At the outset of this project, I had limited experience with wireframes, having primarily worked on minimalistic ones in the past. The challenge here was to create comprehensive wireframes for an entire website, considering elements like text size, image placement, navigation bar, and interactivity. Initially, I felt uncertain about how…
As I delved into the research phase of my project, my primary objective was to gain a comprehensive understanding of the games I intended to feature on my website. This involved an exploration of the games’ intricacies, including the foods within the game worlds, the color schemes, and the overall…
In Week 5, I found myself at the crossroads of multiple projects, as I juggled between project 3 and revisiting project 2. The week brought about its share of challenges and revelations, primarily stemming from the introduction of project 4. Here’s a detailed account of the key events and developments…
To initiate the ideation phase of this project, I began by creating a Miro board with a spider diagram to visually organize my ideas and potential project outcomes. I initially identified various themes and aligned them with different audience groups, consciously avoiding the more obvious ones like ‘eco warriors’ and…
Completing the usability tests provided valuable insights into what users found problematic and less user-friendly about the website. This feedback gave me a clear understanding of the necessary improvements to enhance the website’s usability and navigation. One significant issue identified was the excessive options in the drop-down menu, which led…
Following the Evaluate and Iterate project and the completion of usability tests, I began formulating design recommendations for the website creators to enhance their site. While I already had some ideas about improvements before the tests, the results further solidified my concerns. A significant issue was the categorization of products…
In this project, we delved into usability testing for the Oliver Bonas website. Although the site is visually appealing, I uncovered certain issues with the dropdown menus and the way products were categorized. For instance, when searching for ‘lavender bath salts,’ it would make sense to find them under ‘bath…
In the first week, we familiarized ourselves with new teachers and reoriented ourselves on campus after the summer break. We began learning software like WordPress and were introduced to Figma, which we’ll use later in the project. On the first day, we received briefs for three projects this year, which…
A sitemap serves as a “blueprint for your website, aiding search engines in discovering, crawling, and indexing all of your site’s content.” Heuristic markup is a technique employed by UX professionals to evaluate their intuitive responses as they engage with a product experience from the perspective of their target audience.…
This process deepened my understanding of website analysis and the considerations for designing my own website. It revealed the intricate details that often go unnoticed and highlighted the comprehensive nature of web design.