Challenge Summary
Welcome to Wiki Icon Set Design Challenge. In this Challenge, we are looking for you to design and create 14 related icons OR photo images that will help support a future TopCoder wiki. This wiki will use your icons (or photos) to help illustrate and inform users what the different aspects of the TopCoder process mean.
The Wiki will be viewed by users on their laptops and on their mobile devices. We already have the application. We only need the icons or photo imagery (and we are trying to deliver this week)
Let us know if you have any quesitons!
Round 1
Initial wiki Icon designs for checkpoint feedback:
1. Define design problem icon
2. Interview stakeholders icon
3. Develop use cases icon
4. Create information architecture icon
5. Design process flowchart icon
6. Create preliminary wireframes icon
7. Revise information architecture icon
Feel free to submit more icons - anything you would like feedback on
Make sure to number your files (00, 01, 02, 03, 04)
Round 2
Final icons set design plus any checkpoint feedback/updates:
1. Define design problem icon
2. Interview stakeholders icon
3. Develop use cases icon
4. Create information architecture icon
5. Design process flowchart icon
6. Create preliminary wireframes icon
7. Revise information architecture icon
8. Design full flowchart icon
9. Revise wireframes icon
10. Mobile screen design icon
11. Front-end development icon
12. Back-end development icon
13. Application assembly icon
14. Bug hunt icon
Make sure to number your files (00, 01, 02, 03, 04)
Challenge Details
The purpose of this challenge is to create 14 related TopCoder "challenge steps" icons or photos that help support the listed task names. We are looking for vector icons or photos that help convey these ideas to wiki users. We are looking forward to your solutions!
Design Guidelines
- Icons or Photo images that explains the related Task Name
- For this challenge, there are 2 options for submission deliverables, pick one!
1. Icons Set creations or
2. Suggest Photo Sets from iStockphoto.com
NOTE: The key thing is that your designs on consistent across all tasks. We do prefer custom icon designs
- All icons or photos need to be easily edited and resized
- You can submit .ai or .psd for icons source files as long as all source files are easy to edit/resize. Use shape format for .psd format!
- All icons and photos must be copyright free
- Theme: Clean, Serious and Professional.
- Size: Use 1000px X1000px for each icons or photo
- Submit separated icons or photos in JPG/PNG format, use correct numbering (00, 01, 02, 03 etc)
- All graphics must be consistent and look to be part of the same "icon set" (for example, use the same color palette, or same perspective)
Design References for Best Practice in designing icon sets
Please do your research!
http://roundicons.com
http://mashable.com/2013/08/14/flat-design-icons/
Design Requirements
Provide 14 images (graphics or photographs) to support descriptive text for tasks on a wiki site.
TopCoder process tasks:
1. Define design problem
2. Interview stakeholders
3. Develop use cases
4. Create information architecture
5. Design process flowchart
6. Create preliminary wireframes
7. Revise information architecture
8. Design full flowchart
9. Revise wireframes
10. Mobile screen design
11. Front-end development
12. Back-end development
13. Application assembly
14. Bug hunt
Target Audience:
- TopCoder + Appirio Employees
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 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 Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop and saved as layered AI or PSD files.
Final Fixes
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to modify your graphics (sizes or colors) or modify overall colors. We may ask you to update your design or graphics based on checkpoint feedback and instructions.
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.