This portfolio you're looking at is a UX design project in and of itself. I designed it all from scratch, no templates. Here are a few things about this site I'm proud of.
Carousel
Here are two options for the carousel. As of this writing, I opted for the simpler one to reduce visual clutter and cognitive load. The answer to "what does this icon mean?" can quickly be answered after the visitor clicks the card and enters the page.
View other articles about a company
Clicking the "Company" chip at the top scrolls down to the section which shows other articles about that company. It has a nice hover state that uses an arrow to indicate that clicking the chip will take you somewhere else.
One potential benefit is that while this allows users to access a different dimension of the content model, the screen transitions past the page content first. That means if there's any interesting page content that catches the visitors' eye in that moment, they might be tempted to scroll back up.
All sorts of trickery being deployed here to keep readers engaged.
Header
A simple and beautiful hover state expanding from initials to my name.
Unfortunately, this detail is only available for folks on larger screens like tablet and desktop, and it pretty much only works with a cursor (most commonly on desktop, but sometimes with tablets)
New collapsed subheader
I'm considering designing a collapsed subheader to keep context while the visitor scrolls down the page.
This would also allow a user to be scrolled down on the page and still have access to the icon which scrolls them to the very bottom where there are more posts about the currently viewed company.
This is a cool idea, but it might not be worth pursuing, as it would introduce new visual clutter. It might be best to keep the site as simple and clean as possible.
On Wed May 10 I designed a social footer to allow visitors to be able to access my social links, email me, or view my "about" page easily from anywhere on the site.
On Wed May 31, 2023 I designed a collapsible "Design Experience" card to highlight some of the recent design jobs I held.
This portfolio you're looking at is a UX design project in and of itself. I designed it all from scratch, no templates. Here are a few things about this site I'm proud of.
Carousel
Here are two options for the carousel. As of this writing, I opted for the simpler one to reduce visual clutter and cognitive load. The answer to "what does this icon mean?" can quickly be answered after the visitor clicks the card and enters the page.
View other articles about a company
Clicking the "Company" chip at the top scrolls down to the section which shows other articles about that company. It has a nice hover state that uses an arrow to indicate that clicking the chip will take you somewhere else.
One potential benefit is that while this allows users to access a different dimension of the content model, the screen transitions past the page content first. That means if there's any interesting page content that catches the visitors' eye in that moment, they might be tempted to scroll back up.
All sorts of trickery being deployed here to keep readers engaged.
Header
A simple and beautiful hover state expanding from initials to my name.
Unfortunately, this detail is only available for folks on larger screens like tablet and desktop, and it pretty much only works with a cursor (most commonly on desktop, but sometimes with tablets)
New collapsed subheader
I'm considering designing a collapsed subheader to keep context while the visitor scrolls down the page.
This would also allow a user to be scrolled down on the page and still have access to the icon which scrolls them to the very bottom where there are more posts about the currently viewed company.
This is a cool idea, but it might not be worth pursuing, as it would introduce new visual clutter. It might be best to keep the site as simple and clean as possible.
On Wed May 10 I designed a social footer to allow visitors to be able to access my social links, email me, or view my "about" page easily from anywhere on the site.
On Wed May 31, 2023 I designed a collapsible "Design Experience" card to highlight some of the recent design jobs I held.
This portfolio you're looking at is a UX design project in and of itself. I designed it all from scratch, no templates. Here are a few things about this site I'm proud of.
Carousel
Here are two options for the carousel. As of this writing, I opted for the simpler one to reduce visual clutter and cognitive load. The answer to "what does this icon mean?" can quickly be answered after the visitor clicks the card and enters the page.
View other articles about a company
Clicking the "Company" chip at the top scrolls down to the section which shows other articles about that company. It has a nice hover state that uses an arrow to indicate that clicking the chip will take you somewhere else.
One potential benefit is that while this allows users to access a different dimension of the content model, the screen transitions past the page content first. That means if there's any interesting page content that catches the visitors' eye in that moment, they might be tempted to scroll back up.
All sorts of trickery being deployed here to keep readers engaged.
Header
A simple and beautiful hover state expanding from initials to my name.
Unfortunately, this detail is only available for folks on larger screens like tablet and desktop, and it pretty much only works with a cursor (most commonly on desktop, but sometimes with tablets)
New collapsed subheader
I'm considering designing a collapsed subheader to keep context while the visitor scrolls down the page.
This would also allow a user to be scrolled down on the page and still have access to the icon which scrolls them to the very bottom where there are more posts about the currently viewed company.
This is a cool idea, but it might not be worth pursuing, as it would introduce new visual clutter. It might be best to keep the site as simple and clean as possible.
On Wed May 10 I designed a social footer to allow visitors to be able to access my social links, email me, or view my "about" page easily from anywhere on the site.
On Wed May 31, 2023 I designed a collapsible "Design Experience" card to highlight some of the recent design jobs I held.
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