These core values go hand-in-hand.
Teamwork
The best results come from collaboration. It may be expertise, it may be perspective. It is better to have more eyes looking at your work and more minds to think and work with you on a certain project/problem/etc.
Honesty
The best way to build bonds: honesty. Tell people what you think and feel. If you’re honest, other people might be honest towards you as well.
Trust the process
Things take time, no matter how big or small. I am convinced sometimes people have to go through a certain process to reach a point where they can make a decision with confidence. I have learned that process is important, iterations are important. It’s not about how fast you can finish something.
All of these values I can apply to my personal life as well. Sometimes it’s better to ask for help instead of trying to figure it out yourself. As for honesty, I wouldn’t want someone to hide the truth or lie to me. I will treat others like I want to be treated. Trust the process, I try to think of this everyday. I am still learning about who I am, who I want to be. I am learning everyday and that’s why I think this core value is so important. I need to have faith in the process, everything takes time. It’s going to be okay! Sometimes we need to go through a certain event in our lives to shape us who we are meant to be.
After campaign pitch:
I have decided to take a step back from designing and just get my core values right.
Be nice to people
First and foremost: be nice. You wouldn’t want to be treated differently. You have no idea what the other person has gone through that day. Be nice, other people will be too. Even if that’s not the case, being nice is the least you can do.
In addition to teamwork and trust the process
Everyone has a different point of view, and every view is important and valuable. You can always learn something new from other people. One idea/comment/drawing etc. might spark another!
Not everyone may have had the same opportunities and privilege as you. Give them time and space to develop, grow and flourish!
Thinking about it, these values are values that I needed to know about when I was younger.
I started on this before the lecture on logo’s.
The plural form of Mai is Mais. In Dutch maïs means corn! My whole life people have made jokes about my name (none offensive). But the one that stuck with me, was maïs. I feel like this name joke has unknowingly become part of me as I am no longer ashamed of my name. I thought if it would be nice to use it as a metaphor for my logo; to represent (personal) growth. We all start small, but over a period of time we keep growing and growing and if we add all those little moments of growth together (each moment is a piece of corn) we will end up with a corncob!
It all starts with an idea. I think that “idea” can be a piece of corn.
The execution did not go as planned...
For this one I wanted to try something that looks like it was handwritten. Every person has their own handwriting, which is unique. I think the handwritten element gives it a bit more of a personal feeling.
After my interview with O-Utrecht for an internship, I received the following feedback on my website:
“Your logo is nicely animated, but on your portfolio site it’s distracting. Anything moving attracts the human eye, your website is supposed to be about your work. It’s very distracting when something is constantly moving in the corner. Maybe it shouldn’t be every second that the word “designs” comes in, but maybe every 5 seconds or so. It clashes with the communication: your portfolio website is to show your work, the logo is distracting the user from your work.”
Thinking back to when I did all those case studies, only one company had an animated logomark. Now I’m not saying that I don’t want an animated logo, I just think that for now a different one is better. I have decided to make a similar logo without the animation in mind:
After creating this, I wasn’t sure which one was the best for me. I asked for feedback from friends and 4 were chosen.
Because of the different opinions, I started to wonder: lowercase or uppercase?
Source
Before the start of this module I tried to make a layout for my website. I had the time and I will be needing a website in the future, so I just started.
I made these before the websites lecture.
I have received feedback on these “sketches”, I will add these for the campaign pitch.
During this module I tried to use tumblr as a portfolio site, but it didn’t work out the way I wanted it to. I then switched to Adobe Portfolio, which is free to use with the subscription I have. Adobe Portfolio was a bit easier to use, but it doesn’t allow me to move things freely. There are plenty of themes to choose from, but none of them give me the freedom that I want.
I have used Wordpress before and I have learned to code with HTML, but both were a nightmare so I’d rather not waste my time to figure it out again.
The plan is to use the Adobe Portfolio to show my work. In the meantime, I will try to come up with a layout for a website that I can build in Adobe Muse. I don’t have much webdesign experience, but this way I can still show it in a way that’s suitable for me.
I do think that using a mockup for the website design is a good idea, so I can show how the design looks on different devices. Maybe even show how to navigate on the website itself.
Usually I don’t sketch out anything web related, but I did make sketches that I didn’t add in the campaign pitch:
I have decided to do more research about websites and collect inspiration and sketch.
Divided in 2, starting the first block in color and the second in white
I like the menu on the left, something I have not seen before (Geunbae Lee). At the bottom I will add my socials.
The start of something NEW:
To make gifs work in Adobe Muse (animated logo): place gif, select gif and set resize to none.
Artboards of my sketch, unfinished
https://www.mockplus.com/blog/post/design-inspiration-sites
https://www.behance.net/galleries/interaction
https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/muse/how-to/create-responsive-website.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/muse/how-to/muse-build-place-illustrator-graphics.html
Every link that I have looked at for case studies and website inspiration:
https://www.ilovedust.com
https://www.bowlerandkimchi.com
https://www.geunbaelee.com/about
Other students/alumni from Communication and Multimedia design (CMD):
https://www.mitchversluis.nl
https://maureenrademakers.myportfolio.com
https://www.vasenza.net/about
Old colleagues and alumni from multi mediadesigner
https://www.ricardoheikamp.com
