Project Aristotle I want to expand a little on the topic of office etiquette by looking at how to work collaboratively and what makes a great team. What I found to be particularly interesting was the guide Google has created on understanding team effectiveness, code-named Project Aristotle. Project Aristotle was a study completed by Googles […]

This week we went back over HTML and CSS. As I am happy with my foundational understanding of HTML and CSS have decided to review specific portions of HTML and CSS that I find tricky. My top difficulty when creating a webpage is producing the top nav. So this is an area I’m going to […]

  This week we were asked to choose a selection from the above topics and draft an email to help us with emailing in different circumstances. I though this would be a really helpful exercise and have drafted up emails for each. 1. To a manager keeping them up to date on projects progression Subject: […]

This week we looked at the basic rules of studio etiquette giving us the opportunity to learn from others mistakes.   The Studio Some of the basic guidelines of how to operate within a studio environment were: Be pleasant and enthusiastic– This is not always easy so it is important to put in a conscious […]

I began my wireframes by first focusing on grids and experimenting with different ways of incorporating grid structures into my final outcome. I felt that there was not enough room for 4 columns so I stuck to variations of 1, 2 and 3 column outcomes. I also considered where I might place heading, subheading and […]

This was a great read. I love the strong visual focus throughout the book and how clearly it displays grids and layouts in relation to all of the key components of design. Here I have looked at a few chapters in more detail. I love how the book is divided into very short chapters making […]

I followed the structure presented in our lecture to guide me through what content to include in my CV. This was as follows: Contact details A short bio Skills Work experience Education Awards and Additional Information References Contact details In this section, I want to include my name, home address, number, work email (hello@rachelsdignlab.com). I […]

Above are my homepage, a zoomed-in portion of my homepage and the top of my Rebrand case study page. The overall feedback for my portfolio website was really positive. However, I was advised to consider making the following changes. The first concern highlighted to me was the use of a hamburger icon instead of a […]

Elements Collages I found creating an elements collage to be a great way to experiment with multiple approaches to designing my portfolio mock-ups last year. Dan Mall came up with the concept of element collages following the release of Samantha Warren’s Style Tyles. While I really like style tyles as an approach to exploring various […]

Crazy 8 During a class workshop, we complete a crazy eight exercise, created eight wireframes in eight minutes. This was a brilliant way to get the “creative juices flowing”. I was able to take my inspiration and research and recreate some of my favourite elements really quickly. I carried on to develop further wireframes and […]