Tag: IXD304

My website With the deadline quickly approaching, I have been working on my Apollo Flights website and making it stronger. I have made some pretty big changes and improvements which I will talk through in this blog post. In our final critique session, I was given some last-minute suggestions on how I could improve my…Continue Reading IXD304: Updating my Website

During our final group critique session, I was advised to create an icon set for my website. These would be used on the “read more” page in the facts section. The benefits of doing this include: It will help to visualise the fact information. They can be used as a shorthand for the text which…Continue Reading IXD304: Creating an Icon Set

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines have certain standards to meet when it comes to choosing colour combinations for apps and websites. This ensures that the product is accessible to those with colour blindness or visual impairments, etc. It also makes content easier to read for the average user, so it benefits everyone. Yellow text on…Continue Reading IXD304: Checking Colour Accessibility

This week, we had a one-to-one tutorial to get feedback on our Apollo project so far. I have been working on making my prototype into a functioning website on Web Flow, so I was eager to get advice and feedback on this. My first piece of feedback was to place the “read more” button in…Continue Reading IXD304: Week 11 Reflect

The next step in this project was to take our prototype and bring it into webflow to make it a fully functioning website. I found this to be quite daunting as I have only used webflow once before and I was unaware of all its tools and how to use them. However, I was up…Continue Reading IXD304: Moving onto Webflow

Since my last post, I have made many updates and improvements to my prototype. These are based on research and feedback I received. Button improvement This button allows the user to fill the rocket illustration with colour. Previously, the button was just the switch and provided no explanation of what its use was. This could…Continue Reading IXD304: Prototype Updates

This week we had a guest lecture from Big Motive. They talked us through the importance of storytelling in design. I found this very useful as storytelling is a big part of our current project. There are 7 main elements of storytelling: Character, plot, dialogue, decor, melody, theme, and spectacle. When I was first told…Continue Reading IXD304: Week 10 Reflect

Amplifying Data This week was all about data and how we can use design to display it in the best way. Data is everywhere e.g., data for covid19 and pay scales for minimum wage. It is important for these to be scannable and easy to read and follow for people. There are many ways to…Continue Reading IXD304: Week 9 Reflect

Storytelling This week we had a guest lecture by David Henderson about storytelling. I found the lecture very useful and learned some interesting things about the art of storytelling. Throughout this degree, we have always been told about the importance of creating an emotional connection with our audience. This could be through brand stories, social…Continue Reading IXD304: Week 8 Reflect

Storyboards This week, we did a workshop on storyboarding. We had to look at our prototype and create a storyboard showing the different steps users take when going through the site. When doing this, we had to ask ourselves the following 4 questions: Does it make sense? What could be improved? What isn’t needed? What’s…Continue Reading IXD304: Week 7 Reflect