Before & After: Top 5 Redesigns of a Small Business Website

It's time to announce the top 5 and WINNER of Flux Academy's April 2021 web design challenge!
This time around, students were tasked with redesigning the homepage of a small business that creates outdoor shade structures.
We'll just say this: They did not disappoint.
Picking a winner was extremely difficult as the top 5 were all tremendously well-executed.
To learn more about each redesign, check out these links:
[WINNER] Paras Shah: bit.ly/3oeZ63w
Julia Finders: bit.ly/3eMMhtU
Rezaul Haque: bit.ly/3tKu7xf
Eli Alcaraz: bit.ly/3ykBwqP
Diego Garcia: bit.ly/33HfPTF
If you're interested in working with any of these amazing designers, check out their info below:
Paras Shah:
heyparas.com/
dribbble.com/parasshah195
Julia Finders:
www.jujefi.com
/ jujefi.design
Rezaul Haque:
/ s-m-rezaul-haque-52296238
Eli Alcaraz:
www.elialcaraz.com
/ eli.webdesign
Diego Garcia:
www.behance.net/diegogarcia
/ diegogarcia.co
Learn more about the Webflow Masterclass and when we open enrollments here: www.flux-academy.com/courses/...
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
6:54 Julia Finders
12:07 Rezaul Haque
17:13 Diego Garcia
21:49 Paras Shah
26:07 Eli Alcaraz
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Thanks for watching the video!

[@piusvictor8780]

The first one nailed it, very neat and clear.

[@RobertLattery]

As with many of these types of competitions, you tend to want to pick and choose parts from each of the entries to make the perfect home page.

[@dele-586]

Moral of the story "Always follow the clients requirements then design based on that"🙈 great series - New presenter alert, very professional, keep up the good work

[@ducksquidbat8315]

First one was definitely the best.

[@annettekempers6213]

Very instructive, Izzy. Thank you for your concise feedback!

[@austinandriese]

Yo congratz Paras! killer job my dude.

[@ArmandoSoDope]

Eli’s shapes and assets really show off a strong personality

[@VenrickAzcueta]

More of these, please! Great video!

[@ayushkumarchandra]

Thanks a lot for the video, learnt a lot, it was really insightful!

[@arunavabanerjee6103]

the changes are phenomenal ✌

[@AshishSharmaLive]

Great video but I don't agree with your rating system. The first design clearly nailed all the fundamentals of a great design but she lost it just because she didn't have a phone number at the top. That's just stupid.

[@normthomas5028]

Great job everyone!

[@shawnieleaf2277]

Why would someone get a 2/5 on something if they completely forgotten it.

[@yoyoiziah]

Great series! I disagree with the ratings for long testimonials given who the customers are. Government agencies likes schools & rec centers tend to write longer reviews. Also government agencies tend to need more information when making budget purchase decisions. Other than that loved the breakdown and all of them did great. My personal fave was number 1 l, but I do agree the phone number should be at the top.

[@milindkhadse556]

Nice redesign series it is very helpful.

[@victorcleftune7344]

I usually prefer just adding contact nav rather than dumping up phone numbers on the screen, especially for the fact that phone numbers can easily be inserted on the footer. So if client's wanna reach out via call, they know where to find it. Most websites have phone numbers on the footer. And the contact button is easy to access. Those are usually my preferences and many of these designers have done that job perfectly.

[@jasonocollier]

Great job!

[@JahinShahriar]

This is an Amazing series 🥰🥰🥰

[@obvinpro]

How's Ran doing over in Israel ? Hope he's ok.

[@ayrhow5626]

You mind having a Gdrive with pngs if the rest of the designs? For inspiration. Because these were all so good that I now want to see more

[@rinodon5506]

anybody know or remember the episode where Ran enumerates the types of clients he had I've been searching it and it is really hard to find

[@tarmac5482]

I feel all designs lack the "shade" in their design aesthetics. I was looking for a visual representation of shades spread out in the layout or any design elements (e.g. buttons). Nevertheless, great designs!!

[@ducksquidbat8315]

Eh, not a big fan of shading myself. Material design is nice in concept but I find it’s rarely done well

[@itsperonalized]

I agree, that is a cool thought!

[@gpolonia]

Any idea on when the 10K Design course will open again?

[@shawnieleaf2277]

What do you mean by visual language matching competition?

[@lauraliisana]

Do you plan doing any more Before & After redesign challenges? I'd be really excited to participate in one of those ^^P

[@joeyuncard3956]

I mean number 1 did have a massive contact us button at the top… that’s just as good as a number 5/5

[@anjarhusain921]

While judging Rezaul Haque's submission, Izzy clearly missed that he had already given the contact information on the footer of his design. It was right there at 16:44. I think a 4/5 should've been more deserving. But I kind of go with Izzy because if the client doesn't scroll to the bottom of the page, he/she would never get to know the contact number so, that was essential in my POV. But I liked the color choice and the subtle use of oversized typography for a change. Overall, the aesthetics were pleasing.

[@karangill2065]

It needs to be in the header that's why it didn't count.

[@RT-dd4vy]

BE WARNED: One of the designers mentioned in this video should be avoided at all cost. His name is Eli Alcaraz. We’ve discovered that Eli Alcaraz is very discriminatory in dealing with “women-owned” businesses. He apparently has a history of this discrimination and denial of his services to women. We will continue to share more on these platforms as we learn more. Beware!

[@frujunior67]

Awesome 🔥

[@mcczane5907]

🇵🇸❤️🇵🇸❤️

[@ellenj9466]

I would not recommend working with Eli Alcaraz, who is one of the Webflow designers mentioned in this video. He mistreats female business owners and I’m shocked this channel would associate itself with him. Very disappointing.

[@theraven.4]

Can you provide proof to back up your claim?

[@gauravidesigns]

BTW you are very cute 😊

[@ahmednoureldin6659]

am i the only one who does not like is judgments

[@AmanRaj-im3fu]

Hi, just a friendly suggestion. Don't look down most of the times. Its better to look in the camera or at your audience for better engagement. As of now, it looks like you are reading material and reciting. Not at all good. Hope this suggestion adds some value and improve your presentation skills. Thanks

[@100XPercentX]

I somewhat agree. But it's also just speech pattern.