[thelist] Which design is Better?

[April]

In general, I prefer usually the style of your replacement but in this 
instance I think I prefer the original (of the two).  The first gives a 
little better line for the eye to follow and quickly establishes what 
the design/business is about.  It also gives the site a slightly more 
local/country feel, as opposed to a slightly more corporation/cookie 
cutter feel on the second.  Of course, the picture you chose would 
influence that a lot.  I'm guessing the local feel is a desired trait, 
but I really don't know about wineries and you might have been 
specifically looking to modernize/streamline your look.  You might want 
to pick the three points you want people to get on arriving, and try 
deciding where to take the new design to make those points stand out... 
IE. points might be 1. Wine 2. Web, graphic and photography services 3. 
Personal Custom Service or 3. Professional Established Company.  Perhaps 
you might toy with breaking Web, graphic and photography services out 
into three individual points, too.      Your logo is doing a lot of 
"talking" for not being a well-heard part of the page.


Rachell Coe wrote:
> I'm not crazy about my current design at www.4thegrapes.com. What do you
> think of this design at http://www.4thegrapes.com/design11.htm as a
> replacement? (the grayed area would be replaced with a picture)
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> TIA
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