Based on my apps setting being in a a girls room and how it has the feature of being able to change up the style of that room, I had to work on a bedroom background illustration for the home screen. Finding Inspiration Design a. detailed background like this would be something new to me…Continue Reading IXD301 Elements Project : Background Design
IXD301 Elements Project : Researching Elements and Content Planning
Elements Research Since the content of the app is going to be about the elements of the periodic table and where they are in everyday things, I had to do a lot of research to understand the periodic table and learn about the elements so that I know what content to include. I fist reaching…Continue Reading IXD301 Elements Project : Researching Elements and Content Planning
IXD301 Week 13 : Final Presentation
To finish up this module we were given the task of presenting the work we’d done on our portfolios and elements projects to date in 10 minutes. I did mine on Wednesday morning. Slide Planning Slides You can see them here. Thoughts I was feeling quite nervous about the presentation before in and about saying…Continue Reading IXD301 Week 13 : Final Presentation
IXD302 Product Pitch : Reflection
I presented my pitch on Friday and I have a lot of thought on what went well, what didn’t and just general things I need to improve on. You can find a pdf of my pitch slides here. Feedback I got great feed back on the design of my slides as well as my talking…Continue Reading IXD302 Product Pitch : Reflection
IXD 301 Elements Project : Prototyping for Week 12 Critique
This week we had a critique on our elements project prototypes so far. I still have a long ways to go till mines is done but here is what I got done for the critique session. Screen / Ui Wireframes Every thing I do starts in my sketch book so here are some of the…Continue Reading IXD 301 Elements Project : Prototyping for Week 12 Critique
IXD301 Elements Project : User Research
Designing for kids The first part of my user research journey was learning about all the things to consider when designing for kids. Here’s some. of the sources I found which helped me do so… How to design for children Designing For Kids Is Not Child’s Play Design for Kids Based on Their Stage of…Continue Reading IXD301 Elements Project : User Research
IXD302 Product Pitch : Planning and Designing My Slides
Initial Pitch Slide Planning After doing research on all the areas I want to cover I started to think about an order for slides. It took a lot of consideration but I eventually came to a slide order I was content with… My next step was to get designing them… Design Inspiration Illustrations I…Continue Reading IXD302 Product Pitch : Planning and Designing My Slides
IXD302 Product Pitch : Research
Proof of Concept Before I could go about research for my product pitch, I had to know what I need to include in my pitch in order to validate my concept. Essentially I have to be able to prove that there’s a market for it and it should exist. I learned a lot about the…Continue Reading IXD302 Product Pitch : Research
IXD301 Elements Project – Character Design
Who is Evie? The premise of my app is that you are helping a girl (could be sister or cousin) I’m think of calling Evie unpacked and move into here college room. She is going to study chemistry and so as you unpack each item she makes you learn about a key element of that…Continue Reading IXD301 Elements Project – Character Design
IXD301 Elements Project – Branding, Type and Colour
In this post I will be considering the visual aspects of branding for my elements project. Logo Research For research on logo design I looked at a book I got last year, “Designing Brand Identity” book by Alina Wheeler, that has some great explanations and examples of the different types of brand marks. Inspiration For…Continue Reading IXD301 Elements Project – Branding, Type and Colour