Maria Rakovic is a RIBA accredited M.Sc. Architect and unbiased digital designer specializing in Internet Design and Branding. With a ardour for visible arts and interactive design, she brings a novel mix of architectural prudence, design expertise and creativity to each challenge. Presently serving to a UK firm with their every day design wants, whereas freelancing for shoppers globally. She makes use of her experience to craft partaking e-commerce, enterprise, and private web sites that join deeply with customers’ refined expectations.
Work Showcase
Intro
Inventive Imaginative and prescient Clothes – OPRIL
OPRIL is inventive clothes e-commerce. As per my ardour for e-commerce and eternal explorations, this present work was carried out utilizing solely free sources to current how one thing partaking and visually hanging will be achieved with none funding. I used free fonts, AI generated pictures, Figma, Jitter and Framer. These explorations additionally embody full visible identification.
Women Nook
This challenge is particular to me due to its supply pace. The shopper wanted some impactful visuals simply to have the ability to present them on the identical day. From moodboard and selecting imagery and typography to structure and composition whereas making animations, it took me somewhat extra that 4 hours to finish it from scratch.
Flattered Redesign
Captured by the fantastic thing about Flattered fluffy flip-flops, this redesign occurred instinctively as I imagined my very own person expertise in shopping for this beautiful product.
Beatton E-commerce
Beatton trendy furnishings e-commerce is the artwork route that shopper allowed me to finalize it in the best way I’ve discovered it interesting. Utilizing stunning typography and taking part in with the structure to make one thing inviting, this was notably fulfilling work for me and it acquired very constructive suggestions on social media which I’m very grateful for.
Venice Biennale
The Ball of Sonorities was a sound laboratory that provided an experimental platform which captured and broadcasted several types of sound extracts. It was positioned at The Ball Theatre venue of the Venice Biennale of Structure in 2023. To make this idea extra welcoming and friendlier, I performed with geometric shapes that characterize the echo and the black, white and gray shade palette to breed the minimalist feel and appear.
iOrders SaaS Touchdown Web page
This challenge concerned making a touchdown web page for SaaS – a administration software program for e-commerce. The wireframes had been supplied so my half was crafting UI that resonates with shopper’s different platforms.
Design Decor
Two years after making this presentation for a luxurious furnishings store, it wanted a contemporary design refit. I structured a extra inflexible grid, refreshed the colour palette and typography, and added animations in order that the general design is extra in tune with the brand new model technique.
Background
My journey in structure started with a deep appreciation for visible arts, main me to acquire a Grasp’s diploma in Structure. Transition into design discipline got here naturally as the 2 professions have rather a lot in frequent. Gaining various expertise and expertise in each fields has helped me to determine my very own distinctive type and holistic strategy simply recognizable by my shoppers and colleagues. At current, I’m additionally engaged within the design a part of a B2B E-commerce web site that serves international prospects.
Design Philosophy
Minimalism and ease are my lifestyle and they’re clearly represented in my design work and visible narratives of my creations. I consider in creating designs that aren’t solely visually interesting but additionally significant and useful. Emphasizing user-centric design, guaranteeing that each challenge tells a narrative and serves its supposed function successfully, I attempt to discover a excellent steadiness and ‘join the dots’ in a scientific however visually interesting and all the time distinctive and completely different approach. I additionally embrace a collaborative strategy, involving shoppers within the design course of to foster creativity and guarantee alignment.
Instruments and Strategies
Instruments of selection that assist me carry my artistic visions to life are:
Figma is unquestionably my favourite software of selection for design in addition to for its versatile performance for executing completely different phases of the design course of.
I like Jitter very a lot as a result of it helps my designs to “come to life”. It provides one other perspective of feel and appear to my designs and enhances the power of the design by means of movement-animation.
Just lately, Framer is my selection for artistic growth and I’m beginning to use it an increasing number of in my work.
Photoshop is one other software that helps with enhancement of images. I take advantage of it within the first then then final stage of the design course of.
Inspiration
There is no such thing as a lack of inspiration for me, I really wrestle with the inspiration overload. Every part that surrounds me creates visuals in my thoughts that may be crafted into one thing significant and useful. From my environment, cultural experiences, travelling and the intersection of artwork and structure to a significant dialog that I had with a good friend final night time, the whole lot fuels my design creativity. My designs emerge from a deep understanding of context and the emotional connections they evoke.
Future Objectives
I intention to proceed increasing my design expertise, embracing rising applied sciences and methodologies to raise my work. I envision myself creating modern designs that problem typical boundaries and encourage others within the discipline of design.
Remaining Ideas
I wish to take this chance to ship a message to youthful designers. Dream large and embrace your ardour for design. Be somewhat “mad” if it takes. Desires do come true in the event you put your coronary heart and soul into it. If it occurred for me, it’s going to more than likely occur to you too. By no means cease. “We’re nothing however a frightened nanosecond”, as they are saying. There’s nothing in nature that lives with out enlargement. Seize your desires and make them into one thing stunning and distinctive that individuals will bear in mind you for.
