This project included designing and writing a proposal for a website and brand to represent Hill Street in Belfast. After lots of research on what to include and how to structure a proposal, I felt ready to start writing mine. Here is a PDF of the final proposal: Lauren Gilmore Proposal The Process: From the…Continue Reading IXD302: Proposal
Portfolio Website Lauren Gilmore Portfolio Site Blog Posts: IXD301: Portfolio Research and Inspiration IXD301: Content Audit Task IXD301: Portfolio Website Development IXD301: Website Feedback and Changes IXD301: How to Design for Everyone (web accessability research) IXD301: Building my Portfolio Website IXD301: Social Media Task Elements Project Lauren Gilmore Elements Project Blog Posts: IXD301- Organising…Continue Reading IXD301: Final Submission/Links to Projects
At the end of the semester, I had to do a presentation talking about the two projects I have been working on. These are my portfolio website and my elements project. The slides Website and Elements Presentation At first, I was going to add text to my presentation to give me points to talk about….Continue Reading IXD301: Presentation Reflect
Brand guidelines are standards you set for how you want your brand to be presented. This can help provide a consistent look and feel and is essential in controlling your image and how you come across. In this case, I created them for my elements app. This allowed me to set rules for colour, sizing,…Continue Reading IXD301: Brand Guidelines for Elements Project
Employers receive so many CVs every day and may only look at each for a few seconds. Therefore, it’s important to make it stand out to get asked for an interview. Most people submit their CV online, through email for example. Therefore, I think it would be more unique to post them a physical copy….Continue Reading IXD302: Stand-out Delivery Method for my CV
The Business of Design This week was all about the business of design. We looked into how much money can be made, knowing your value, how to handle costs and budgeting, etc. We also covered freelancing. This is something that interests me, so I decided to do more research on it. Freelancing Freelancers are people…Continue Reading IXD302: Week 6 Reflect
Interview Skills This week was all about interviews. Interviews are something that are very daunting to me and a lot of people. Therefore, I was ready to hear some tips to hopefully improve my confidence. We started the class with a lecture about interview skills. We were told that there are 5 core values that…Continue Reading IXD302: Week 4 Reflect
This week was all about etiquette. The lecture brought us through how to have etiquette in all situations such as, in the studio, in meetings, on the phone, and over email. I learned a lot from this and was told about things I wouldn’t have thought about. However, for this blog post, I am going…Continue Reading IXD302: Week 3 Reflect