Sunday, 9 February 2014

Session task

Analyse websites or products (toys, books, clothing etc) aimed at children.
Consider the following:
•  Use of colour / design / typography
•  Visual Hierarchy (if appropriate)
•  Use of illustration/photography
•  what age do you think the product / site is aimed at. Explain your choice.
 
 
After looking through a variety of websites and products that are aimed at children, I have chosen two websites which are aimed at children via products (books) and games (online).
The website below is called ABC Games,  features a number of online games for children to play, all the games promote the learning of numbers and the alphabet, so these games are educational which are beneficial to children.  With the simplicity of the website and games and the content of the games, I can see that the website is aimed towards children 3 to 6 years old; this is to enable them to build their educational skills in literacy and numeracy so they know the basics before starting school.
-          Bright colours
-          All the games use friendly looking characters
-          Some of the games have familiar characters that children will recognise  
-          The designs are simple, prefect for children
-          Easy to read typography, not over complicated
-          Big and bold illustrations
-          Many of the characters in the games are simple illustrations
-          The backgrounds in the games have some detail  
 
 
 
The next website I looked at was MotherCare, which sells a number of products aimed at children. I looked at children’s books, as a side option I could have selected a certain age range to look at; I chose to look at books aimed at 3 to 4 year olds. These books include story books by familiar characters, activity books, numbers and alphabet books. All these books promote imagination and education, which I believe are very important aspects in children’s books.
-          Loads of different bright colours
-          Friendly characters
-          Some of the books have familiar characters that children will recognise  
-          A complete range of different types of books
-          A range to choose from
-          Some designs are simple, prefect for children
-          Some designs have a lot of detail which can promote more imagination
-          Easy to read typography, not over complicated
-          Big and bold illustrations
-          Many of the characters in the books are simple illustrations
-          The backgrounds in the books have some detail  


 
http://www.mothercare.com/children%27s-books/toys_learning_books,default,sc.html?view=grid






No comments:

Post a Comment