Designing with a user-centered approach, focusing on clarity, accessibility, and engagement.
Designing with a user-centered approach, focusing on clarity, accessibility, and engagement.
"Ms. Oswald has
single-handedly improved [our] base aesthetic. She has assisted the rest of our organization in following her lead and has genuinely made us appear
more professional
and cohesive to
the community
we serve."
- Visual Communications Manager, Rocky River Public Library
About Me
I live in Columbus, OH with my partner, Chase and three (yes, three) cats, Milk, Ramses, and Bird.
In my spare time I enjoy exploring nature and being outside as well as restorative yoga and creating floorpans for homes. I also spend a few hours a week volunteering at the local library.
Why I Love Design
I started designing in high school when I took a Visual Communication vocational my junior year. I have always loved art, but once I got into this class and learned about being a graphic designer it just felt natural. Once I learned about the world of front-end development I fell in love with the process of UX and UI. Designing is like solving a puzzle to me, I always know there is an "answer" I just have to find it. Only when all elements are considered; client needs, view/user needs, design principles, is when I know a project is done. If any of those pieces aren't working seamlessly together, my job isn't done!
Why I Love Design
I started designing in high school when I took a Visual Communication vocational my junior year. I have always loved art, but once I got into the class and learned about the expansive world design has to offer, it just felt natural. In college I was introduced to the world of front-end development and I fell in love with the process of UX and UI, bridging the gap between something that is so familiar to me, visual design, with my curiosity of those around me and what makes people tick. Throughout my career in the public library system and working with Appalachian and rural Ohio, I am fortunate to have gained a deep understanding of designing for diverse audiences and what it truly means to design for people. I am a firm believer in the importance of fostering a collaborative, empowering, and constructive space for myself and those around me for a project. Great design is all about balance, and that involves everything that goes into a project.
More About Me
I live in Columbus, OH with my partner, Chase and three (yes, three) cats, Milk, Ramses, and Bird.
In my spare time I enjoy exploring nature and being outside as well as restorative yoga and creating floorpans for homes. I also spend a few hours a week volunteering at the local library.
Milk
Ramses
Bird
I started designing in high school when I took a Visual Communication vocational my junior year. I have always loved art, but once I got into the class and learned about the expansive world design has to offer, it just felt natural. In college I was introduced to the world of front-end development and I fell in love with the process of UX and UI, bridging the gap between something that is so familiar to me, visual design, with my curiosity of those around me and what makes people tick.
Throughout my career in the public library system and working with Appalachian and rural Ohio, I am fortunate to have gained a deep understanding of designing for diverse audiences and what it truly means to design for people. I am a firm believer in the importance of fostering a collaborative, empowering, and constructive space for myself and those around me for a project. Great design is all about balance, and that involves everything that goes into a project.