This week, we had a class critique focused on our project 3 Figma concept. This involved uploading our design to a shared Miro board.

The Critique

I uploaded my at the time current Figma prototype for my Women in Design website. I was glad to have an opportunity to have its strengths and weaknesses evaluated, as I wasn’t super confident with my current version and knew that I could make some changes to improve it. Of course, I liked the overall design, however recognised that I could improve to make it more visually appealing and engaging.

My Feedback

I received quite a bit of feedback during our critique:

• Increase the margins width: It was suggested that my design’s margins were too thin, creating a body of text that was wider than standard on a website. Honestly, this isn’t something I had paid particular attention to during the process of designing on Figma, this also acted as a reminder to pay attention to fine details like this that may go overlooked.
• Larger line spacing: Another suggestion was to increase the line spacing to ensure that my body text isn’t too tightly packed. Upon looking back at my design here, I agree that I may benefit from increasing this, particularly in enhancing readability.
• More images: Of course, a key suggestion was to add more responsive images. I accept that for a design showcasing a designer, I was really lacking in images, particularly by only showcasing two pieces of work.
• Less width between quote and image 3: A final suggestion made was to reduce the spacing between the quote and image three. Although a fine detail, small things like this really contribute to how cohesive and professional a design looks.

Making these changes

I made these changes and an happy that my website benefited from the suggestions. The exact changes I made can be seen in my Project 3 blog.

Project 03 - Women in Design

Updated Design

Week 12 Reflection

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I was very happy with how the critique went this week, and am confident that the feedback I received has helped to improve my project. As evidenced above, I took the feedback that I got and carefully made each change, and I feel that my design looks much more professional and fitting with its theme.

With these changes made and the positive feedback I received, I am quite pleased with how my project 3 is progressing at this stage and am confident that I will be able to recreate this using GitHub and VS Code.

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