6House Web Design
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About 6House Web Design
Matthew Griffin
Owner/Director
Matthew Griffin founded 6House Web Design in 2003 and has been the primary owner and art director ever since. He is also the author of an online web design magazine called Mirificam Press.
History and Philosophy
Since 6House Web Design was started in 2003, Matthew Griffin has combined a solid design philosophy and worldview with progressive web design techniques to produce beautiful, effective websites. The result is a long list of satisfied clients both in Midland / Odessa, Texas and around the world. Matthew eventually codified his principles of web design into two lists—the six houses of web design technique and the six houses of web design philosophy.
The Six Houses of Web Design Technique
- 1. Standards Websites that conform to industry standards are easier to update, faster loading, display correctly in more browsers, and degrade gracefully.
- 2. Style Every design must incorporate a style that is both industry appropriate and culturally insightful.
- 3. Organization Well planned organization of the information that will fill a design ensures that the end user can find what they need.
- 4. Layout After the information has been organized, a fitting layout must be chosen to effectively convey that organization.
- 5. Function Websites should do something. Six House specializes in dynamic websites that store and retrieve information using PHP/MySQL.
- 6. Findability A well organized, well designed website with the most intuitive layout in the world does no good unless people can find it.
The Six Houses of Design Philosophy
- 1. Purpose Oriented Design implies purpose. Every web project should have a clear vision that drives all of the decisions about style, organization and layout.
- 2. Relational Websites are used by real people and they should be designed like it—honest, direct, and relational.
- 3. Ethical A designer without an overarching sense of ethics is unpredictable. Six House Design holds fast to the Christian system of ethics in every facet of business and design.
- 4. Excellent No project is worth doing unless it can live up to the technical standards of the web design industry.
- 5. Balanced Every design project requires some form of balance in order to be successful. Function and form, content and style, beautiful and useful—an appropriate balance must always be struck.
- 6. Progressive Web design is an act of creation, not a recycling of a commodity. Each project presents new challenges that must be met and overcome creatively.