7 hot design tips to give your “about us” page a second life
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Building a powerful "About us" page (or "Meet our team," "About the company," etc.) is not a trivial task anymore. As users are getting more demanding on the Web, they don't want to read average corporate blah-blah-blah about how awesome your company is. The truth is, you have to change your approach towards the "About us" pages and the 7 techniques below will help you get inspired. http://webmeup.com/blog/about-us-page-design.htmlTRANSCRIPT
7 hot design tips to give your “About us” page a second life
Building a powerful "About us" page (or "Meet our team," "About the company,"
etc.) is not a trivial task anymore.
The Fact
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The truth is,
you have to change your approach towards the "About us" pages.
And these 7 techniques will help you get inspired.
#1. Minimalism of Shapes and Colors
One of the current trends,
common for the whole Web is simplicity of form and color.
#1. Minimalism of Shapes and Colors
Clean lines and simple shapes help get through the clutter and
make a good impression on users.
Studiompls
has designed their team page in a minimalistic way.
It includes big photos (of high-quality) and bio text. The page is
well-structured and looks neat.
In addition to this, they've added a banner with office pictures at the top of the page (including the
photo of the office doggy!)
If your company is only developing and you are just 2-5 people,
you can make one common picture in your
working environment.
#2 One Common Picture
Here is a great example by Oneblis:
#2 One Common Picture
#2 One Common Picture
and Kickstarter made it animated:
Such a single picture saves you page space and displays how
united your team is.
#2 One Common Picture
Then even the most shy people in your company will feel
comfortable with their image on the page.
#3 Illustrate Your Team
For many reasons companies choose illustration and drawings instead of real
photographs.
#3 Illustrate Your Team
Here's an example from Creative Spark:
#3 Illustrate Your Team
#3 One Common Picture
Cool, isn’t it?
#3 Illustrate Your Team
Reading about people and their hobbies helps users better
understand their mindset and (which is even more important)
makes feel closer.
#3 One Common Picture #4 Add Informal Details
Greensplash has used this approach for their team page –
they've placed quite detailed bios with the
pictures of their hobbies:
#3 One Common Picture #3 Illustrate Your Team #4 Add Informal Details
A significant number of modern team pages have added
animated images to their designs.
#3 One Common Picture #5 Add Some Creative and Humorous
Animations#5 Add Some Creative and Humorous
Animations
This makes pages look a bit more humorous and signals users that you are a creative team that's
not afraid to look different.
#3 One Common Picture #5 Add Some Creative and Humorous
Animations#5 Add Some Creative and Humorous
Animations
You can animate employees' photos/avatars or even
the whole page.
Check the example by Tribal and Olainteractive :
#3 One Common Picture #5 Add Some Creative and Humorous
Animations#5 Add Some Creative and Humorous
Animations
Video is another popular format of telling your company's story.
#3 One Common Picture #6 Add a Video Presentation
Producing a video is a good way of showing people, working
environment, as well as telling about
how it all started.
#3 One Common Picture #6 Add a Video Presentation
#3 One Common Picture #5 Add Some Creative and Humorous
Animations#6 Add a Video Presentation
Ugmonk, the design company, has a very touching video, introducing their team:
http://vimeo.com/72791445
Infographics are a powerful tool to represent a huge amount of
data (sometimes pretty boring) in the eye-catching form.
#3 One Common Picture #7 Use Infographics and Data Visualization
First of all, the page will stand out and attract user's attention.
Secondly, your page may get listed by top design bloggers reviewing
infographics, which will bring good traffic links to your site.
#3 One Common Picture #7 Use Infographics and Data Visualization
Here's an outstanding example of page visualization – Wildlife.la has incorporated (!) animated
infographics to tell their story:
#3 One Common Picture #7 Use Infographics and Data Visualization
http://whois.wildlife.la/
Be creative and think out of the box, but don't overdo – always
think about site's visitors and how they will perceive the information
you publish.
#3 One Common Picture Final thoughts
Take a look at your company’s page and see how it may be changed to make a better
impression.
#3 One Common Picture Final thoughts
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