For semester 3 our portfolio had to include the three Mandatory Assignments from this semester, and the reports for these. So my portfolio consists of a magazine design, brand building for an organic door to door company, and a poster for product advertising.
This semester’s assignments have been nothing but fun, exciting, and inspiring. While working on each assignment I have gained a deeper understanding of the work that is put behind any design we see, and how visual elements and an identity are important factors for a brand.
I have been challenged in ways that have made me better find myself as a designer and this particularly applies to logo design. I believe I have been able to find a design style I like to work with, while still being open to a vast variety of looks and feels. Working with magazine layouts and content, brand identities and touchpoints, and photography has broadened my knowledge in different ways of successful communication. My knowledge in Illustrator and InDesign has improved a lot, which has made my work process more effective and the end result more desirable. Everything I have learnt are skills I will make good use of as a designer.
My interactive portfolio presenting this semester’s work can be found on portfolio3.monikarh.com.
Portfolio Design Choices
The portfolio is meant to represent me as a designer, so I decided to make a rather minimalistic design. This is something I’ve been drawn to since I started my degree in graphic design, and does remind me of my Nordic roots. In addition to black and white, the blue colour in use is based on one of my logo colours. The font I used for headings is Overlock SC which is a font similar to the one in my logo. To go with this I’m using the font Open Sans.
My website is a child theme based on DinevThemes’ theme Teletype, but with quite a few adjustments to have it suit my needs and design wishes better. I think this theme displays portfolio work really well as it allows me to present the different projects in a nice matter already on the home page.
The portfolio should come across as organised, minimalistic, and easy to navigate. Because of the little use of colours, there isn’t too much going on, which lets the viewer focus more on the actual assignments – which, of course, is the main purpose of a portfolio. I also let the layout of my reports be inspired by the website, and have displayed each of the individual reports almost as if they were a page on the website itself.
– This is an extract from my report, and the whole assignment can be read here: REPORT –
Until next time, stay creative,
Monika
Monika RH Design 