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The following are links to my work: Brand Guidelines – https://brandpad.io/jessdonnan Portfolio – https://jessdonnan.github.io/portfolio/ Summary The initial concept of my brand was to create something that was sophisticated yet creative. I chose a minimalist approach to my overall style, as I felt this allowed consistency and professionalism, while also giving space to bring innovation. My…Continue Reading IXD103 – Final Submission

Feedback During Monday’s class, we received feedback on our current portfolio website designs. Daniel was able to provide some ideas for me in terms of moving some stuff around on my website. I was concerned with the fact that the website looked too empty, but he said that it would begin to feel more full…Continue Reading IXD103 – Portfolio Feedback & Updated Design

During Monday’s Class, we were tasked with creating a personal brand touchpoint, which would allow us to create an emotional connection between the brand and the consumer. We could choose anything at all – merchandise, an animation, a new interface. I decided to go with designing a mobile version of my portfolio site (which is…Continue Reading IXD103 – Brand Touchpoint

Wireframes I began by sketching out a grid of 20 squares, where I filled each one in with a different wireframe idea for my portfolio. I found this extremely helpful as it allowed me to have a wide range of ideas right at the start, that I could choose my favourites from and develop from…Continue Reading IXD103 – Portfolio Wireframes & Prototype

In order to prepare for building my own portfolio site, I want to research various existing portfolio sites to gain inspiration and ideas. During Monday’s class, Daniel introduced us to a number of portfolio sites to research. Bonfire Link to website: https://www.bonfire.com/x/ I really liked this site and chose to place it within my research…Continue Reading IXD103 – Portfolio Website Research

What is a brand style guide? A brand style guide is a rulebook that explains how an organization presents itself to the world through its logo, font and color selections, photography and much more. Put another way, it’s a reference tool that helps maintain consistency in what a brand looks, feels and sounds like. It’s so powerful that…Continue Reading IXD103 – Brand Guidelines

Style guide The physical or digital document that represents the styles, patterns, practices, and principles of a design system and teaches how to use it. Pattern library An organised set of related, reusable components, often containing code examples, design guidelines, and use cases. A Pattern Library ensures a consistent user interface. Big sites are developed…Continue Reading IXD103 – Style Guides

During Monday’s class, Daniel tasked us with compiling an inventory of elements of an interface of our choice. A list of items we were asked to include were: Navigation – Primary, footer, interactive component controls, etc. Images – hero banners, logos, illustrations, photographs, thumbnails, backgrounds, animations, Icons – static, interactive, social medias, etc Buttons Headings Advertising Colours For…Continue Reading IXD103 – Interface Inventory

During Monday’s class, we took a look at portfolio sites, and the components that are necessary to make up a portfolio site. We were also given several tasks to complete to begin the development of our portfolio sites. SWOT The SWOT task was used to determine our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in terms of…Continue Reading IXD103 – Portfolio Sites

During Monday’s class, another one of our tasks was to choose five words from our personal branding, and sketch out ways to represent them visually. This would help us define a visual marque, which we will be using in our brand. Here are the sketches I managed to come up with: Professionalism Creativity Passion Reliability…Continue Reading IXD103 – Visual Marque