Melea Seward and I have been working together on her Chief Amusement Designer and Board of Us projects on-and-off over the years. Since she’s always so busy and always innovating, we continued to add pieces here and there, but recently it was time to reflect, reorganize, and do a full overhaul.
For the overall look and feel, I created a variation on her Scrabble-tile logo for the header of the site with a 3D red-blue-white-black color scheme which included her likeness with 3D glasses to tie in to the name of the site as her “title.” In the footer, I grouped all of our little “games” (CAD-Libs or Impulse-A-Day, anyone?) together in a carnival of widget fun.
In the main body of the homepage, I added a featured content slider so she can introduce folks to who she is and what she does, highlight some of her projects, and introduce some of her new serials (coming soon!).
The interior pages feature a sidebar with the ever-so-clever “Job Title Jackpot” widget I designed, which allows users to find their own Chief Amusement Designer-esque title. A few recent spins gave me Social Balloon Planner, Associate Machine Decorator, and Impossibility Resources Maker. Below that are randomly-generated testimonials (or “applause”), of which Melea has many.
Another fun feature of the site is the About page, of which there are several… Take a peek!
All-in-all, this new version of ChiefAmusementDesigner.com manages to be informative, descriptive, and yet still convey the sense of fun, exploration, creativity, and impulsivity that is core to who Melea is and what she does.
Need someone to help lead you on a discovery process of who you are and what you could/should be doing? Get in touch with Melea… And tell her the Social Balloon Planner sent you!