Challenge Summary
Welcome to the FAST!!! Hercules Field Tech iPad Top Menu Design Update Contest.
The goal of this contest is to improve the user experience of the Top Menu within the iPad version of the Hercules Field Tech application. Review the requirements and help provided a better user experience!
Checkpoint Deadline at Monday Morning 6AM. Please submit soon!
Round 1
Your submitted solution for client review:
- Updated Design of Hercules Field Tech Top Menu
- Sub-navigation color change or contrast?
- Active and Inactive color options?
Any comments about your design, make sure all pages have correct flow!
Round 2
Final Designs
- Updated Design of Hercules Field Tech Top Menu
- Any Checkpoint feedback included in your design
Any comments about your design, make sure all pages have correct flow!
This contest is a continuation of the Hercules Field Tech application. We need you to review the provided navigation design and look to improve how it works and how the secondary navigation is presented and used.
We need you to quickly improve the top menu design on the iPad screen.
IMPORTANT!
Required format on this contest:
iPad Retina
- portrait (1536 x 2048)
- landscape (2048 x 1536)
iPad Standard
- portrait (768 x 1024)
- landscape (1024 x 768)
For this contest submission, just submit the iPad 'Standard' version on both Portrait and Landscape view.
Retina version will be task for contest winner.
Design Requirements:
- Use ipad-menu-updates.7z as base of design updates.
- Main navigation & sub-navigation design theme needs to be updated. What would improve this user experience??
- We are thinking the sub-navigation menu needs to be another color, so it contrasts/doesn't look the same as the primary navigation
- Icons size, font and sizes should remain the same - focus on the colors, contrast and font colors.
- Find the best color combinations for the primary and secondary navigation.
- How should the "active" and "inactive" navigation states be designed for both Main navigation & sub-navigation?
- It seems on the current design we are using "gray" color for active state - does this make sense? It seems that gray tends to represent an "off or inactive" button state? What should the "active" state be like (or is gray okay?)
- We need implement 'flat' icon themes - how should they look?
- Refer this reference site for Flat Design
- Make sure any updated or suggested color changes are consistent/work across application design.
Target User
- Hercules Internal Employee
Judging Criteria
- How well you create new design for Hercules Field Tech Top Menu and sub-navigation.
- Cleanliness of your graphics and design
- Design looks and User Experience
- Consistency with existing style theme.
Submission & Source Files
Preview Image
Please create your preview image as one (1) 1024x1024px JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode at 72dpi and place a screenshot of your submission within it.
Submission File
All Requested Contest Submission Requirements stated above.
Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator and saved as layered PSD or AI file.
Final Fixes
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to modify your graphics (sizes or colors) or modify overall colors.
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.