Season Shrestha
Atomic Design was proposed by Brad Frost as a concept of considering the user interface design as a system consisting of smaller components instead of individual pages. Since websites and apps began to be larger and had to support a variety of devices, designing page by page began to become an issue. The appearance of […]
I chose Alf’s Cycles as the focus for my small business website project. Before designing or developing anything, I began by imagining a story—the story of a man named Alf. Story Building Alf was someone with a lifelong passion for bicycles and a natural warmth that made him well loved within his community. He taught […]
My Major Project is a website about design psychology, where I am going to address the following questions: how psychological concepts affect digital design decision-making, user behavior and usability. Most of the information being presented without taking into account the user experience may complicate the content of the information. The users may find it hard […]
Airbnb’s colour palette combines soft whites, warm greys, and its signature Rausch pink (#FF385C). The warm pink accent gives the interface a friendly and welcoming tone, reflecting Airbnb’s brand message of belonging. The muted neutrals keep the layout elegant and professional, while the bright accent guides the user’s eyes toward important CTAs and highlights. The […]
Spotify’s design relies heavily on deep blacks, dark greys, and its signature vibrant green (#1DB954) for accents and buttons. The dark background enhances the visual contrast and gives a premium, immersive feel, especially for music and media. The bright green accent colour instantly draws attention to key actions like “Sign Up” or “Play.” This limited […]
Notion uses a minimal black-and-white palette with subtle grey tones and occasional accent colours in illustrations or icons. The monochrome palette gives Notion a clean, distraction-free interface, ideal for productivity and focus. The use of white space creates a sense of calm and simplicity, while the dark text ensures maximum readability. It also makes user-generated […]
Medium.com’s typography is designed for long-form readability and clean editorial presentation, making it one of the most user-friendly platforms for online articles. The site primarily uses a system font stack—including -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, “Segoe UI”, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, “Fira Sans”, “Droid Sans”, “Helvetica Neue”, sans-serif—for the interface, which ensures fast loading, consistent rendering across devices, […]
Anthropic’s typography blends precision and warmth to reflect its mission of making AI both powerful and human-centered. The site uses Styrene (by Commercial Type) for headlines and Tiempos (by Klim Type Foundry) for body text, giving it a distinctive yet readable voice. (Geist) Styrene’s proportions (narrow but with extended characters) lend a technical, modern edge, […]
Notion’s typography is clean, modern, and highly readable, thanks to its well-crafted font stack: NotionInter, Inter, -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Apple Color Emoji, Arial, sans-serif, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol. This stack combines custom and system fonts to balance personality with performance. The primary typeface, NotionInter (a customized version of Inter), provides a […]
This week, I explored how design principles and CSS techniques work together to create visually balanced and readable web pages. Design Principles From the “Design Principles I” lecture, I learned that strong visual design relies on balance, gradation & contrast, and repetition & rhythm. Balance ensures that visual weight is evenly distributed across a layout, […]