Column Page

At this stage, BarkleyREI presented us with two unique design approaches for the level page templates. One design saw the color red introduced to the color palette (the same red used on the current site). After seeking feedback from several offices, we decided that the introduction of red to the color palette was a sharp departure from the color palette used for the new home page. So we have stayed with a mostly blue color palette in the level page designs.

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