A Project Guide to UX Design by Ross Unger and Carolyn Chandler User Interviews Ross Unger and Carolyn Chandler describe user interviews as structured conversations with potential users of your site, or in my case product. A factor that should be considered when conducting an interview is the environment. Will interview take place over the […]

This week we had a guest lecturer, Ronan, who spoke to us about the design industry. This was a really great lecture as it provided a clear overview of the fundamental differences between UX and UI, what it’s like working for a large company vs a small company and what the differences are between working […]

One of the tasks in class this week was to organise raw data taken from the periodic table. Above is the table I produced in Excel using the raw data provided. I organised it into 8 columns: Symbol Element Name Atomic Number Classification Group Orbitals Atomic Weight Year Discovered I added a filter to the […]

Before designing my project proposal I wrote the below content so that I could consider various formats in relation to the specific sections. Title Page Client company name: Cathedral Quarter Trust Project title: Hill Street Brand and Website Design Project Document type: Proposal Version of proposal: Version 0.1 Submission date: November 19th Your company name: […]

Overall I am very pleased with the final outcome of my portfolio website. During a feedback session, it was advised that I left align my section text in my Case Studies. I have since made this amendment and am happy that I have increased the readability of my Case Study pages. During my interviews, I […]

The promotional task set for this week was to create a series of promotional stories and a promotional post for Instagram. The primary focus was to tell the story of our work. It was advised that a good place to start could be our portfolios. I decided to move forward with this as I have […]

Mood Board I created the above mood board to help me consider the various approaches I could take to designing my proposal. As I want to create a document that is easy to read I want to keep my content concise and laid out in a clear manner. I would also like this document to […]

Overview of Brief The job in question is the design of a website and brand to represent Hill Street in Belfast. Considerations This is an entirely new website so there is no existing design in place. However, there will be similar websites for other areas of Belfast, including the Cathedral Quarter and Titanic Quarter. Consider […]

Purple Cow is a book written by Seth Godin on the importance of being remarkable. This is a fairly high standard to reach for but he does offer some helpful tips along the way. The first tip that jumped out to me was inviting the user to change their behaviour to make a product dramatically better. […]

This week we looked at creating a promotional strategy to help us promote ourselves as designers. We looked at how helpful social media can be in this context. As designers, we can use social media to help us tell the stories behind our brands and design work. When used effectively social media can help us […]