IXD101 – Follow the Rhythm: Revisited

I’ve been thinking of revisiting my Follow the Rhythm project, as I feel I could have done better with it. I feel the design lacks the importance of typography, as the use of all the lyrics in a long, continuous line is rather boring. I want to try and reimagine the design by sketching out … Continue reading “IXD101 – Follow the Rhythm: Revisited”

IXD102 – Postmodernism

This week during Friday’s class, we took a look at Postmodernism. Postmodernism Towards the end of the 70’s, many artists began to feel that modernism was drawing to a close, and there was a climate of cultural change. There was a rise to challenge the order and clarity of modernism, which sent shock waves to … Continue reading “IXD102 – Postmodernism”

IXD101 – Web Typography

This week in Monday’s class, we took a look at web typography. Universal Typography Tim Brown spoke about Universal Typography. He shared how to practice typography in a way that is equally as universal as the web. He focuses on traditional typographic principles, while also embracing progressive enhancement. He goes on to explain how fonts, … Continue reading “IXD101 – Web Typography”

IXD102 – Group Presentation: Bauhaus

We were split into groups of four to develop and present a project on a chosen topic, based on one of the following titles: Bauhaus and the New Typography Design Systems for the Olympic Games The Influence of Modern Art The Modern Movement in America Pioneers of Postmodern Graphic Design Pioneers of Web / Digital … Continue reading “IXD102 – Group Presentation: Bauhaus”

IXD101 – Introduction to CSS: Exercises

We were introduced to CSS this week, where we added CSS elements to our Baskerville and History of Type projects. Baskerville During class, we added a number of basic style elements to a CSS stylesheet, which I have uploaded to my GitHub. We then began looking at linking or navigation within a single page, using … Continue reading “IXD101 – Introduction to CSS: Exercises”

IXD101 – Introduction to CSS

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”

IXD101 – Introduction to HTML: Exercises

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”

IXD101 – Introduction to HTML

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”

IXD101 – Markdown Exercise

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”

IXD101 – Human-Centred Design

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”