Thursday, March 12, 2015

Phase 2 Design Comps


Attached are comps for phase 2 of the design process. Style Guides are also included in the PDF.

Layout 1

Layout 2

Body content on pages is minimal and will be replaced/styled when transferred to web design. 

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Blog Post 4 - Phase 1


Attached is my Information Architecture Documentation for Phase I of the Children In Need website Redesign. Click Here to View

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

CSS Zen Garden Redesign


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I decided to scrap my previous concepts as I felt they lacked a personal touch. Above is my final layout in which I used a photograph of a rhino I took at the zoo and edited. The rhino is a strong graphic image against a black background, and the colors of gray, bright orange, and purple all work to add contrast to the layout. There is also a subtle texture in the background of the layout.

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Blog Post 3: CSS Zen Garden Comps.


For this comp, I wanted to focus heavily on imagery. In this layout, the background image is of a forest which is what I think of when I think of "Zen". The typeface is Montserrat and it's bold and clean san-serif appearance helps keep this layout looking modern. In the image, I have pictured the first section of body text, after this section, the text will flow freely. 



My concept for this comp was to keep it simple once again. I wanted to find an image that directly contrasted the forest, so I replaced it with a city. The layout is comprised of several elements that keep this modern appearance. The bright yellow contrasted against the black is eye-catching. I used Montserrat for the typeface in this piece.



This layout proved to be the bigger challenge as I worked to fill up an awkward amount of space. My concept behind this was to use unusual, graphically strong images. I used bright orange to capture attention. I used historical anatomy drawings because I appreciate the historical appearance and interest they contribute to pieces. Finally, the typeface I used was Yanone Kaffeesatz.