Colton Blackwell

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April 2025

Coastal Mittens Product Webpage

Style meets comfort with every click — this e-commerce site blends elegant design with a cozy aesthetic to showcase handcrafted coastal hand warmers in a seamless shopping experience.

Responsibilities

  • Designed and implemented a responsive e-commerce landing page utilizing Next.js and Tailwind CSS.
  • Developed a visually engaging hero section with animated fade-in effects and layered background imagery.
  • Created modular and scalable components to highlight brand messaging and product offerings.
  • Integrated interactive call-to-action elements, smooth transitions, and modern typography to enhance UX.
  • Managed static assets and optimized images for performance and clarity.

Skills Developed

  • Experience with Next.js routing, server-side rendering, and layout organization in modern web apps.
  • Proficient use of Tailwind CSS to rapidly build responsive and accessible UI elements.
  • Improved design intuition through careful composition of branding, whitespace, and visual hierarchy.
  • Learned best practices for structuring component-based projects and managing global styles in CSS.
  • Gained experience with image optimization, animation utilities, and deployment via Vercel.

Technologies

  • Framework: Next.js (React-based framework for static and dynamic sites)
  • Styling: Tailwind CSS, custom animations with utility classes
  • Deployment: Vercel for continuous deployment and hosting
  • Design: Layered backgrounds, responsive layout, color overlay effects
  • Structure: Modular component and page routing with TypeScript support