Blog Week 3 Post 1

 Blog Week 3 Post 1

Jonathan Golding

1: http://www.toyota.com/

     http://apple.com

For the Toyota website the 3 potential problems are:  The cars for sale do not seem to be the centerpiece of the website, you can find the car prices and models but perhaps make that more available.  The other potential problem is the actual sale of the product through the website, most likely you will need to see an authorized dealer. Finding the actual car you want to buy is also a potential problem.  

 Toyota has a professional website, it is a complex platform of information, not easy to manage.  It does come across as being a serious car manufacturer.  

 The aesthetics are typical of the brand and identifiable, they do give the impression it is the "car family you can trust", along with its robust graphic design.  They use photography as a medium to make their vehicles look like the toy you "need".  

  Toyota could improve providing services like carmax's home delivery option. A more realistic approach to the actual vehicle you could purchase. Perhaps and international website linked worldwide, with separate pages for countries. 

 Apples website came across  less organised than I expected. The potential problem is the buy button, since the actual purchase seems complicated with several providers offering different plans on payment options.  

 Although the website is professionally, it is a bit cluttery to surf. The photography and the models displayed are well done. 

 It can turn a bit confusing less like the user friendly ios programs. I would improve the user friendliness, Have more direct plans to purchase the phones, sometimes you only need the phone and not the providers of phone lines.  

2: http://artcenter.org/

http://www.roverp6cars.com/

  Arts center is user friendly, easy to navigate not so cluttery. The website is professionally done: it is function-able and has good communication with user. 

 It has the aesthetic of a small hometown theater, a community space. The branding design somehow displays that it is not a big Broadway production, perhaps with its simplicity. 

 RoverP6 website establishes that it is the specialist for an old collectors car: the ROVER P6. ALAS! it is what the P6 dream restoration owner was looking for.  

 The aesthetic is as old as a web-page design as you can modernly go! It is full of information with a few functioning buttons. It is has a somewhat old and eccentric effect, perhaps the website should stay that way.  


Comments

  1. TeresaJoy'sArtFebruary 13, 2021 at 1:00 PM

    I reviewed the art center also and loved the simplicity of it. I agree with your comment about the small hometown theater that was a perfect way to describe it. I did not review Toyota but surprised by your review. I would have thought they would have a much better site.

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