Today I did more prototypes for the page, playing with the design and how features are organised on the page. Initially, I was planning to have a slideshow, now I have only features. I took the same approach with the layout, I went and checked seam design and based the design on it.
I created the design for 3 pages: the homepage, the feature page and events page. The homapage would have have features organised chronologically and a Twitter feed from seamde twitter page with tweets from all over the web about wearable technology, fashion and technology.This twitter feed is suppose to be the magnet of everything on the web about wearable technology from all sorts of sources. It's a less edited content. The feature page would have the articles and a sidebar with possibly: the twitter feed, useful links related to the theme of the article or other older articles. I haven't made my mind yet either if I want the sidebar or not, I don't want the page to be polluted, so I will try it later. White background and simple layout. The events page would have a calendar with the main events happening in London (initially) with: date+ name and link + where. So a person could click on the link and go straight to the event's webpage with no problem. The events page is where every event is, so if a person wants to know about what is going on around London and the world, they will go straight to it.
All pages would have access to the main page and also links to social media profiles. Which are initially: Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Instagram would come later, but it's not the top of priorities. In every page, the archive is also available and the categories are also available in case the person whats to switch to another category.
To create the layouts I used mainly illustrator and Photoshop, because they allow me to play around more with the images and fonts. The problem I have sometimes is that when I want to add a different form (like a square for example) I think about the coding part and if it would be good for the user.