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During this weeks lecture we were given an hour to write our first names using letterforms made only geometric shapes ie. circles, squares, triangles. Here is what I did: I was quite pleased with what I came up with. I wanted it to come off as more fun and.  playful so I took a literal…Continue Reading IXD103 Week 2: Turning Geometric Shapes into Letterforms Task

Monograms and Lettermarks This week’s lecture was all about developing monograms as the next part of our brand development. To start, we were given the task of writing our names using letterforms made only out of geometric shapes like circles, squares and triangles. We were given 1 hour to do this. Here is a link…Continue Reading IXD103 Week 2: Lecture Reflection

This we we were asked to try reproducing a handful of given examples of travel related icons as kind of ‘master- apprentice’ exercise. The idea is that the best way to learn how to do something yourself is to reproduce something that already exists. This way we can get a better understanding of how to…Continue Reading IXD103 Week 1: Travel App Icon Reproduction Task

This week’s lecture was an introduction to the Imaging and Data Visualisation module and an overview of what we’d be learning about and expected to accomplish over this semester. I’m simultaneously exited for and worried by the deliverables of this module. Designing a travel app and infographic sound so cool but right now at this…Continue Reading IXD104 Week 1: Lecture Reflection

Before writing my bio  I had to figure out what my brand values are so that I have an idea of what direction to write in. I did this by asking people who know me (mainly my family) how they would describe me as a person and my design style. I then wrote all these…Continue Reading IXD103 Week 1: Bio Task

The brand I chose for this exercise is Nintendo. I’ve had a bit of an obsession with the company since early childhood and engage with their content quite regularly so I’d say that I’m quite familiar with the way that they brand themselves. Word Bank bringing smiles to people’s faces fun family-friendly entertainment video games…Continue Reading IXD103 Week 1: Content Audit Exercise

Introduction To Exploring Identity Module The first part of this lecture was an introduction to the course and what we’d be doing. We first looked at how many different job titles related to interaction design there are. I know now that I should start thinking about what areas I’d like to work in. I learned…Continue Reading IXD103 Week 1: Lecture Reflection

For this task we were meant to try describing a book/album in around 140 characters or less as well as sketch something to summarise it. Not sure if I did the greatest job at this but here’s what I did anyway. Description: A Japanese horror manga where a stench of death is carried by rotting…Continue Reading Ixd103 Week01- Recommendation task

During the first lecture of this module we were given the quick task of describing an inanimate object in our home or on our desks in front of us, with out actually stating what it is. Here is my description: You put pens in me and I hold them upright  on your desk for easy…Continue Reading IXD103 Week01- Object Task

Type Specimen Blog Post: https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/laurabfoy/2020/10/15/ixd102-type-specimen-for-screen-times-new-roman/   Group Presentation Google Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13QaYmvqacdfjhXEK7NvHHc61eb2XeAd_RVrIeF8aPGg/edit?usp=sharing Blog Post: https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/laurabfoy/2020/11/18/ixd102-group-presentation-on-design-systems-for-the-olympic-games/   Web Essay GitHub: https://github.com/LauraFoy/ixd102 Blog Post: https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/laurabfoy/2021/01/03/1xd102-web-essay-development-from-start-to-finish/…Continue Reading IXD102 Project Links