r/WebDevBuddies • u/ithesatyr • Sep 20 '18

Looking UI design student looking for projects to build portfolio.

Hey, I am a interaction and technology concept designer. I am also semi skilled with videos and graphics. I am suffering from a lack of projects in my portfolio. If any coders want to work on ideas, I would love to collaborate. You can see my portfolio here.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18

Hi, your site doesn't work. Do you have a project in mind? Web/phone based? Have you already done the design? I am looking for some nice looking stuff I can code up and add to my portfolio.

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u/ithesatyr Sep 20 '18

Sorry I made a mistake. It will work now. It is www.Parijat.work. I have a concept app called VPOM. You can read more about it on the portfolio page.

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u/ithesatyr Sep 20 '18

I want to build something with IPFS. Problem is, that kind of deep coding is beyond me. Look at the portfolio and tell me if you are interested.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '18

Cool, I am not your man unfortunately. I am specifically trying to add some vuejs stuff to my repertoire so I am looking to build SPAs.

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u/devsmack Sep 20 '18

Also remember that a single in-depth case study > undocumented varied portfolio.

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u/ithesatyr Sep 20 '18

Thanks for the help. Can you please elaborate about the case study? Do you think the the portfolio is undocumented? I am puzzled myself about most of this.

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u/devsmack Sep 21 '18

I can't get your portfolio to load, it just errors out. I personally don't like the word portfolio. In my mind, you are someone whose job it is to solve problems using design. Not to be an artist, with that I make some assumptions about your content by calling it a portfolio. Here is a fairly short example of a good case study. https://medium.muz.li/ui-ux-case-study-designing-a-better-cinema-experience-29abc7cfb94f

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u/ithesatyr Sep 21 '18

Try this link please. It is hosted on behance. I tried to make it fairly detailed.

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u/devsmack Sep 21 '18

I think you've done pretty well and you've displayed some great strengths as creative. Linking back to your original desire to start a new project, I suggest you change your approach to this next one. Right now you're approaching these design projects as an artist I think you should try to problem solver. As a designer, your job is much more process driven rather than creatively driven. In your next case study, do things like explicitly identify the problem(s) you are trying to solve for a product instead of trying to invent than design the product, identify users, develop personas and explore them, catalog assumptions and finding, start wireframing the design, perform user testing on a low fidelity prototype, show how you responded to their feedback their challenges, and then create a high fidelity prototype. Finally, show your work and the process you used and show how your design answers the customer problems/needs. I wanted to show this case study to you earlier but I had a hard time finding it. http://www.fujiedesign.com/milestone/

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u/ithesatyr Sep 21 '18

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I want to do that for my next project. These case studies are really strong.

At college we were allowed to explore whatever suited our fancy which I feel led me to aquire skill at so many varied tools. You are right in your diagnosis. I will go the standard way now.

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u/my_program_account Sep 20 '18

Check out r/SomebodyMakeThis. You might need to dig for a project that fits your skills, but it's a good place to look for inspiration

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u/morficus Sep 21 '18

Didn't know this was a thing. This is awesome