Isabella Mancini's Portfolio

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UX / UI Design

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Denver Zoo Redesign

Sole researcher and designer responsible for identifying pain points in the ticket purchasing experience. Completed several iterations in order to streamline the task flow and created Figma prototype from scratch.

Tools: Adobe Illustrator | Adobe XD | Google Forms

Trip Mate

For this project my team and I had to chose a problem based around student life and use the design thinking to come up with a solution that was best for our target audience. This was an empathy forward process that resulted in the protyping of an app called TripMate and a video showcasing it's use.

Tools: Adobe Illustrator | Indesign | Figma | Google Forms

Alone Time

For my first introduction to design thinking I was tasked with observing the phenomenom of alone time and how it's spent to come up with a useful app.

Tools: Adobe Illustrator | Adobe XD | Google Forms

Brand Identity

Kvadrat Really Rebranding

During my time studying in Denmark my class did a project to redesign the fabric company Kvadrat Really. As yor read in the booklet, we research the company toured their headquaters and asked the VP questions to understand the essence of the company. We them iterated through several design solutions and ended up coming up with a new brand ecosystem to present to the company.

Tools Used: Adobe Illustrator | Adobe InDesign | Adobe After Effects

Graphic Dialogs, Typography, Form, and Colors

During my time studying abroad in Denmark I took a Graphic Design Foundations class. In this class we did a study tour of Denmark and the Netherlands in which we met with graphic designer, motion designers, and product designers to learn more about their work and their industry.

Tools: Adobe Illustrator | Indesign | Adobe After Effects

Front End Development

My Portfolio

My strongest example of Frontend Development is this website. I began using it to strengthen my coding skills and have gone through several iteration of design. This current design has been my favorite. For the last 2 years I've been building it up and adding new features. Here is the link to my repository to see my code!

Languages: HTML | CSS | Javascript

Other Skills

Balloon Town

This project is geared towards children and aims to give them comfortable about where their balloon goes when they let go of it. I had so much fun creating this project and practicing animating hand illustration.

Tools: Procreate | Adobe After Effects

How To: Brainstorming

This animation touches on some brainstorming techniques. All assets where created by me using Adobe Illustrator and animated in Adobe After Effects. I spent alot of time learning about motion curves and playing with different 2D animation shots. I hope you enjoy!

Tools: Adobe Illustrator | Adobe After Effects

Still Woozy: Animated Poster

poster animation

I made this animated poster for one of my favorite albums Still Woozy's debute album "If this isn't nice what is?"

Tools: Adobe Illustrator | Adobe After Effects

Spring In Boulder

I created this emmersive film to encalsulate Boulder in spring along with a soundscape to encaplusate the envirnment. The montage is progressive from March to May and I wanted to highlight Boulder's unique relationship with snow in spring, one day it's snowy and the next it's sunny and dried up!

Tools Used: Ableton | Adobe Premier Pro

Design Analysis

This analysis paper was written using Norman's seven fundemental design principals and showcases my understanding of why we design things the way we do.



Consulting Report

This consulting report was done in close contact with CU Boulder's head architect to come up with a solution to help CU get closer to their goal of being carbon neutral by 2040. My team discussed with the architect several solar solutions and then evaluted those options to recommend the best course of action based on polls, comparitive research, and ROI calculations.