This is the link to my GitHub: https://github.com/LaurenGilmoreIXD John Baskerville Our first task was to write up some basic HTML for a piece of text on the typographer John Baskerville. I had never had experience with coding so, to begin with, it was quite daunting but I was eager to learn. This is the results…Continue Reading IXD101- Coding/Github
Week 2 During this lecture, we had our first look into typography. “Type is the clothing for words”- Erik Spiekermann. Typography can really make or break a design, so it’s important to know about the different typefaces and how to choose the right one in different situations. Businesses do this with their brand depending on…Continue Reading IXD102- Lecture Reviews
Jakob Nielson Nielson co-founded the Nielson Norman Group ‘NN/g’ with Don Norman. They are a UX research and consulting firm that are usability advocates and provide guidance on user experience. They do this by studying real users of apps and websites to find out which designs work best. This enables companies to improve their designs…Continue Reading IXD102: Pocket Profiles
This is the link to my GitHub to access my website: https://github.com/LaurenGilmoreIXD/ixd102_essay Before starting the CSS for my web essay, I updated my wire-frames to include more details such as, colours and typefaces I wanted to use. This is the colour pallet I used: Having a colour pallet would help my website look more…Continue Reading IXD102- Web Essay
After receiving feedback on this project, I began making some improvements. With the previous design, the lyrics within the buildings sat very close to the edge which left gaps between words, making it difficult to read. To fix this issue, I centered the text and brought the text boxes in from the edge. This made…Continue Reading IXD101- Follow the Rhythm Final
As I began researching for my essay and sketching out a wire frame, it was time to begin the coding for the website. I am doing this during the process of writing my essay so I have a rough idea of how it was going to look. I started off with some basic HTML. I…Continue Reading IXD102-Essay Update
I began sketching out a basic wire-frame of what I wanted my website for my web essay to look like. Here are some colour pallet ideas:…Continue Reading IXD102-Wire-frame
My group members for this task included myself, Orla, Matthew and Seanin. When we were first given this project, we decided to have a video call to discuss what topic we should choose for our presentation. The topic we chose was ‘Bauhaus and the New Typography’ as we were all interested in learning more about…Continue Reading IXD102-Group Presentation
As a group, we chose the topic ‘Bauhaus and the New Typography’. In our group of 4, we decided to each research and cover a certain section within this topic. My section was researching the students experience, the teachers and what they taught at the Bauhaus. My Research Students experience at the Bauhaus At the…Continue Reading IXD102-Group Presentation- Research
My idea: The song I have chosen is ‘Youth’ by Shawn Mendes, featuring Khalid. To get an idea of how I wanted to display the lyrics of this song, I researched further into the meaning behind it. This song is a message of encouragement to not let our youth be taken away by the terrible…Continue Reading IXD101-Follow the Rhythm