This week we began to take a look at CSS, the styling and designing of markup content and HTML pages. CSS can be used to define colours, fonts and other aspects of a document, and can be used to position elements and control layouts. Up until this point, we have been using the default stylesheets … Continue reading “IXD101 – Introduction to CSS”
During this week’s lecture, we were tasked with two exercises on HTML, one completed in class and one to be completed by ourselves. I wrote about the John Baskerville task in my previous blog post, but I wanted to expand on the History of Type task in a separate post, as we were to work … Continue reading “IXD101 – Introduction to HTML: Exercises”
History of the Web During this week’s lecture, we took our first look at HTML. We began the lecture with a brief history of the internet and the World Wide Web. We took a look at the very first website, which can be found here. It was really interesting to see the difference between the … Continue reading “IXD101 – Introduction to HTML”
Our task this week to use Markdown to match a body of text as close to this image as possible: I downloaded the markdown file, imported it to my text editing software of choice, Visual Studio Code. I then went through the text, adding correct commands where I thought certain elements should be, such as … Continue reading “IXD101 – Markdown Exercise”
This week, we looked into Human-Centred/UX Design. User Experience Design consists of designing to meet the needs of the user, or whatever target audience that the product is being made for, such as children, teenagers, young adults or older generations. It is important, in UX Design, to approach a design with these key elements in … Continue reading “IXD101 – Human-Centred Design”
As our third project, we must take the influence of one of our favourite songs, and present it in a way that is appropriately relevant to the artist/lyrics. The brief tells us to consider the pacing and rhythm of the song, and consider if some words or lyrics are more meaningful than others, and how … Continue reading “IXD101 – Follow the Rhythm”
Modernism This week’s class taught about Modernism, which was a period of art that began in the 20th Century, after the end of the First World War. It was made up of a number of key definitive features: Reject traditional forms and decorative elements Seek a solution that is simple and direct Use systematic methods … Continue reading “IXD102 – WWII and Modernism”
Ustwo is a Lodon-based software development studio which focuses on digital design. Their work centres on producing clean and elegant user interfaces. The company was founded in 2004, by two best friends “Mills and “Sinx”. The company originally started out as a developer for mobile apps and games, but upon gaining a significant amount of … Continue reading “IXD102 – Pocket Profile: UsTwo”
During Monday’s class, we were asked to produce a sample UI card using an album cover of our choice. For this exercise, I used Jamiroquai’s, ‘A Funk Odyssey’. I used Figma to create this piece.
This week during Monday’s lecture, we were introduced to User Interface Design principals. UI design means to anticipate what users might need to do, and to ensure that all the elements on an interface are easy to navigate, access and understand, in order to make the whole experience easier for the user. We learned a … Continue reading “IXD101 – Introduction to UI Design”