FInal Project

INSTRUCTIONS:

We were assigned the final project which is FINAL PROJECT: PUBLISH DIGITALLY . We are to format the final layout for two (2) different digital platforms which are in iPad version and iPhone version and adapt the digital publication to communicate effectively with the targeted audience.


Process
I started added button and page animations for my iphone and ipad publication as a navigational tool for my publication and also to enhance user experience



Next, after I have animated the content and added in the button in the iPad version. I started to slicing my ipad publication in half and then transfer it to iphone and also adding button and animations at the same time.


My page from iPad to iPhone increase from 27 to 45

Project 3 Execution & Layout Design Report

Instructions

We were assigned a group project which is Project 3 – Execution & Layout on 29th October. We had to start arranging our content according to the principles governing good design to ease content and information communication of our chosen topic. We were advised to utilize accumulated knowledge to inform design decisions. We need to consider the topic to think of way to design our publication.

In the beginning we were tasked to do and try out different types of layout. As one will be selected to be improve on for the final.

Process 

- Created 3 Layout on manual and then transfer the thumbnails to digital, as my manual is hard to understand and for lecturers and friends to have feedback on.

- In between the 3 layout, the content page weren't done as content page layout is done separately

- Next I try out with some typography and conduct my own analysis upon it to choose a suitable typeface for the publication

Reflection

- Found out that designing a layout which is able to reflect a techy and designer layout is not an easy task as spacing, font, and layout need to be taken into account as it plays an important role throughout the publication

- Hierarchy of text and space is important as it may guide the attention of viewers

Project 2 Propose & Generate Content

Project Brief

Process
At the beginning of this project, I began to think about the topic I wanted to do. At first I think of subject i'm more familiar and also close to me as it will be easy for me to take picture and do some research of it. And while I was daydreaming in class while looking at my Laptop, the idea suddenly struck my mind of taking a laptop topic which are about all the laptop in our class. Hence I start my quest of finding a topic for my laptop, it ended with thinking of a final idea of, Future Graphic designer's Laptop, targeting soon to be graphic designer to enlighten them of which PC category or Laptop to pick from. I since then started by making a questionnaire by asking my classmates whats the brand of their PC, the reason of buying it, price, how they bought it, their emotion towards it, their bittersweet with it, their favorite color and also favorite fonts. Soon I started taking pictures of my class mate laptop specs by using the Dxdiag command.

The command is use for checking the internals of a computer (except the storage, storage type, laptop size and screen size) by doing this I can obtain the CPU, GPU, RAM, screen resolution and windows version. After that I undergo a night of deep research to obtain the rest of the miss out specs online plus the colour gamut of the screen as colour is important for graphics designer.

Shortly after that I began taking pictures of the laptop and sometimes together with its owner and then editing it according to their preferred colour with a little vignette filter on top of it and also a whited and slightly washed off background with a vibrant main classmate + the computer.

For the upcoming step, I find some inspiration online as in the layout and overall design of my publication. I decided on a minimalist life stylish layout design. I later start to experimenting with fonts, size and its leading to decide the readability, I decided on a san serif typeface the specs sub text as specs are modern and technology-feeling and serif on story as sit able to reflect on the old times and also give people the emotionally feeling of old and engaging.



Reflection

Experience

This is the 2nd time on finding topic and doing a publication. The first one is just a magazine publication and only 2 pages, shallow content and research is needed. But this is a 18 page publication, I need to grind 18 pages of content and that is challenging for me but nevertheless I managed to finish it. It is a whole new thing for me as I gain many knowledge through the process and inspiration from others.

Observation

Overall this project is quite challenging in terms of finding content and editing the image as they were too many to do but managed to finish it. It was a hard grind for me. And especially my friends those who did drawing, I saw them suffer as they need to draw, scan and colour it manual or digitally.
I think my photo shooting and editing skills needed an extra push as I'm not much of a photographer myself.

FINDINGS

Throughout the whole process, I felt that its good and stressed as I was challenged to this grinding. However, there are few things that still need refinement as it was kinda bad. But overall im just glad im managed to finish everything.

Project 1 Research and Case Study

Project Brief



Process
For this group project, me and Zoe Tham work together on the slides and research, we started out on discussing on which digital publish app that is agreed from me and Zoe. We discuss it in whatsapp and also in class. Zoe suggested games, but I turned it down due to fear of moving away or doing research on the wrong subject, she then suggested a language app as she reminded me the brief said study how it has evolved to replace print publication. At first we were thinking of duolingo app but then due to im not so familiarize with the app we then change to a news app. First we both settled on the BBC news app. Hence we started our research and content for our slides. Zoe listed out what I need to find and insert to the slides and then I started to do. I researched on what is digital publishing or publication (Surface info, not too in depth as we didn't had that much time presenting) , Brief history of newspapers (Physical) and the BBC news brief background. We then switched back to The Stars, as we didn't had a copy of BBC news to made a comparison on the digital vs physical. In the end we proceed with The Star News. After we finished our slides, I tried to insert humor that are related or out from the topic to break the conventional way of presentation by speaking quickly so people will be more focused and attracted, and putting funny pictures or slogans to enhance the formal sleepy atmosphere, as the targeted audience hence students and lecturers are bored with the same formality, tone and atmosphere of normal presentation.


Discussion on Whatsapp

Submission


Reflection

EXPERIENCE



This is the first time for me to do a case study on a digital publish app. It is a whole new thing for me as I gain many knowledge through the process and presentation from others.


OBSERVATION


Overall this project is quite simple as its easy to analyse and compared it with the physical copy. Which my partner did an amazing job on. And its also easy to find historical info on the web.
I think my presentation skills still need an extra buff as I often stutter or pause in order to find words to describe what my mind is thinking, and maybe I could further increase the amount of slides and the presentation slides in order to have more in depth stuff to be shown off at a given time.




FINDINGS



Throughout the whole process, I felt that its good working together with Zoe her analyst and the suggestion of having a psychical copy as comparison. However, there are few things we disagree on especially picking apps. During the presentation, I'm glad that Zoe was able to wing it as usual since year 1. I'm glad we both had sufficient enough research and balance between info present and presentation time.



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