BBC’s 15 Web Principles By Buzz
I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while (years in fact), but never got around to it. But seeing as the BBC has recently undergone a radical new redesign (above), and was featured in this months Web Designer Magazine - I thought now was as good a time as any.
We all know the BBC for their authoritative tone of voice and quality of service - so it’s not surprising that they have a list of ‘Principles’ for their web content. Principles like this:
The very best websites do one thing really, really well: do less, but execute perfectly.
These principles relate quite nicely to almost any large website you do, and are a constant reference point for me when I’m in the Information Architecture stage. This site is definitely worth a bookmark!
Tags: bbc, guide, Information Architecture, resources, Web Design
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3 Comments
[...] written by the guru’s over at Business Week. This is probably equally important as the BBC’s 15 Web Principles! I’m guilty of more than one, that’s for sure! Read the 10 here. Tags: apple, [...]
Wed 2nd July 2008 reply
That taught me a thing or two. Try to do only one thing but do it well. And, your website is only as good as it’s worst page. I’ve been warned!
Fri 4th July 2008 reply
[...] question you should ask yourself when you design anything. I guess that links, in some way, to the BBC’s Web Principles which I discussed back in June - and makes me wonder If we don’t question everything - then [...]
Wed 12th November 2008 reply
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