Valencia's new web sites

The new colours are just ugly. The main site is smaller and more compact, which is nice, but the colours aren't inspiring at all. And I personally don't like the pixel font used for the tabs. Atlas is still just as crummy as ever but at least I don't have to disable my pop up blocker to sign in anymore so that's an improvement. The education is in site is pretty but slow and very buggy. An alternative HTML version would be nice.

The new tv spots are pretty cool. I actually met the fashion designer that created all the garments. I met her @ an event that was being hosted by siegeINK.

Atlas and the main site still look bad. But as far as the educationisin site... its pretty well designed , navigation was a little confusing. Other than that I think its a big jump from whatever advertising they had before. :) Good job! BTW The tv commercials are on there website.... the german guy is hillarious. One thing I noticed was the writing by the Valencia logo... What does it sayyy??? hey .... lay .... Can someone help me :). Looks cool but what is it for?

The colors for the new Valencia site are an extremely brave choice for an educational institution, I applaud them heavily on that. Someone is paying very close attention to color trending. It is interesting to see the color tones in the photos on the main page have an undercurrent of the same browns and greens used in navigation, a beautifully subtle way of tying everything together. I'm hoping they bring more photos in, it would be great if there were dozens or even hundreds. I am not a fan of the icons in the "Events & Announcements", I can see they are there to create an emphasis, yet they create more visual clutter than is necessary. Considering by virtue of copy, they will naturally be longer than "News & Information", this will create enough of an emphasis to set the two apart. The image of "Valencia Poll" is needs to be kerned and uses a seemingly entirely new typeface than found anywhere else on the home page. (http://www.valenciacc.edu/reskin/1/images/vpoll.jpg) The bottom site-map is very compressed. I can appreciate the need not to be the full width of the site, but this could easily spread out, suck up at least one line (preferably more), and still be pleasantly spaced. Or take advantage of the 3 column grid established above to have a list of links (column 1-Left), and information (2-3 Right). I feel uncomfortable with the huge amount of textures, I think they could be streamlined into a tighter selection. - Top banner is flat green - Top navigation has a multiple horizontal line graphic (http://valenciacc.edu/images/globalnav3/bars.gif) - Top navigation has vertical lines to distinguish buttons from each other (this is pleasantly repeated on the left side nav) - "Video" (besides being an entirely new typeface) is a curved line. (Btw -- you can't close the "video" once you click it open in Firefox, Mac) - "Get Fitted for Fall Register Now" uses a jagged tooth-like border, and has a curved linework background picking up the navigation textures. This isn't problamatic, except the top most banner has neither texture. My overall impression is extremely positive. I think it this page goes a long way in positioning Valencia as an extremely contemporary school. The selection of photography utilizes students in non-academic settings, which creates a sense of interest and tells more of the story of the lifestyle, and shows off a bit of grounds. I think this is the biggest opportunity to push the site even further, a broader selection of photography with (possibly) a slide-show like quality (loads static, navigation appearing on roll over or tucked in a menu).

I'm really liking the EducationIsIn website, very interactive, I'm just wondering who did it, and who created the commercials, because theyre hilarious :D lol. I think the new style for the other Valencia websites are definitely better and more interesting than the old layout, but the colors are ugly. Reminds me of the Nickelodeon slime.

Knight created the campaign you can check out there site http://justknight.com

Hello, my name is Christian and I am the Assistant VP of Marketing for Valencia, Amanda was kind enough to forward this site on so I could look at your comments. Thank you all for the fantastic insight, it is always helpful to hear your thoughts and concerns. I just wanted to clarify a few things and encourage the feedback to continue. Knight was the agency that assisted us in putting the new campaign together; in fact, two of the designers are Valencia Alumni. Both Jeff Grice and Vince Pileggi graduated from Valencia. Knight is a great partner, but Valencia's own Marketing and Media Relations creative team played a huge role in the development and execution of the items for web, television, radio and print. I have forwarded this site onto our chief designer to ensure that your comments and concerns are addressed. Again, thank you again and feel free to drop me a line directly.

Does anyone know where they would have a copy of the new commercial?

Thanks!