Clearframe
I’m exploring how creative teams could turn scattered feedback into an actionable decision.
Independent product design & creative direction
Original static design specimens · illustrative content · not a shipped product
Interface concept · illustrative content · not a live product
Clearframe · precision review instrument
Feedback with somewhere to go.
One review, top to bottom: what changed, where the feedback points, and the decision that was recorded. The project and people are fictional.
Project
Northlight
Spring poster series
Versions
- v4 Latest
- v3 Previous
- v2 Archived
LIGHT
What changed in v4
- Headline moved to the top left
- Sun shape enlarged and warmed
Decision recorded
- Decision
- Keep the larger sun; reduce headline weight.
- Rationale
- The sun carries the series; the headline only needs to be found.
- Owner
- Mira, creative lead
- Next action
- Prepare v5 for one final review.
Can be reopened with a stated reason.
- Cobalt marks the current location and selection.
- Chartreuse is reserved for a recorded decision.
01 / Idea, problem & leadership
What needed to change.
- My role
- Independent product design & creative direction
- Disciplines
- Product · UX / UI
The central idea
My workspace proposal connects the asset, its feedback and the next decision.
- Designed for
- Designers, creative leads and collaborators reviewing evolving digital work.
- Scope of this study
- Self-initiated Product/UX concept · Review journey · Information hierarchy · Decision-record study
- What is shown
- Self-initiated spec work. I show an art-direction image, original interface compositions, a proposed review journey and edge-state studies. The screens are designed specimens, not interactive software. Research, usability testing and performance evaluation remain future work.
The cost of an unclear review
My brief starts with a coordination problem: teams can collect feedback while struggling to agree on what happens next. The commercial hypothesis is that clearer review outcomes could justify a focused workspace.
02 / Thinking, evidence & concepts
Making the thinking visible.
These visual studies explore a design hypothesis. No interviews, usability tests or commercial outcomes are claimed.
One complete review journey
I would prototype opening a project, understanding what changed, comparing feedback and recording a decision. I keep task management outside the initial scope so the review journey can remain legible and testable.
03 / Solidified direction
A precision review instrument
I organize the proposed review around distinct objects: the asset, its version, feedback and a recorded decision. A restrained, rectilinear hierarchy keeps the creative work prominent while making the next action easier to inspect. I leave broader task management outside the brief so the core review does not become another crowded dashboard.
Current art-direction rationale · developed for this portfolio revision, October 2026.
Creative direction / Decisions
The choices behind the work.
Give the work visual priority
I separate navigation, the project and supporting context. A restrained dark surface lets creative assets lead; contrast and keyboard focus would need accessibility checks.
Make change the entry point
I propose a concise version summary before the full discussion. This could help returning reviewers orient themselves, but it requires reliable version history and clear ownership of the summary.
Separate comments from decisions
I give a recorded decision its own state and rationale. That adds a deliberate step, but should reduce ambiguity about whether a suggestion has actually changed the direction.
04 / Final result & next test
A coherent concept. An honest next step.
The existing work includes an art-direction image, original interface compositions, a proposed review journey and edge-state studies. These are static design specimens for a self-initiated concept, not working software or evidence of faster approvals.
Questions before claims
I would ask reviewers to identify the latest version and explain the next action. I would test conflicting feedback, unresolved comments and reopened decisions before drawing conclusions.
Motion treatments and further production remain planned. The static work above is the current deliverable.
Credits & context
Self-initiated spec work. Original interface compositions and workflow studies developed for this portfolio. No client commission, launched software or measured outcome is implied.
Keep exploring
Anchored comments
Mira The headline competes with the sun now.
Unresolved
Jon Bands read better than in v3.
Comment, not a decision