Ahmed Hassan

If you're into photography and design, the light in the Burwood library atrium around 4pm is amazing for portraits. Doing a small photo walk next Thursday, all skill levels.

REA internship folio review: they spent 15 minutes on ONE case study and skipped the rest. Depth of process beats volume of shots. Show the messy middle: research, dead ends, iterations, not just the final screens.

REA Group UX internships: I am happy to pass portfolios from Deakin design students to our design lead. Before asking, make sure you have three case studies that show process, not just final screens: the problem, what you learned from users, the options you threw away, and why. I will give feedback on the first ten portfolio links in the replies, whether or not I refer you.

ADD105 tip: photograph your sketches and sticky-note walls from day one. The folio deadline in week 12 is really a documentation test, and you cannot recreate process photos you never took.

Figma tip that levels up student work instantly: auto layout everything, then set up 4 text styles and 6 colour variables before you design a single screen. Constraints make you faster, not slower.

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