In the Tutorial today we viewed a brief video on testing and its importance. I have added this video below.
We then used the ‘Technique for Observing Users” handout to observe and test our prototypes.
Syd’s Interactive Design Blog Week 11 Studio – Categories & Tags
In the studio today we learnt about the value of adding tags and categories to our WordPress Blogs.
Adding categories and especially tags to our blogs allowed other WordPress users to find our blog posts. Some of the tags I used were; Design, Weekly Blog and User Persona.
After this week, all of my blog posts will feature both categories and tags.
Syd’s Interactive Design Blog Week 8 Studio & Tutorial – Logo and Title Review
Below i have attached my logo design Before reviewing :
And After :
I felt the after logo was more sleek and fit in better with the rest of the application.
Syd’s Interactive Design Blog – 5 Logo Principles
An effective logo should follow the 5 following principles :
A logo must be simple. A simple logo design allows for easy recognition and allows the logo to be versatile and memorable. Effective logos feature something unexpected or unique without being overdrawn.
A logo must be memorable. Following closely behind the principle of simplicity is that of memorability. An effective logo design should be memorable and this is achieved by having a simple yet appropriate logo.
A logo must be enduring. An effective logo should endure the test of time. The logo should be ‘future proof’, meaning that it should still be effective in 10, 20, 50+ years time.
A logo must be versatile. An effective logo should be able to work across a variety of mediums and applications.
A logo must be appropriate. How you position the logo should be appropriate for its intended purpose.
Syd’s Interactive Design Blog Week 7 Studio & Tutorial – Ideation map
In the tutorial this week, in groups of 3, we discussed and reviewed the graphic design approaches taken in our screen design.
I was unfortunately having my surgery this week so i was not in class to make my Ideation Map.
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