Form ever follows function

At A Good Mind, we are big believers in Louis H. Sullivan’s famous quote: “Form ever follows function”, often simplified to “form follows function”. This idea is regularly revisited throughout each stage of every project.

If the function of your website is to communicate your offering to potential clients or customers, what does that mean about the form it will follow? Having decided what this function and form should be, it’s always wise to take a second look. 

It’s important to ensure that there are no pointless elements obscuring your meaning and impeding your goal. Our ideal is that your website has exactly what it needs to perform well. Nothing more, and certainly nothing less.

Lots of sites are in WordPress, but there are other platforms and we aren’t married to any one solution. Joomla? Drupal? Typo3? Yii?

As you wish. We will build your website in the platform you prefer.

What matters at the end of the day isn’t the platform, it’s the delivery.

What will be served, what will be consumed, and how well the message may be absorbed, are the issues that drive your website development.

A website should be beautiful. Not frilly (unless you’re a suitable industry), but a beautiful example of formal organization, supported by compelling imagery and engaging storytelling. Information should be carefully organized to allow the story of the website to unfold and reveal itself as you wish it to be read. Images should support both the related stories and the overall narrative.

With proper planning, design, and development, the total impact of a website can exceed the sum of its parts.