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Portfolio Redesign — Phase 1 Deliverables (Design, no code)

Status: complete, awaiting approval · July 2026

Index

01 — Research & strategy

• DESIGN_RESEARCH.md — audit of cesnimda.co.uk, portfolio/SaaS pattern research, strategic conclusions
• USER_PERSONAS.md — recruiter, eng manager, Norwegian CTO, interviewer
• RECRUITER_BEHAVIOUR_ANALYSIS.md — scan behaviour, two-lane rule, Norway specifics, acceptance criteria

02 — UX structure

• INFORMATION_ARCHITECTURE.md — site map, nav model, bilingual URL strategy, content model
• USER_JOURNEYS.md — five validated journeys + requirements checklist
• CONTENT_STRATEGY.md — voice, hero copy drafts (EN/NO), case-study angles, CV improvement plan
• CANONICAL_CONTENT.md — master CV facts (provided by Connor, July 2026); single source for all copy

03 — Visual design system ("Kontrollrom")

• DESIGN_SYSTEM.md — direction, identity, surfaces, components
• TYPOGRAPHY_GUIDE.md · COLOUR_SYSTEM.md · SPACING_SYSTEM.md · MOTION_GUIDELINES.md

04 — Interaction design

• ANIMATION_CONCEPTS.md — A1–A10 named concepts + rejected list
• MICRO_INTERACTIONS.md — per-component states & keyboard behaviour
• SCROLL_EXPERIENCE.md · CURSOR_INTERACTIONS.md

05 — Mockups

• MOCKUPS.md — master spec covering all 11 required mockup scopes
• Boards: M1 home desktop dark · M2 home desktop light (NO locale) · M3 case study · M4 mobile + nav overlay · M5 header/nav/control states · M6 projects/timeline/contact

Key decisions requiring sign-off before Phase 2

1. Positioning: "Systems Developer, 8+ years" — no "senior" self-label; seniority shown via evidence (CONTENT_STRATEGY §1)
2. IA: multi-page (home + case studies + about/experience/contact/cv) replacing the one-pager (IA §1)
3. Bilingual URLs: EN at root, NO under /no/ with localised slugs; switch maps page↔page; no auto-redirect (IA §5)
4. Design direction: "Kontrollrom" — dark-first, aurora-teal single accent, mono metadata, trace motif (DESIGN_SYSTEM)
5. InboxIntel framed as IN DEVELOPMENT (honest status) (CONTENT_STRATEGY §4)
6. CV rework: ATS-safe single-column variant becomes the download default (CONTENT_STRATEGY §6)
7. Screenshot capture pass on seeded demo data = Phase 3 prerequisite (MOCKUPS §13)