A Re-Brand

Thinking about the exhibition and while working on content for it, it was easy to see that some projects by their very nature will clash colours with the branding. Most notably the RSA stamp project which has many colours in the presentation as well as the concept itself. After much fudging around in Illustrator there… Read more →

Exhibition Branding

This evening has seen the purchasing of display folders, bluetack and a table cloth for the exhibition. Given the recent ‘branding’ of myself it seemed only prudent to incorporate this into the exhibition space concepts. The A4 pages at the sides of the boards are in fact display folders and will be on the table… Read more →

Exhibition Space

The exhibition space is an important part of presenting the work. A bad idea can be perceived as a ‘fair’ idea if it is presented with very good graphics and layout. So by that logic a pretty good idea could be perceived as a great idea. Last year each student was given two large boards… Read more →

User Testing = Picking Holes

Today people were asked specifically to ‘pick holes’ in the concept as it is easier for people to see what is wrong rather than suggest what might be right. There were no major issues raised or functionality that had been omitted but there were a few perspectives that had not been considered.

Screen Capture Test

After some deep brow rubbing and a headache, the realisation is that the funtional aspect of the toolbar will not be able to be demonstrated so time has been spent making an animation that was as natural as possible. Based on mouse clicks starting animations when others have completed but also inclusing text input and… Read more →

Building A Demo

Today there was an insight into years gone by and what would be expected and required for the summative assessment on June 17th. The main thing that came out of it was focus on conveying the idea when you’re not there to explain it. To this effect there were several videos and interactive walkthroughs. This… Read more →

Concept, UI & Presentation Development

The project log has seemingly disappeared due to doing too much work and simply forgetting to update it each day. This could be problematic in documenting progress but there is still a huge amount of sketches and scribbles, some of which are dated. Since the last blog post there has been instructions to become more… Read more →