A few weeks ago I was asked to create a proposal 970x250px banner for new Aer Lingus campaign. As a result, I created a green-dominant banner, with a vibrant orange call to action (see picture below). One of my colleagues spotted the work and said to me, that it is quite unusual for the CTA... Continue Reading →
The Importance of Project Management
Through the life cycle of designing and developing a website it may be difficult to remember all the details and requirements. Sometimes, we may get a clearly-outlined brief from a client with all the specifications but sometimes you may be asked to add few 'bits' along the way. That is why it is extremely important... Continue Reading →
Analysing websites through principles of UX and UI design
Let's start with web standards (W3C) Web standards are rules and guidelines established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) developed to promote consistency in the design code which makes up a web page. It's the guideline for the mark-up language which determines how a web page displays in a visitor's browser window. I tried... Continue Reading →
Critical Reflection on Personal Web Development Process
As a part of my college project, I was asked to critically analyse my portfolio website, and apply feedback into my next project - Power City website. My personal portfolio website was built using HTML5, CSS3 and Bootstrap and hosted by GitHub. It was my first life website and by learning new techniques and technologies... Continue Reading →
Design Theories and Practices in Web development
In this article I would like to investigate some of the theories and practices used in web design. The aim of it is to help you build a successful website through few exercises and examples, and understand how important the User Interface is. Visual Hierarchy Visual hierarchy is one of the most important features in... Continue Reading →
Theories of Interaction and User Centered Design
In one of my previous articles - User Experience Design Then and Now, I was writing about how websites have changed through years and compared them with today's design. In this article I want to focus more on the user experience design and investigate it through different theories. There are many different theories discovered in the... Continue Reading →
Power City Rebranding
I was asked by a client to redesign Power City's logo and website. At this point I must admit, I have been living in Ireland for a good few years now and I have never heard of Power City. So obviously, I had to see what I will be working with. Here we have their... Continue Reading →
User Experience Design Then and Now
In one of my previous articles about Brief History of Website, I briefly explained how the first browser and website looked like, and which features used back then (such as H-tags and Hyper links) are still relevant to developers today. In this article I would like to expand that thought, and explain through a timeline... Continue Reading →
Brief History of Website
Today, on Tuesday of March 12th 2019, Google Doodle is celebrating 30th Anniversary of the World Wide Web known as WWW. That is why I decided to go back in history to learn how it all started. Today everyone knows what a website is. It connect people all over the world and delivers information at... Continue Reading →
Evolution of Branding and Logo Design
Why logo is so important? A logo is a graphic symbol used by a company to be recognisable by the audience. It is a visual representation of the brand identity used for building a trust and communicate a message to a public. Why is it so important then? Because it has an ability to drive... Continue Reading →