Major revisions in web site design provide the opportunity to observe the deconstruction of law school web sites. A recent web site revision at NYU School of Law , for example, eliminated nearly all graphics bearing particular words in favor of expression through text and aethetic imagery. The revisions suggest that graphic design may be an inefficient device to signify web site content. The lesson here is that developing formal structure in advance of web site content is a risky strategy. The principle that form should follow function does not necessarily mean eliminating oranamental graphics.
Imagery provides orientation in a realm of abstraction.
Images are expressive. It is also important to distinguish deconstruction from simple division of information. Sometimes it means separating the idea into manageable components, but it may also mean synthesizing the idea into a meaningful theme. Accordingly, network deconstruction sometimes requires new layers of navigation and sometimes is accomplished by eliminating old layers of navigation. An exciting prospect for the legal network is the production of documents which integrate information from a variety of sources.