This week we received an overview of what to expect from this module. The primary focus will be getting us ready for placement/ employment and learning more about the creative industry. I think this will be so helpful as we will be attempting to secure a placement this year. Skills Development Be open Show and […]

After having completed my website content audits I created the above site map. This was a great way to visualise the flow of navigation. The first problem I wanted to tackle was the feeling of hitting a dead-end at the bottom of each case study. I have solved this by adding a view next case […]

Google Trends I found google trends to be a great start for my research and discovery when it came to creating content for my portfolio website. I have decided to run with a lab theme in my portfolio to make it more memorable to potential employers who will be viewing several portfolio websites during the […]

Dawson Andrews Content Audit Below is my content audit of Dawson Andrew’s website in pdf and spreadsheet format: Dawson Andrews content audit (pdf) Dawson Andrews content audit (spreadsheet) This was a really helpful exercise as it gave me a clear overview of everything included in the website from navigational options to statistics and testimonials. I really liked […]

In this blog, I’m going to look at ten portfolio/studio websites that blew my mind! 1. Cleverbird Creative I was particularly drawn to the impact of the imagery used in Cleverbird Creative’s website and its bold full page grid structure. I also really like the vertical text placement in the hero section and the use […]

Content Design This week we covered the importance of content design and how it is displayed e.g. an app design might work better as a video rather than an image as this will better display how the app works. Three important components of content design were also introduced these were: push vs pull content trust […]

Travel App Prototype The Galaxy travel app prototype Google drive link to Star Wars Prototype   World Mental Health Infographic World Mental Health Infographic Google drive link to World Mental Health Infographic   Dyslexia Electronic Sticker Electronic SPLD Sticker (1)

Brand Guidelines Rachel’s Design Lab Brand Guidelines Google Drive link to Brand Guidelines   Portfolio Website Link to Portfolio Website: rachelsdesignlab.com Link to GitHub Repository: https://github.com/RachelDonaldson/portfolio-website   Dyslexia Electronic Sticker Electronic SPLD Sticker (1)   Summary of Branding and Design Decisions When creating my brand Rachel’s Design Lab I wanted to achieve a vibrant and […]

Navigation Bar When building my navigation bar I ran into a few issues the first was that when reloaded my page my monogram would making sliding left movement from around the centre of the navbar. This was because I had originally set the padding-right at 30vw. So rather than adding padding to the right, I […]

Wireframing   I began my wireframing process by focusing on layout and possible graphs I could include in my infographic. Above are my first four outcomes in which I considered how to section the data and how to use lines to guide people through the data. Following my initial wireframes, I drew up three more […]