response...personal websites
As I mentioned in earlier posts, my major personal project this semester has been www.stefaniekienstra.com. I spent countless hours on it over spring break, and the class really seemed to notice the effort put in.
Likes: The way the photos popped out in the 'fine art' page, the home page, the fonts used, the simplicity of the site.
Dislikes: The 'design' page where I spent many days working to create a downloadable PDF for each and every one of my design clips, the home page, the fonts used, the simplicity of the website.
I think this once again goes to show just how varied all of our tastes and preferences are in design, and it was fun to see the splash of creativity and uniqueness on each person's site. I can't wait to see more next week!
you can't miss...
This week in "you can't miss", I am returning to my weekly blog critique. Back at Veer this week, they have some brand new iPad backgrounds! I thought this would be appropriate to include in the blog this week since we are spending every spare moment working on our Meredith prototypes for iPad. Check out some great designs, all courtesy of the Veer blog.
In case you can't tell, the following images is raining little mouse arrows...I thought it was appropriate. 
critique...Vox/Meredith
This week, I am working on completing the Meredith project (will we ever get it finished in time to get to the printer?!) as well as a feature for Vox.
I am really enjoying working on the 8-page Unemployment feature with Kathryn. As she explained in her blog, our biggest struggle is collecting all of the photos that belong to each individual that the story profiles. We came up with a strategic way to organize the story, though. For each of the first 3 spreads, we are dedicating one spread to each of the 3 individuals that are profiled. For the 4th spread, we are laying photos next to text for the series of 'mini-profiles' and also including charts, tables, and info boxes that go along with the story. It looks really nice and I am excited to present it to the class tomorrow afternoon.
As for Meredith, my group and I are working on completing the project right now - I am taking a break between designing Vox feature and Meredith to get my thoughts down on the blog, but I am about to embark on a journey (with Cara and Cassie) of completing this project that hopefully will not last too late into the evening! We are working much more cohesively as a design team, and no matter how many changes our publishers request, Cara and Cassie and I are working togather to find a solution that they like. Needless to say, we are VERY excited for Friday (to the printer!!!) to come.
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