on Johan and I sitting at the top of the Castillo de Santa Barbara in Alicante Before meeting my Ecuadorian boyfriend and traveling to Ecuador for the first time, I never even thought about Spain being on my travel bucket list. When Johan and I decided to plan a vacation this year, I thought about all… Continue Reading 4 Reasons Why South-Eastern Spain is Highly Underrated
on My creative work is generally fun and sometimes trendy, as I get a lot of inspiration from Instagram and Pinterest. I like to create things that I really like, not just things that I think other people might like. Some of my inspirations include @ux_trends on Instagram, a page that gives daily inspiration for trending… Continue Reading Artist Statement
on Websites that have only one fluid page with all the information needed on that page can be very useful to web designers, as well as web users. One page designs can inspire creativity from a web designer, leading to interactive and interesting approaches to a website. I have found three really interesting websites with one… Continue Reading One Page Designs
on An underrated, as well as quite useful, CSS property is the background-attachment property. Using the background-attachment property in CSS gives the web designer more control of their website, allowing them to create the perfect feel and movement to the page. One can make their background scrolling, fixed, or local just by using this simple property… Continue Reading Exploring the ‘background-attachment’ Property in CSS
on Today I am going to review some designs that are grid-based, as well as designs that break the grid. Grids are an easy and effective way to display media, whereas straying from that idea can be sometimes very appealing. Successful Grid-Based Designs The website associated with Popular Science Magazine, as seen above, uses a grid-based… Continue Reading Grid Examples
on Chapter one in Don Norman’s book, “The Design of Everyday Things” is titled “The Psychopathology of Everyday Things”. Here, he explains the thought process and concepts behind general design. The four fundamental principles of interaction, according to Norman, are Affordance, Signifier, Mapping, and Feedback. Reading this chapter, I felt that all the concepts of design… Continue Reading A Response to Don Norman’s “The Design of Everyday Things”
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