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 I have been reviewing different Vinfotech projects for the past sometime- Some I enjoyed, some I did because I had to do. But this time I really enjoyed reviewing NamitaKulkarni.com. I am reminded of the following line while I was surfing my way through the the site, ‘Beauty is eloquent even when silent’.
First and foremost- who is Namita Kulkarni?
Namita Kulkarni is a young talented, self-taught visual artist. She has organized two solo art exhibitions in Bombay and Bangalore in 2008 and 2005 respectively. The titles of the two exhibitions were ‘Alive’ (2005) and ‘Timeless Water to waterless Times’ (2008). In 2008 United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), recognized her work and said, “It is initiatives as your own that make the valuable contributions towards the sustainable use of available water resources for improving socio-economic livelihoods. Your advocacy and efforts to get involved are highly appreciated.”
Creativity has no limits and its one of the most difficult jobs that anyone has to perform. And the work becomes tougher when you have to blend yours with someone else’s to produce a captivating effect. Vinfotech had its task clearly cut out when it had to develop a website that had to be creatively compatible with that of Namita’s paintings. *
From the designing point of view, the site has been aesthetically done. The site is ameliorated with beautiful line arts, particularly the blue Feather Pen used in the Testimonial’s page. The font used also complements the artistic look of the website. All the pages have enough white space between various contents so that it does not look cluttered. The Gallery page has a drop down menu consisting of Latest Series, Portraits and Miscellaneous featuring different artworks of the artist assembled in a matrix format.
Talking about navigability and page load time, the site offers a great end user experience. Despite the fact that it’s a visual artist's site and graphics has to be the core part of it, the page load time is fast enough to prevent you from opening any other window. The home page has a flash work that showcases some of the artist’s works slowly dissolving into the next.
Although the site is a static one, it has a host of features that keep the visitors engrossed. It has sections like news, testimonials and commission. The site also reinforces Vinfotech’s expertise and boundless creativity in different domains of business/service.
Final Words
Overall, the site has got all the elements that a painting should have like-Novelty, Creativity, Uniformity of thought and presentation. The site, as I have already mentioned, is very easily navigable and it’s as easy as counting 1 to 10. Despite flash work being present on the home page and heavy use of graphics, page load time is very fast.
You must have heard it thousand times before - beauty is skin deep, but for web pages it lies in their functionality and appearance.
Have a great time surfing.
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