Final Design, Home page (with test screenshots)

The first screenshot, shows the basic starting point I had, which I asked people about on Tuesday. I got comments about the difficulty the design presented with reading the text. This was solved by creating a design which had complex text for the logo, but when it came to content, a more improved, easier to read text was used. Looking at the design though, I felt like I had taken out the aesthetically pleasing values of the design by making the text almost more boring to view. So I created yet another design with the text in a box surrounded by holly, to create a more pleasing approach to the design. I finally added the "Autumn/Winter" collection text which combined both previous text colours. I feel I have learnt alot about Typography on the web by getting a hands on approach by consideing it in my designs. I am now happy with both the Flash content and Typography of my designs, as well as colour schemes and navigation. All of which are important in Homepage designs.