From Concept to Code: Shumani Monyai’s Portfolio Design Process
A complete design-to-development workflow for Shumani Monyai’s portfolio website, showcasing research, Figma wireframes, UI design decisions, and front-end implementation — built to production standards.
Defined goals, audience, and positioning while analysing modern portfolio standards.
Created structured layouts and content flow in Figma to optimise usability.
Designed a dark-first, premium interface with subtle gradients and hierarchy.
Built using semantic HTML, modern CSS, and JavaScript for performance and interaction.
Responsive testing, accessibility considerations, and deployment.
Research
Wireframes
UI Design
Development
FinalFrom Figma to Live Product
Tablet preview of the deployed production site.
Wireframe & UX Planning
This wireframe illustrates the planned layout, user flow, and hierarchy of the portfolio website. Every section was carefully structured to enhance usability, accessibility, and visual clarity before moving to UI design and development.