CLIENT
Frontcover
YEAR
11/2024 - 12/2024
SCOPE OF WORK
Designed a bento-style widget template for communities
Frontcover is a digital platform for growing vibrant communities. Through visual updates, curated content, and exclusive benefits, the platform creates a centralized hub that keeps communities connected and engaged.
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Key Responsibility
- Designed widget components and bento-style layouts to showcase events, blog content, investors and other community features.
- Created a reusable Figma template that enables community managers to customize widgets while maintaining their own brand consistency easily.
- Collaborated closely with the founder through an iterative design process to ensure alignment with platform goals and user needs.
Outcome
- Successfully delivered a refreshed community page design that enhances visual storytelling and content discovery. It is being implemented across the Frontcover platform.
- Delivered Figma bento-style widget template for other communities on the platform.
- Completed the project on schedule while maintaining high design standards and client satisfaction.
"Anna did great work and was great to work with. She is very responsive."
Alan Crabbe
Founder @ Frontcover
Design Showcase
Before changes (Frontcover Community Page)
After changes example (Frontcover Community Page)
Design Process
STEP 1: DISCOVERY & ANALYSIS
Research and analyze technical constraints
Explored contemporary bento-style layouts and analyzed system requirements to establish design parameters for the widget system.
Defined core card elements: configuration options, labels, and interaction states.
Define fixed widget sizes based on technical constraints on the web to maintain consistency across different cards.
STEP 2: DESIGN
Created a design system
Created a comprehensive design system with color palette, typography, and spacing guidelines to ensure brand cohesion.
Established color palette and typography hierarchy for consistent visual language.
STEP 3: COMPONENT CREATION
Widget design and layout
Explored bento-style arrangements to create engaging community content displays and designed widgets with a fixed size.
Explored various bento-style arrangements to showcase different content types effectively.
Examples of: Designed widgets with standardized sizes and consistent styling across different content types.
STEP 4: TESTING & REFINEMENT
Iteration and refinement
Collaborated with the founder through multiple design iterations to optimize layouts and visual elements.
Screenshots: Refined widget designs through feedback cycles, exploring various layout options and icon styles.
STEP 5: CREATE DESIGN TEMPLATE
Designed a reusable template for other communities on the platform
Created a reusable Figma template enabling communities to customize widgets while maintaining design consistency easily.
Created an organized template with clear documentation and preset layouts for efficient design changes. Community managers can easily make content changes based on the template. (Image: Design Template Cover)