Interactive Design / Final Compilation & Reflection

28.8.2023 - 10.12.2023 (Week 1 - Week 16)
Elysa Wee Qi En / 0355060 / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Interactive Design
Final Compilation & Reflection

Exercises

28/8/2023 - 10/10/2023 (Week 1 - Week 8)

1: Web Analysis

Link to presentation slides:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bPLvX4d6NBTPPt-MqAjWy8Yad3A69S6MZJY4TVWq_3s/edit?usp=sharing

2: Web Replication

Fig. 1. Final Web Replication Submission (14/12/2023)

Link to presentation slides:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uTT1OUWhvTrQUZKs9nT9zDDzq7lHkdTDQ7JTc_8fBgY/edit?usp=sharing

3: Recipe Card

Link to website:

https://elysa-recipecard.netlify.app/

Task 1: Prototype Design

18/9/2023 - 2/10/2023 (Week 4 - Week 6)

Fig. 2. Final Prototype on Figma (2/10/2023)

Link to Figma file: 
https://www.figma.com/file/Np5hR3ShjN41rulwcMxKfv/Prototype-Design---Digital-CV?type=design&node-id=0%3A1&mode=design&t=0qcCcSJEGsA5EWN6-1

Task 2: Working Web Page

16/10/2023 - 24/10/2023 (Week 8 - Week 9)

Link to webpage: 

https://project2-elysaweeqien-0355060.netlify.app/

Task 3: Single-Page-Website

23/8/2023 - 10/12/2023 (Week 9 - Week 16)

Link to website:

https://elysawee-finalproject-btsjinfanpage.netlify.app/

REFLECTIONS

Experience
Overall I think this was a good experience. Not only did I gain more insight on how to create an effective website layout, I of course also learnt how to code my own website. With this came experience with both Figma and Adobe Dreamweaver. 

I'll be taking Immersive Design as my specialisation, which means I may have to end up doing some coding. Even if the coding languages are completely different, I still have some experience. At the very least, experience of reading someone else's code and making changes or following along where I need to. 

Observations
There was an exercise we did in class near the beginning of the semester where we got into groups and were tasked with designing layouts for different kinds of websites. I learnt that sometimes it can be easy to accidentally add unnecessary elements or forget important parts. Like when you focus on one aspect too much and forgo/forget another. 

Findings
Ideation is the first step to design for me, and normally I would sketch out the more complex ideas. But in this class, we also had to create a prototype before starting coding. I think that this was useful, because it helped me figure out where exactly to get started. And also I was able to properly plan every element I wanted to use so that coding would go smoother and I wouldn't have to worry about such things as much.