Redesign Log

Documenting the process of redesigning my website


About this site

December 17, 2019

This site is a log of major design changes made to my portfolio as a way to track its evolution. For now, my goal is to shift my portfolio site away from the “academic” and more into the “professional”.

I'm extremely excited to start this log. In personal projects, it’s easy to blow through revision after revision. I'm looking forward to slowing down my process and being more reflective and open in my design process.

The design of this website is kept to a minimum. It’s just a simple container for talking about what I’m working on. This site has some of the same visual language as my portfolio site, like the bold sans serif and rules, but it’s also extremely lightweight using only using webfonts, websafe colors, and less than 200 lines of CSS. The typography is all here:


h1 {
  font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 48px;
  line-height: .125em;
}

h2 {
  font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 2em;
  line-height: 16px;
}

p {
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 20px;
  color: #2c2c2c;
}
    

That’s it! Thanks for joining me on this new approach to my design process. I'm excited to see where this goes.