Day 30 of 30 Day UI/UX Design Challenge: Reflecting on My Journey 🌱

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🎨 Today’s Task: Reflection and Review

For the final day, my partner suggested I reflect on the 29 challenges I’ve completed to identify what I enjoyed most and what areas I excel in.

💡 Reviews & Redesigns

Here’s a look back at what I would change now and which challenges I enjoyed the most!

Day 1: Detective Conan Escape Room Booking Page

  • Card Order: I’d reorder the difficulty levels from easy to hard (left to right).
  • Button Color: The yellow was too harsh; I’d opt for a softer yellow.
Day 1 challenge redesign

Day 2: Dashboard for Vegan Athletes

  • Alignment: The “Add” button, “Show more,” and other elements on the right side need better alignment.
  • Button Icons: I’d place icons on the right side of the buttons for consistency.
  • Colors: I’d love to refine the colour palette further.
Day 2 challenge redesign

Day 3: Medieval Artist Portfolio

  • Accessibility: I’d redesign the “How to work with me” section to be more screen reader-friendly.
Day 3 challenge redesign

Day 4: Portfolio Gallery Section

  • Toggle Button: Aligning the toggle circle with the outer line improved the design.
  • Year Label: I added “Created in” before the year for clarity.
  • Hover Effect: I darkened the hover background and added an arrow icon for better visual feedback.
Day 4 challenge redesign

Day 5: Psyduck’s Mindfulness App - Meditation Screen

  • No Alerts: I’d remove alerts, keeping reminders as voice prompts during meditation.
  • Spacing & Icons: More bottom spacing and larger menu icons, with a darker volume button.
Day 5 challenge redesign

Day 6: Ethical Cat Café Website Infographic

  • Redesign: The original table was unclear, so I’d switch to individual cards for each cat’s state, with added body language illustrations.
Day 6 challenge redesign

Day 7: Modernizing the Freibad Hornberg Website

  • Spacing: I’d refine the spacing for ticket prices and lighten the titles.
  • Pool Bar: I’d simplify the pool bar design.
Day 7 challenge redesign

Day 8: Cart/Checkout Redesign for Freibad Hornberg

  • Navbar & Price Section: I’d add a top navbar and make the price section more visually appealing.
  • Input Fields: I’d include placeholders for each input field.
Day 8 challenge redesign

Day 9: Redesign of medienbaecker.com

  • Toggle Button: I’d replace the toggle with an icon for a cleaner look.
  • Profile Photo: I’d make the profile photo circular.
Day 9 challenge redesign

Day 10 & 11: German & Japanese Culture Icons

  • Icon Swap: I’d replace the Pretzel and Zugspitze icons with a sausage, traditional hat, or simpler mountain.

Day 12: Dashboard for Hexalytics

  • Text Alignment & Icons: I’d align all text to the left and add icons to each card.
Day 12 challenge redesign

Day 13 & 14: Redesigning the Juni Website

  • Menu Alignment: I’d left-align the menu, reduce the sub-headline size, and adjust the spacing under icons in the Super 5 section.

Day 15: Poop Tracker App Concept & Wireframing

  • No Changes: I’m satisfied with this design as is.

Day 16: Poop Tracker App Visual Design & Prototyping

  • Light Mode: I’d add a light mode option.
  • Navbar: I’d include a download menu in the navbar and remove the insight menu since it’s already on the home screen.
Day 16 challenge redesign

Day 17: Enhancing the Poop Tracking App Experience

  • User Reminder: I’d explore more prominent ways to remind users of their previous choices on the second entry screen.

Day 18: Redesigning the TELL Japan Logo

  • Speech Bubble: I’d modify the speech bubble shape for consistency in smaller versions.

Day 19: Content Restructuring for TELL Japan Website

  • No Changes: I’m happy with this redesign.

Day 20: Paragliding Website Animation

  • Single Section: I’d limit the animation to one section rather than using it in the header.

Day 21: Versatile Article/Event Card Component for TELL Japan

  • Share Icon: The share icon isn’t obvious; I’d remove it and add a share or copy link button on the event page.
  • Hover Effect: I’d underline event titles in addition to the shadow effect to signal clickability.
Day 21 challenge redesign

Day 22: Accessibility Audit for Pick Up Limes Website

  • No Changes: Satisfied with the accessibility improvements made.

Day 23: Redesign for Pick Up Limes Website

  • Clickable Sections: I’d remove clickable section titles and streamline buttons to direct users to specific pages.
Day 23 challenge redesign

Day 24: Insights into Japanese Web Design

  • Further Research: I’d like to conduct more research and potentially select a different website for improvement.

Day 25: Redesign of note.com

  • Newsletter Box: I’d make the newsletter box wider and add dates to the top of each event card.
Day 25 challenge redesign

Day 26: Designing My Own Blog Page

  • Tag Design: I’d redesign the tags to look more like physical tags and reduce the latest posts to two.
Day 26 challenge redesign

Day 27: Designing My Blog Article Page

  • No Changes: After experimenting with alignment, I prefer the centred layout.

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Day 28: Poopy Tracker App Landing Page with Animated Features

  • Additional Animations: I’d animate the cat and poop on the mobile frame.
  • Mobile Frame Ratio: I’d adjust the mobile frame to the actual ratio for accuracy.

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Day 29: Redesigning Seedlang Registration

  • Color Scheme: I’d consider changing the colour scheme entirely, possibly using a darker blue or their green as the primary colour.

Most Enjoyed Challenge: Day 1 - Detective Conan Escape Room!

I had a lot of fun with this challenge, envisioning the escape room experience. It turned out even better than I expected, which made it especially satisfying! 💕

💌 Any Thoughts?

If you’ve been following along, thank you so much! I hope my journey provided some value, inspiration, or maybe even a touch of nostalgia. I love connecting with other designers, developers, or any open-minded people—feel free to reach out via email or on Mastodon!

With love and light 🫶🏻

Yoshie

P.S. I’m considering another challenge focused on accessibility. If you have any ideas on how I can continue to grow as a UI/UX designer aligned with values like inclusiveness, sustainability, and accessibility, please let me know! 🥰

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