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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

This project is all about visualization of sound and the ways typography can signify music and sound through different characteristics. Typography can communicate emotions, messages, concepts and sounds. I need to think about doing this in a way that can be perceived by non-designers as well. I decided to research further into typography and the…Continue Reading IXD101-Follow the Rhythm- Research

After changing the proportions of my manifesto and being happy with the layout, it was time to work on completing my design. I started by trying out different fonts and colours to see which best suited the meaning behind my manifesto. Here are some examples I created: This is the font and colours I decided…Continue Reading IXD101-My Manifesto Final

Vic Bell is an Illustrator, Iconographer and Brand Designer. I decided to do a pocket profile on her work as I find it unique but simple and I feel that I can learn a lot from it. Through her Instagram, she posts many of her illustrations and projects she is working on. They are all…Continue Reading IXD102-Pocket Profile- Vic Bell