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Hi, I'm Malathy. I am a 7th grader. I created this website to combine the minds of middle schoolers so they can be kept updated and can connect with each other through this “What’s trending” website.

I am passionate about all things design. I recently started writing on Medium and published a website at malathyshah.com. I also love speech and debate and recently won an awards ceremony for Lincoln Douglas Debate!

My favorite book series is Keeper of the Lost Cities. I love puppies and I enjoy playing badminton. My favorite color is ice blue. 

A big thanks to Madeleine, my mentor, for guiding me through this, helping me design this website and giving me tips, tricks, and videos for me to learn more about design.
A big thanks to my mom for introducing me to design, introducing me to my favorite design idols, and supporting me throughout this journey.

About the Design

Designing this website included many steps and edits, and there are many components we had to keep in mind including the following.

Colors:

I chose a light beige, ice blue, shades of pink, and shades of brown. The reason I chose these colors was because it reflected the theme of warmth and fun. Beige and brown being warmth, and ice blue and pink being more experimental, and fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Design Tools:

I used a combination of wix, figma, and procreate for this design. I originally made the first draft of this website on figma and continued to move to wix. I used procreate to make the logo sketch and figma to refine the sketch.

Typography:

For the typography, I originally picked out Pathway Extreme on Figma but on Wix, this option was not there. I chose a new Gazpacho font in Wix. I also had some trouble finding the correct font and color on the submission sign up sheet but soon figured it out.

Layout:

I made the layout so that things can be easily navigated for the user, mainly using user experience thinking.

Logo Design:

I originally sketched the original design of the Logo on Procreate.  After making the logo on procreate, I tried to insert it into wix but it needed a vectorized svg image. I converted it but the background was black and the background removers did not support svg. The process of the logo was one of my main challenges because I originally didn't know how to convert the logo to svg and then my mentor, Madeleine, found a way to convert it easily to svg by using figma.

My experience with designing this website made me learn a lot of things. I originally jumped into the website, but the brainstorming, mood and all the challenges in all shaped this website to be what it is now.

About Us

Acknowledgements

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We ended up with the colors:

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