Product Design: Week 1
Day 1: 9th Jan:
Drey released our deliverables for this week: Design system, landing page and UX research
5 Pillars of Our Design System
- Brand guidelines: logo, brand image, personality & presence (non-aesthetic)
2. Style Guide: Typography, icons, illustrations
Visual Language: Feel of our product
Css framework
Pattern library
Meeting: 12 noon product design call
Participants: Donald, Oscar, Jonathan, Emmanuel
Topic: The 5 pillars discussed
Meeting: 2pm general call
Synopsis: Sub-groups created
Sub-Team Lead Visuals: Donald
Deputy Team Lead Visuals: Taiwo
Day 2: 10th Jan
Figma Team Project created for design system & landing page
Assigned tasks for Design System
Olisa: Icons Tobi: Typography and Buttons
Joe: Colors Donald: Composite components
Emma: Grid & Spacing Oscar: Illustrations
Day 3: 11th Jan
Sketches for the landing page started
5 planes document created by lead product designer
9pm meeting where the concept of the 5 planes for our UX was explained to the leadership
11pm Meeting: Product designers
Topic: Landing page & UX research (11pm – 12:30am)
Day 4: 12th Jan
UX Levels document created by lead product designer and sent to Oscar, Victoria and Theresa
UX research survey created and carried out
7pm product design call to continue the design system tasks
The call was between 7pm-8:25pm and we were able to conclude on our brands primary color (slate blue) and its secondary color (celest)
Day 5: 13th Jan
Finalizing the low and mid-fidelity of the landing page
Finishing touches on the style guide elements
UX research responses collated for week 1