My travel app, Plannit, was a true test of my skill (and patience). It was a real trial and error project, with there being many, many iterations before I got what I wanted from the app. I knew that the task would be challenging, but wasn’t prepared for the serious self-doubt I would experience whilst completing it.
I was really happy with the final product, however long it took to get there. I learned quite a few lessons throughout the process, including to listen to my gut instincts when it comes to not developing an idea I don’t like.
I also learned that nothing will ever be ‘perfect’ in the eyes of the person designing it. Despite being happy with the final product, I obviously still have problems with it. Some of the elements aren’t the exact way I would want them to look, and had I had to develop the entire app to functionality it would probably have ended up completely different (as is life).
Either way, Plannit was a real passion project in a way. Many emotions were felt in the process, not all of them positive but all of them helpful.
I appreciated the infographic task as it was sort of a change of pace to what I would’ve expected from the deliverables this year, but I enjoyed having a different kind of design project to work on.
Having completed my infographic around COVID, I found it really interesting to have researched the death figures in the UK during the 2020-22 period. Knowing COVID has been fairly controversial, I knew it would be an interesting infographic to create and felt that the data being presented was emotive and capturing.
I enjoyed picking the colour scheme and fonts for the infographic. It was a nice change to design for more of a possible print format and I tried to take inspiration from any posters I’ve seen in the doctors’ when I’ve been in the waiting room. I knew there were always either illustrations or images to draw the viewer’s eyes to the poster. I decided to go with cartoonish illustrations as I didn’t want the infographic to be extremely stiff and dreary, especially due to the serious nature of the content. I used Montserrat for all the text as I feel its a clear, easy to read font and was appropriate for the content included.
Overall I was really happy with how my infographic turned out and I look forward to receiving feedback on it as I would really like to explore making more in future.