Challenge Summary
Welcome to the LUX3 Challenge - 20HR Mobile Design Concept Sprint! This the third in a NEW series of "Live User Experience Design Challenges" we are running! We are very excited to provide this new design opportunity for the [topcoder] design studio community to showcase their FAST!! design skills!
[topcoder] will be presenting a series of questions at the CDO Summit in New York City. This is your opportunity to show digital leaders from some of the largest brands in the world just how good your UX design skills are. LUX challenges are fast, fun, and have more chances for you to capture prize money.We will be asking an audience of Fortune 500 executives a series of questions. The answers will help decide what type of mobile application you will design!
We want to showcase how easy it is to engage the [topcoder] design studio community and demonstrate how well you can take ideas and turn them into great design and user experience concepts! Cash in on this great opportunity to prove your design skills and get a great portfolio piece in the process. Best of luck to you all!
Challenge Details
The main goal of this challenge is to take the provided design problem and design a simple, clean mobile user experience (UX)!
Challenge Timeline
The challenge will start LIVE at the CDO Summit!
- Challenge Start at 12:00 PM EDT 4/22/14
- Challenge End at 8:00 AM EDT 4/23/14
Checkpoint Review:
- Blake Walles (bwalles) and Adam Morehead (adroc) will provide a design review if you submit your intitial designs by 11 PM EDT 4/22/14
- Within the hour we will provide any design feedback/guidance - You must watch the forum for your feedback!
Challenge Resources
For this challenge we are providing wireframe and design guidance for you!
DO NOT COPY the wireframes exactly - they are meant to help guide you and let you understand the application the audience would like to see designed. Think about the user experience/user interations and show us your solutions! You can do something different or might make more sense!
Files
- Wireframes.pdf = Wireframes and Application inspiration
- Color Palettes.zip = Color palette to use/reference
- Images..zip = Stock images you can use (or you can find alternatives)
Design Problem
Mobile Application = Wine Afficionado
Application Name(s): 1) Tasting Room 2) Iron & Wine 3) Dornish Grapes 4) (Pick one or create your own!)
This mobile design concept is geared towards the wine aficionado. It should have a sophisticated look and feel and emulate the finer aspects of the wine drinker culture. Think of interesting functionality that would accompany this application. Users should be able to have a profile, be able to favourite different wines, Rate and comment on other wines, browse food recipes and wine pairings, share drinks and comments about their favourite wines with their friends, locate local tasting rooms and schedule a tasting, shop for wines, post messages about drinks they are ejoying and where, rate and comment on different wines and bars, and browse different wine categories..
Color Palette - "Daft Punk"
See attachmet for suggested colors (Color-Palettes-Daft-Punk.pdf)
- You can pick other colors that you think represent Daft Punk if needed
Mobile Application Target Audience - "Batman"
- The target audience is Batman (up to you what version of Batman!)
- Have some fun with this - it might affect your color tones/palette
Mobile Storyboards - Portrait View
- Design screens for iPhone 5 portrait display (640 x 1136)
- Assume this is native iOS application
- We only need 5 screens plus the presentation screen - so pick/design what you think will "showcase" this application. You can create alternative screens to the one's listed.
00) Application Logo
- Create a simple logo for your application
- Something simple and clean that doesn't distract from your screen designs
1) Welcome Page
- User landing page/dashboard
- We do not need a login screen - this would be native iOS
- Navigation
- Search?
- Recent wines?
- Take photo?
- What else does this app need?
2) Profile
- User Profile
- Wines I like
- Social share wines
3) Unique Feature
- Create a unique feature for your mobile application
- Ability to take a photo (scan a bottle barcode?) and save it to the application
- Wine meetups?
- other ideas?
4) Navigation Solution
- Please design a navigation solution
5) Wine Community
- Listing of your wine network
- Share drinks and comments
6) Wine Details
- Wine detail page
- Wine rating (official and community ratings side-by-side)
- Options to share?
- Purchase wines?
- Any other ideas?
7) Presentation Screen
- Create a presentation screen of your mobile application!
- Place your designs within an iPhone template! Showcase your submission
- This will be shown to the conference attendee's
- 1024x768 (4:3 Ratio)
Design Considerations
- Focus on the design being a great mobile experience - the application should be designed for iPhone
- DO NOT copy the wireframes (if you do.. everyone's designs will look the same!) focus on creating your unique approach to this project and the user experience
- Give importance to the overall layout and think on how a user would interact with the content on the page.
Audience
- Application Audience: Batman
- Challenge Audience: create a presentation screen = we want to present your user experience solution to our conference attendee's
Judging Criteria
- How well you design the provided design challenge
- Cleanliness of your graphics and design.
- Design and User Experience.
Submission & Source Files
Preview Image
Create your preview image as one (1) 1024x1024 JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode at 72dpi and place a screenshot of your submission within it.
Submission File
Please upload PNG images in a zip file with all requested contest requirements stated above. Number your files (01, 02, 03, etc) this will help review them in order.
Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator and saved as layered PSD/AI files.
Final Fixes
We most likely will not have Final Fixes - Have fun!!
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.