1. The National Museum of the American Indian website follows conventions such as having a menu bar of options, offering additional less related options at the top of the web page, and the name of the website at the bottom of the page. The site separates information about the museum into categories. The site classifies information by subject, for example all the visitor information is under the visitor tab, etc. There are fourteen groups of information to choose from. The MTV web site and the National Museum of the American Indian are similar, in that they both have a tool bar of options and the less related options are at the top right of the screen on both sites. The MTV site differs from the National Museum site in that the MTV site has a vertical lists of options to show off new shows and music. The National Museum of the American Indian has a big advertisement for Macbeth in the middle of the screen.
2. The designers use of balance, classification and emphasis seem to unify this site. These concepts are used all throughout the site. The website achieves much of its balance by placing pictures and words in a symmetrical fashion. Also the designer uses contrasting colors such as black and white, yellow and blue, etc. to create balance. The site classifies its information into subjects and then subcategories the information under those subjects. Color, font style, and size are all used to provide emphasis on important information and facts.
3. I used mostly the pictures to decide which exhibits to look at. The descriptions under the exhibits helped guide my choices. Navigation had very little role in my decision of what exhibit to look at because all the exhibits were on the same page.
