Sharnia King Design

MDDN352: Mobile Media Project 1 - Boutique The goal of this project was to create a unique website that can be used on desktop, tablet and mobile devices. We had to choose a theme from food, shelter or clothing and tailer the topic to suit our interests.  I chose the topic...

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After the interim presentation this morning where I received feedback on my work so far, I have made some decisions about the direction this project is going. My wish for this site is to create an informative guide to the second hand boutique stores around Wellington, with particular focus on the...

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Presentation slides for Project One interim ...

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Artist: Jenny Holzer, American conceptual artist. Biography:  "For more than thirty years, Jenny Holzer has presented her astringent ideas, arguments, and sorrows in public places and international exhibitions, including 7 World Trade Centre, the Reichstag, the Venice Biennale, the Guggenheim Museums in New York and Bilbao, and the Whitney Museum of American...

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Today was a practical exercise where we worked together with people from the Networking faculty to load an HTML file onto a mobile emulator system. Therefore website would show up as what it looks like on a mobile platform. This was my first contact with creating websites/apps for mobile before. I was...

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Sketching is a very useful skill that can come in handy for visualising how websites are going to work and fit together. I have been instructed to transcribe the layouts of several websites on to paper. Although my sketching skills are a work in progress I have been practicing. Sketching out these...

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Lily Pebbles http://www.lilypebbles.co.uk/#Yg2F9YgFgESSZpTr.97 I have found surprising inspiration in a blogger who has recently redesigned their website. I have heard of her before but never really taken an interest before now, mainly because of the lack of time. One of my friends mention to me this morning about how Lily Pebbles...

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UX (User Experience) Sketching Sketching is a valuable skill in order to work through problems and create successful designs. Designing on the computer proves useful, but all too often we get stuck on small details and focus on getting things perfect. This can affect the progress of the overall design and make...

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According to the project one brief and class discussion, we are to create a single page, long-form website based on food, shelter or clothing. From what I understand, we are to find an existing website and transfer the information in a website we have designed that works on mobile, tablet and computer devices successfully....

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Reading: Interaction Design Rant - Bret Victor A brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design http://worrydream.com/#!/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesign The status quo sets the standard of what is normal and what is new. Hedonistic adaptation is a new idea where humans become excited by something new and one we get used to it,...

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Reading: Minority Report How 'Minority Report' Trapped Us In A World Of Bad Interfaces - Christian Brown http://www.theawl.com/2013/02/how-minority-report-trapped-us-in-a-world-of-bad-interfaces  The movie Minority Report set some high standards for futuristic interfaces and gesture related movement. This article by Christian Brown explains the standards set by Steven Spielberg's idea of the future based on present...

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MDDN352: Mobile Media. Technology comes in all shapes and sizes these days. There are three main technology devices that most people have these days, the desktop/laptop, the tablet and the mobile device. Being so common these days, web pages now need to be designed with these three viewing platforms and their...

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