Report Client Project

In the client project i chose to create a design that would boost the awareness of cancer research within the Alumni association.

The project was to create a multimedia device/service for Alumni. That would benefit the company or clients. Immediately I tackled the brief by thinking up possible scenarios and how the product I would make may solve these or in fact help. I found that after numerous lectures the company helps others in many ways and works across a board area. To create something that functioned and was fit for purpose in the allotted time I decided to develop something more specific aiming at a certain sector of the business. The particular sector I wanted to do was Cancer research as not only would this be an area that I could raise awareness but I could develop A device that could raise donations that would help others. Working for the Alumni Company to create a way of donating through them which has its benefits.

Now I had a goal set in mind of what I would make I began the planning stages. The initial Ideas for the products I had where, A short animation with details at the end for charity purposes and Donating. The second was a website or App. The next was a logo and poster. These all being different ways of developing a multimedia product that could work for the Alumni in advertising and functioning to help raise awareness. After weighing up the pros and cons and taking into account the time limit I decided on making an App with a Logo as an addition. The reason for this was to help create a design that functioned but also has its own identification. I started the producing stages by drawing up a few different wireframes for the site. I also drew up numerous illustrations of possible logo designs. Now I had some ideas on paper I began the coding process and getting the structure of the app made. For this part I had a few problems getting the code to look and function correctly on both IPhone and Android. I used J query to help and also added media queries to resize the screen for other protable devices. I then used the CSS to style and add the graphics from the wireframes I had created on Photoshop. I decided on one of the designs out of the two I made by getting constructive criticism and an audience to pass comments on both. This gave me critical comments on the style, structure, color scheme and visuals. This helped in making the final decisions on how to design the final app but also what would work best. After creating the basic structure and design I began polishing parts of it and adding/ improving areas of the design. This included the functionality and transitions between the slides and the padding between certain objects. After adjusting these minor sections it made the overall functionality work and look better. Once finished and the final adjustments where amended after gaining feedback and constructive criticism off a number of participants. This consisted of statements about the graphics on certain pages such as font styles and typefaces that didn’t fit the correct criteria. Also another key change I made was the format of the pages and how the text was portrayed to the browser within the website. I made a theme that works as a whole to get the message across whilst graphically standing out.

The final product I believe achieved the aspirations and goals I set out to meet at the beginning of the project. I came across a few problems in the project especially in the coding, but putting in extra time and effort overcame these glitches and helped produced the final product. Overall I managed to organize my time well and finished the product in time even with the problems I had within the programing. After testing the app/ website I don’t think I would have done the project differently than I did it. As I meet the brief and managed to create a piece of work that not only functions to the needs of the client but also helps in the awareness and donation of cancer research.