For the fourth and last semester our portfolio had to include the three Mandatory Assignments from this semester, and the reports for these. So my portfolio consists of a website, a poster and photoshoot for an awareness campaign, and a motion design title sequence.
This semester’s assignments have been fun, exciting, demanding, 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 and in design in general.
I have kept building my own design identity, and believe this today is a lot stronger than prior to this semester – yet still keeping an open mind to approach other styles and looks. Working with web design, photography, posters, iconography and motion design has broadened my knowledge in different ways of successful communication. My skills in Illustrator, Photoshop and After Effects have improved a lot, and this again has made my work process more effective and the end result more desirable.
My interactive portfolio presenting this semester’s work can be found on monikarh.com/portfolio4.
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 colours in use are based on those in my logo. The font I used for headings is Mirza, which is the font used in my logo. To go with this I’m using the font Open Sans.
My one-page portfolio website is built from scratch, using HTML and CSS. Since this was a website that would not need updating very regularly, and it would not be a very complex one, I figured I might as well do all the coding on my own, rather than using WordPress. I believe the design of the website displays my portfolio work well, as I have very clearly separated the different assignments with a small change in the background colour. By adding a menu to the top, it is also easy to quickly navigate to the assignment of interest.
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 –
Stay creative,
Monika
Monika RH Design 