Highlights
ARCS (Archaeological Resource Management System)
ARCS is a crowd-based digital ecosystem for collections of humanities resources…Read on!
Ridestream
In itself, Ridestream hopes to motivate individuals to make healthy decisions by creating a broader awareness of the benefits of exercise and healthy eating. I played a vital role in the initial planning and design phase of Ridestream as well as developed and designed user interfaces for several different iterations of Ridestream…Read on!
Wharton Center Development Department
At the Wharton Center, I proposed an interface overhaul, new information architecture, and a content strategy for the Development Department of the Wharton Center. The portfolio piece you're about to devour with your eyes happens to be the redesign for the Development section of the Wharton…Read on!
Good Words
Josh is inventive, driven, and passionate about UX. his contributions to @msuwide projects are as clever as they've been invaluable.
Josh Compton is a strategic force that has to be reckoned with
I'm glad Josh didn't use the identity marker thing that looked like fallopian tubes with wings.
Work
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User Experience Design
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ARCS (Archaeological Resource Management System)
ARCS (Archaeological Resource Cataloguing System) is a Web-based app that digitizes archaeological research materials (field journals, photos, inventory cards, maps, etc.), and links those materials with data harvested from those materials. That was the primary objective of ARCS when I was named project lead…Read on!
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Ridestream
In itself, Ridestream hopes to motivate individuals to make healthy decisions by creating a broader awareness of the benefits of exercise and healthy eating. I played a vital role in the initial planning and design phase of Ridestream as well as developed and designed user interfaces for several different iterations of Ridestream.…Read on!
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Garden User Assistance
ARCS (Archaeological Resource Cataloguing System) is a Web-based app that digitizes archaeological research materials (field journals, photos, inventory cards, maps, etc.), and links those materials with data harvested from those materials. That was the primary objective of ARCS when I was named project lead…Read on!
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Content Strategy
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Wharton Center Development Department
At the Wharton Center, I proposed an interface overhaul, new information architecture, and a content strategy for the Development Department of the Wharton Center. The portfolio piece you're about to devour with your eyes happens to be the redesign for the Development section of the Wharton Center's Site. In order to accomplish this, I performed informational interviews with the department heads, contextual inquiry with several representative users from our user personas.…Read on!
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Design
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Swing
In an exploration of letterforms and typography, I created a wordmark out of the word 'swing' with a graphic interpretation of the word. To make this wordmark, I developed the foundations for a new typeface.
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American Photo
A sample of a redesign I proposed for American Photo Magazine. The new design emphasized capturing the essence of each photograph and using type and large blocks of color as design elements.
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Spartan Edge
This is a campaign I devised working with Spartanedge.com emphasizing Spartan Edge's stress on multimedia over static text. The campaign was designed to be spread with posters and stencil bombing around MSU's campus.
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Pomegranate Records
I developed this identity for the fictional record label, Pomegranate Records. I created a logotype, design standards for print, and samples for apparel emphasizing the logomark's pomegranate record player.
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About Me
I don't call myself a designer. But I design layouts and identities.
I don't call myself a programmer, but I develop websites.
I don't call myself a writer, but I create content.
Because I can perform and lead in all three areas, I call myself something entirely different.
I've worked hard to position myself at the crux of design, programming, and creative communication.
I am a hub.
I design to make the physical world more accessible and make activities more collaborative.
I seek to bridge the gap from physical to digital in a way that both respects existing behaviors and capitalizes on the benefits of a digital environment.
My view on the internet is that it should be used as a platform to augment physical interaction.
My mission: to get people off their asses, out of their virtual bubble, and into the real world interacting with real people interfacing with physical things and doing actual stuff.
This, by nature, means incorporation of mobile and responsive design into the experience.
I'm Josh :D Compton, and I'm a User Experience Architect, Content Strategist and Interaction Designer. Come at me, bro.
