Hilman Curtis Questions....

1) What does Hillman Curtis mean by using a theme for a website? How can this approach affect how you design the site?
a) I believe that Hilman curtis is saying a theme is the basis of what the websites content is about. It is the reason why you are creating the site, and it consists of the information the viewer is wanted to recieve.

2) The concept is the idea you formulate which illustrates your theme. What advice does Hillman Curtis give on developing a concept?
b) He suggests recognizing themes in your everyday life because if we can recognize themes from things such as movies, art, etc. we can better identify the theme for what work we are trying to create.

3) What does Hilman Curtis mean by Eating the Audience?
c) I think that "Eating the Audience" means that when writing a speech to designing a website, you have to know who that speech or website is for, you need to know your audience. So eating them, consuming them, taking them in, would be to keep them in mind at all times, making sure you are saying what they need to hear and designing what they need to see.

4) When H. Curtis talks about Filtering, what is this, and when does this come into the design process?
d) Filtering is almost like limitations. These limitations then frame the work you produce. In the design process, limitation comes in to play when you think about all the technology that is changing and that hasn't been creating forcing designers down a certain path of media.

5) Justifying: What is this and how can this relate to filtering?
e) Filtering forces the designer to make conscience decisions about everything involved in the design process. As a designer, I therefore must consider every path I can take and make a choice of what path I want to take.

6) Write six sentences about your impression of this article.
f) It was very inspiring to read about how somebody theorizes about how to think about designing; there are always books on how to design something, the concept of design, but I haven't seen much text on what the theme or concept is, and how a designer needs to be aware of them and keep them always in your mind when designing. The process of design has to be organized, well thought out, and well planned. Design is very personal even if the end result if for someone else because of the thought process and concept of the design. I can use a lot of things in this article in my everyday life, including keeping good communication between me and my client, who as of right now, I consider to be my professors. Finding a theme in everything is the key. This article was clear and to the point.