As a design student at Universidade de Aveiro, whenever I had to visit the website I felt an urge to redesign it. Not because it was ugly (because it was), but because it was messy, every department had their own way to present themselves and we always had to resort to a magical index to find anything at all. So I was super excited when I had the chance to do just that.
The first step was to see exactly what was going on with the old site. I had to visit all the pages, talk with the users, not only the students but also the people responsible for the websites.
The university just had the identity updated and the website was a key component to reflect the new image.
The first step was to see exactly what was going on with the old site. I had to visit all the pages, talk with the users, not only the students but also the people responsible for the websites.
The university just had the identity updated and the website was a key component to reflect the new image.
Examples of the design system created for the university network.
The main criteria for the success of the project were the adoption by all the departments of the university. For that not only the new design had to be interesting and compelling, it had to be flexible and easy to use. The design system really helped to achieve that goal.
Glyphs for the new website.
The new website was created with the university brand in mind. I used all the appropriate assets I could, but I also had to create many new glyphs for interactions across the website. 16 x 16 px grid all the way ^^, As a bonus, I managed to introduce a glyph that resembles a treasure chest from Final Fantasy and Zelda games, well actually, any 16-bit game that had treasure chests.
