At the end of week 7’s Elements Project briefing  we were given some tasks. One of which was to visit the Ulster Museum and check out their Elements Exhibition. I took me awhile to the time to find time to but I was able to head out there this last Tuesday. This exhibit was on…Continue Reading IXD301 : Visiting the Elements Exhibit at the Ulster Museum

Below are links to previous blog posts that I hope will give you a good insight into my design process when developing my infographic as part of my course in first year of Interaction Design. My process is by no means perfect just yet but I hope to grow, learn and improve as I progress…Continue Reading Infographic – Development Process

Below are links to previous blog post that I hope will give you a good insight into my design process when developing Travel App as part of my course in first year of Interaction Design. My process is by no means perfect just yet but I hope to grow, learn and improve as I progress…Continue Reading Travel App – Development Process

Below are links to previous blog post that I hope will give you a good insight into my design process when developing my brand as part of my course in first year of Interaction Design. My process is by no means perfect just yet but I hope to grow, learn and improve as I progress…Continue Reading My Brand – Development Process

Travel App finished screens pdf   Infographic Infographic pdf Final Reflection Brief note on my Travel App and Infographic: My Travel App “GLOBAL GRUB” is an app for young adults like myself who like to travel and plan trips around trying new and delicious food. A lot of the functionality of the app, like finding…Continue Reading IXD104 : Final Submission + Reflection

The topic I chose to base my infographic on is screen time and its negative effects. This is a topic that is particularly relevant to us now during covid as we as a society are spending way more time on screens that we ever have before. A big reason I was drawn to this topic…Continue Reading IXD104 : Infographic Development

Brand Guidelines Brand Guidelines   Portfolio Website Coded Homepage Full Prototype   Final Reflection It was in week one that I was encouraged to consider and articulate who I am as a designer, and what my core values are when it come to design. The values I settled on were to always aim to be…Continue Reading IXD103 : Final Submission + Reflection

Research In week 9 we looked at portfolio sites and I learned a lot about why they are great to have as well as the approach I should take  and things to consider when designing my own. You can see my reflection on that lecture here. This lecture gave me a good grounding but I…Continue Reading IXD103 : Portfolio Website Development From Start To Finish

City Illustration In my last travel app post I began considering the illustration part of my app. I tried drawing some Brussels monuments and came up with the idea of having them sit on a line together.   These sketches were very simple, just to get an idea of how to draw them simply put…Continue Reading IXD104 : Finishing My Travel App

Before sketching ideas I did a some research on infographics and data visualisation which included looking on Pinterest and creating a board full of inspiration and examples: https://www.pinterest.ie/laurabfoy/infographic-inspo/ I then brain stormed topic ideas. I put a star next to the topics that interested me the most in that I could immediately envision a concept for…Continue Reading IXD104: Initial Infographic concept