Insights from previous students and employers This weeks lecture started with a helpful session looking at previous students and employers experiences of the placement application process. These were found on conversation threads in the NI Design Chat on Slack. I found this really helpful. These were the primary points I took away from the session: […]

Local Companies Rapid7- Belfast Rapid7 is a leading provider of security data and analytics solutions that enable organisations to implement an active, analytics-driven approach to cyber security. Rapid7 is trusted by more than 9000 organisations across the globe, including 48% of the Fortune 100. As a company Rapid7 clearly demonstrate its expertise in cyber security […]

Skills Development Be open Show and discuss your work as much as possible. It is the absolute best way to improve your project/skills and develop as a designer. In this weeks lecturer, we looked at a number of skills and approaches to take when working within the creative industry. As stated above being open to […]

Google Trends I found google trends to be a great start for my research and discovery when it came to creating content for my portfolio website. I have decided to run with a lab theme in my portfolio to make it more memorable to potential employers who will be viewing several portfolio websites during the […]

Content Audit Below is my content audit of Dawson Andrew’s website in pdf and spreadsheet format: Dawson Andrews content audit (pdf) Dawson Andrews content audit (spreadsheet)   Site Map Website Content Portfolio website content

In this blog, I’m going to look at ten portfolio/studio websites that blew my mind! 1. Cleverbird Creative I was particularly drawn to the impact of the imagery used in Cleverbird Creative’s website and its bold full page grid structure. I also really like the vertical text placement in the hero section and the use […]

Content Design This week we covered the importance of content design and how it is displayed e.g. an app design might work better as a video rather than an image as this will better display how the app works. Three important components of content design were also introduced these were: push vs pull content trust […]

Travel App Prototype The Galaxy travel app prototype Google drive link to Star Wars Prototype   World Mental Health Infographic World Mental Health Infographic Google drive link to World Mental Health Infographic   Dyslexia Electronic Sticker Electronic SPLD Sticker (1)

Brand Guidelines Rachel’s Design Lab Brand Guidelines Google Drive link to Brand Guidelines   Portfolio Website Link to Portfolio Website: rachelsdesignlab.com Link to GitHub Repository: https://github.com/RachelDonaldson/portfolio-website   Dyslexia Electronic Sticker Electronic SPLD Sticker (1)   Summary of Branding and Design Decisions When creating my brand Rachel’s Design Lab I wanted to achieve a vibrant and […]

Navigation Bar When building my navigation bar I ran into a few issues the first was that when reloaded my page my monogram would making sliding left movement from around the centre of the navbar. This was because I had originally set the padding-right at 30vw. So rather than adding padding to the right, I […]