PPP - Website Development, Square Space

SquareSpace

Currently i've designed a range of website on different hosts, like square space, cargo and carbon made. Overall i'm still not happy with any of these, as they all have down falls. After researching how to get a personal email address as to appear more professional Sqaurespace seemed the best opinion, but before i buy this i aim to make sure i can create a website i'm happy with on the site. As a new user you get a 14 day trail, to test the style and designs this has run out of my old site so i will have to start for new, (which might actually be good because i didn't like that site.)

colour changing

click to view images -

orchard pig page -

HOME PAGE-

link pages os they show projects 

ABOUT PAGE
adding social links

-NEED TO MAKE THE SITE LIVE TOMORROW

PPP3 -Self branding part 2

Self branding

As considered earlier, for this year i need to design a self branding identity for myself.At the start of the year i designed a small logo, just for my social media but over time this seems undeveloped. As i'm not starting my website and my portfolio for work placement, this needs more work.

MY NAME ON MY PORTFOLI/WEBSITE NEED TO BE THE SAME AS ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA

quick ideas -

 -unreadable/confusing

easily understood but too simple??

Currently i use Bethany as this worked for my current social media handles, but i actually call myself and go by more commonly Beth so this might need changing if possible.

CHANGED-

 so now it's beth_fitton_, everything must be Beth from now on

WILL USE THIS FOR NOW

FEEDBACK-


hand drawn examples -

PPP - Employability Week/Creative Convos, Robot Food

Robot Food

Eva Warren and Chris Shutterworth, LUA alumni, research -
(email says to prepare a range of questions)

brief - project disrupt 

brief 1 - cheese

brief 2 - laundry 

brief 3 - air freshen

NEED QUESTIONS -
was it useful to step away from commercial briefs?
did it help you personally as well as professional?
did the freedom give more control or allow it to be hard to start?
what brief did you like the most?

how did you get your job after uni?
what steps did you take after you finished?
has LUA helped you?
Did the connection with the uni?

TALK
-do placements at uni
-work for people you want to work for
fieldwood, Manchester
how brands work outside packaging, brand design

simplify and amplify
-the brand workshop, indefinity and define values - stemline core
-shout out of USP
-TOV to identify

PUSH BRANDS ONLINE

identify what is missing
design for the consumer and category
introduce new visuals

-see what everyone is doing
-keep messaging minimal
-design for an audience

martin@robot-food.com
-do internships

google design sprint
tailor your portfolio
start brief as the problem
give reasons for everything
keep engaged
contacts can be useful

PPP3 - Dinosaur Placement

Dinosaur Placement  

One of the biggest creative advertising studios is Dinosaur, I have emailed them in the past for COP without any responses. In spite of being unsuccessful in the past, this is one of the studios I'd love to do my placement, this is as it does briefs for large clients whilst having a very creative outlook on their outcomes. They're not just social or just digital, but cover both with fits with my interests.

They do placements, so aim to get a digital portfolio sorted and send out tonight. The aim of this is to get considered for a placement, even if this is not the case at least I can get feedback on my work or even advice for the future. Also setting this out will give me something I can send out whilst sorting out my website.

creativeplacements@dinosaur.co.uk

PORTFOLIO RESEARCH 
https://www.creativebloq.com/portfolios/examples-712368
https://www.creativebloq.com/inspiration/8-great-examples-of-graphic-design-portfolios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2grPPQt7Mtc
-the design philosophy
-reduce the text
-the process included
-annotation included
-moodboard/ self-branding
-get some professional photos taken

https://www.creativebloq.com/computer-arts/10-tips-killer-design-portfolio-51411805

what work to include??
-durex (typography work)
-orchard pig (client brief)
-yorkshire tea (client brief)
-motivational posters (interests in type)
-oxfam posters (Manchester link/live brief)
-we are cow (web design and Manchester link, style design)

FEEDBACK -
As they are asking for images just send over images 
keep it very image heavy
send over PDF
2 pages per brief
send over only best work, Durex, Yorkshire Tea and Orchard 
have a content page
only one sentence per page 
have the name of brief, 2 images, sentence and that's it on pages
include name only on the first page

research -

-use a grid
-let the images do the talking
-small text
-add text as imagery
-stick to san serif type
-work with the different shaped imagery

PPP3- Personal Email Adress

Personal Email Adress 

This is an aspect that has been defined by many professional as vital to successful professional practice, due to this the aim is to create my own. Currently unsure how to do this, do I have to buy a domain first? or is it different?

-ask alec
-google it


GOOGLE -

Tutorial with Alec

as I'm slightly stuck with how to get a personal email address, I organized a tutorial with Alec to discuss it and also my worries about placements.

-squarespace has domain names and emails, but these might be tied to the site
-you can get them on other sites, like 123 reg
-square space might be easier
-get placements by stalking people, finding their tone and interest
-linked in isn't best for women, but white male run
-try dot

FEEDBACK ON WEBSITES -
the need to be clickable/have image pages
the gif work well
keep the gif but try a new layout
the original website works well for photography, not graphics
edit images so they don't crop, make them larger
the plain website is quite boring
lots of people have Squarespace
try a Squarespace one

Overall, I think square space might be the best option as it has a domain name, email and a decent layout.