Rhodes Engineering and Carpentry Website Design and Build
Module learning outcomes:
- Identify the factors that contribute to successful websites and apply this learning in designing a site.
- Apply design principles in developing the visual look and layout of a website.
- Use appropriate programming languages to code a website.
- Show awareness of the current trends and technologies in the web industry.
This was a second year project. The brief was to find a real world client and build a website for them in a professional manner. I was approached by a friend of a friend who happened to need a website. The client was a bespoke engineering and carpentry specialist who created eccentric designs. I was one of the only students where the client went ahead and made the website live and is still live today. Please see the Rhodes engineering and Carpentry website to view the full working site.
What I did:
- All photography site wide excluding the two pictures that was referenced.
- Website designs and Wireframes.
- New logo to match the design aesthetic.
- All coding / building work using HTML, CSS & jQuery.
- Responsive design, Mobile, tablet and desktop.
- Launched the site, SSL certificate and set up all the hosting etc.
- Rhodes live website.
Design and planning document
Website Designs
The project
Component 1 was a 10 minute presentation showing a proof of concept along with my planning process, visual materials such as storyboard’s and mood board’s, research and anything else that went in to the design and planning of my project, such as updates of my Trello project management boards. Component 2 was to present my project as a finished article. Which is to be a printed, finished children’s book.
Skills used
- The designs were created using Adobe XD.
- The website was build Using jQuery, HTML and CSS.
- The presentation was made using Adobe Indesign.
Amie Frain | Creative Media Professional 