I began turning my logo sketches into high-fidelity versions. I turned my designs into app icons in order to see them in their natural environment. I based them on research. As the project is space-themed I begin by researching some existing brands that fall under the categories children would enjoy.         Typically…Continue Reading Week 9 IXD301 Branding and competitor research

In order to gather some hard user data, I emailed local schools with my questionnaire attached with the instructions to post my google form onto their Facebook page to try and get parents from varying backgrounds to give me no-sensitive information on their children’s devices habits and access to learning materials. This made me nervous…Continue Reading Week 8 IXD301 User research

We had discussions this week about what we learned from the reading on the proposal. It was comforting to know that we were all in the same stage at this point in terms of what a proposal actually is. When given the brief to create our own proposal document for Hill street Belfast I got…Continue Reading Week 6 IXD302 Preliminary Research

We had a task set to organize data from the periodic table and find relationships. To begin this task I had to take data in this format H Hydrogen 1 Diatomic Nonmetal 1 s 1.008 1766 and discover what each meant first of all in order to arrange them on a spreadsheet. I already knew…Continue Reading IXD 301 Data Organization

This week we were getting feedback on our CV. I received some layout feedback during my personal tutorial online. I was apprehensive when it came to the design of my CV as I wanted to show some kind of software skill within it but I was informed it is merely a reference document which helped…Continue Reading Week 5 IXD302 personal tutorial

This week we discussed interview skills and what companies will be looking for in terms of strengths and weaknesses. It got me thinking about my own core values and how much they align with the values shown above. In terms of being willing to learn I believe I align with this very strongly, I consider…Continue Reading Week 4 IXD302 Interview Skills

This week we learned about studio etiquette. As in any job, there are ways to navigate the workplace. It is important to not be a dick when working with others as it builds trust over time and makes one a better person and colleague. This slide in particular resonated with me as I was able…Continue Reading Week 3 IXD302 Studio Etiquette

This week we received our final critique on our portfolio sites. I was asked to insert a background image to break up the white space a little on my landing page. Instead of this, I decided to make the text larger as I could not get an image I wanted to sit correctly, This was…Continue Reading Week 7 IXD301: Critique

This week was another personal tutorial session for the students. to help iron out some aspects of their portfolios. I submitted mine via email as I felt it wasn’t fair to expect an in-depth dive into my portfolio giving the fact that there are so many to get through. I was given some really good…Continue Reading Week 6 IXD301: Submition for feedback.

This week was used primarily as a personal tutorial class to help people with Webflow issues. I personally had not come across any major issues that I couldn’t fix with a few google searches. I don’t normally bring my laptop into class as it’s large and a little bit of a hindrance, but now as…Continue Reading IXD 301 Week 5 Tutorials and personal reading