M Degree

M Degree tells the story of two pastry chefs that decided to start their own company as partners

The objective was to create website that showcased their work to connect to potential investors and clients


www.mmdegree.com
mmdegree home page

Main Goals

Showcase the client's work

Minimal design, the client aspires for a "clean look"


Challenges

New brand, new identity. The website came before than the logo

The images were collected from diverse projects, witch displayed aesthetic inconsistency


UI Design Approach

The interface design main concept is to focus users' attention on the client's work. The goal is reached applying minimal design concepts, by making the images the main elements, and using black and white as predominant colors


Style Guide

Define style adopting minimal design strategy

- Typography: One versatil sans-serif font. Intending to generate consistency across the website

- Color palette: Use of green brand color and grayscale palette

- Use of “pure shapes”, circles, squares, straight lines


Information Architecture

Define the website sections

- About Us and Contact

- Press and Collaborations

- Works


Define Navigation

All the main parts would be reachable from the navigation bar and also from the home page

Design Process

Web Development

The design was implemented using React.js library that allowed better performance for its rendering by using a virtual DOM. Having the code structured in components also gave us the flexibility to combine CSS Libraries without overwriting each other, by using the components from React Materialize and React Bootstrap

Frontend Development: React.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JS6, Bootstrap 4, Materialize

Responsive Design

This website was designed and developed using flexible layouts, it responds to the user's behavior based on screen size, platform and orientation

Intro and Home Page

Cakes Modal

Press Modal