Challenge Summary
We are always glad to introduce design challenges regarding to our websites. We have a new design for the TopCoder website which needs a few updates in certain sections.
This is a single round contest, simple and fast!
The primary goal of this contest is to design updates to an existing design of the TopCoder home page. See instructions below.
Design Requirements
- Use the provided home design (TCHome.psd) as baseline for your work and complete the requirements according to two update zones.
- Any modifications you do, keep the same style shown in the design.
- Don’t change the height of the update zones.
- Declare your fonts according to the Studio font’s policies.
1) Update Zone #1
- See updatezone1.jpg.
- We are looking for proposals on how to improve the look on that specific area.
- The design task is to improve the community area at the top left part of the page. We feel the map+community graphic is too centered and the map looks awkward with no words surrounding it.
- Suggest an improvement to make this look more balanced and exciting.
- You are free to modify sizes, positions, fonts.
- Deliver three (3) different proposals for this zone.
2) Update Zone #2
- See updatezone2.jpg.
- Similar to Hot Zone #1, we want to make this main area more exciting and appealing. This is a creativity-need area to arrange and redesign those elements.
- Redesign this area at your will with the sole goal of making it more exciting, visually attractive .
- The same elements (texts, buttons, map, TC icon, iPads, etc) must exist in your design version. You can/should redesign those elements to fit your style; they don’t have to be copied/pasted necessarily. This is something new; you are encouraged to propose a new layout, resize, rethink these elements.
- We’d like to see a special focus on the call to action buttons, make them noticeable.
- Deliver one (1) single proposal for this zone.
** You need to deliver 4 screens total in this contest.
Target Audience
TopCoder members and customers.
Judging Criteria
- Creativity.
- Quality of design.
Submission File
All requested contest requirements/screens as JPG or PNG files at 72dpi.
Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Photoshop and saved as layered PSD files.
Preview Image
Create a 1024x1024 JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode and place a screenshot from your submission within it.
Please read the challenge specification carefully and watch the forums for any questions or feedback concerning this challenge. It is important that you monitor any updates provided by the client or Studio Admins in the forums. Please post any questions you might have for the client in the forums.