Summer 2017 Web Design at RISD — Final Project

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You’re building a portfolio-themed web site of your graphic design/photographic/illustration work for your final project. If you don’t have work of your own to present in a portfolio, you have three options:

1. Use a friend’s, colleague’s, or family member’s work as the basis for your project.
2. Create a portfolio of some artist’s or designer’s work. (She, he, or they can be alive or deceased.)
3. Produce a portfolio of compiled images from an image repository, such as Flickr.

I encourage you to consider both traditional web design elements (navigations on top, 960 pixel widths, etc) and non-traditional elements (navigation elements perhaps on the bottom, non-linear display of content, etc). Experiment!

• All images must go in the img folder.
• All CSS must go in the css folder.
• jQuery and/or JavaScript files must go in the js folder. If you’re not using either language, then you may delete the js folder.
• Your HTML code must validate at http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_input.
• Your CSS must validate at https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/#validate_by_input.
• Your project must be a multi-page site consisting of at least four pages: home, about, contact, gallery/portfolio.
• All HTML and CSS in lowercase.
• Any jQuery/JavaScript in lowercase/camel case.
• No lorem ipsum content; that is, no filler content.
• Ensure the logical outlining of your document using the HTML5 Outliner or the outline feature of the HTML Validator.

• What is the trend in pages that display similar content? How far can my design stray from that trend without affecting user experience (UX) negatively?
• Is the contrast between type and (back) ground balanced sufficiently to make reading easy? If not, can I justify why?
• Which typeface will help me to get my meaning across? If using more than one typeface, does each complement each other, and do they work harmoniously with the overall design?
• Is the space I use around content helping the user consume my design, or is it making her/him work hard at understanding my intentions?
• Which sections of the content are most important?
• What should be emphasized?
• Does the color scheme complement the message I’m trying to convey, or is it simply serving an aesthetic role in my design?
• Is my design communicating what I need it to?
• Is my site easy to navigate?

We’ll spend all morning and a portion of the afternoon on Friday, 4 August, critiquing each other’s work.

Friday, 4 August, at 9:00 AM. There are no exceptions to this deadline, so budget your time accordingly.

Follow these instructions to submit your assignment.