NASA Search Portal Design Challenge

Welcome to the NSP – NASA Search Portal Design Challenge! We need to develop an internet/intranet search portal. It needs to be intuitive and easy to use. Searching for information has become critical for gathering information or requirements for day to day work.

NASA needs the ability to not only search against the regular internet, but also within the NASA intranet (content that is only accessible to NASA users). This search capability needs to be so intuitive and easy to use that it doesn’t require anyone to be trained on how to use it.

We’ve already completed the wireframes, so you’ll have a quick start once you register for this contest.

Round 1

Submit your design for  Checkpoint feedback:

·       Home
·       All Search Results
·       NASA Center Search Results
·       Public Info Search Results
·       Notes.jpg: Any comments about your design for the Client
·       Make sure all pages have correct flow! Use correct file numbering. (00, 01, 02, 03)

Round 2

Final Design plus any Checkpoint feedback:

·       Home
·       All Search Results
·       NASA Center Search Results
·       Public Info Search Results
·       NASA Intranet Search Results
·       Internet and Sub Filters Search Results
·       Notes.jpg: Any comments about your design for the Client
·       Make sure all pages have correct flow! Use correct file numbering. (00, 01, 02, 03)

Problem Background & Goal
NASA would like to build an Internet & Intranet search capability that includes content from various NASA centers along with integration of public content. A full list of the NASA centers can be found here. The goal of this challenge is to design an interface that allows users to add specific categories or allow users to narrow their search results based on defined categories.

Design Considerations
Keep these guidelines in mind while building your solution:

·        It should be pleasing to look at
·        The solution should be designed as a good browser homepage for users
·        While having a good looking solution, the functional aspects should not be hidden or be overshadowed by the design
·        All features should be extremely intuitive
·        Features should be easy to find and identify
·        All functionality should have tooltips to further explain the feature
·        REMEMBER: DO NOT COPY the wireframes exactly - The wireframes 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 interactions and show us your solutions! You can do something different or whatever you think make sense.
·        Review the wireframes - they are very detailed and will help, but do not copy 100% the layout, be creative!

Fonts:
Open to Designers

Screen Size:
Desktop: 1024px and height as required.

Supporting Documents:

·        Wireframe (Wireframe.zip).
·        NASA Logo

Required Screens:

1) Home
For home design the following widgets:

·       Search field
·       NASA search portal
·       Top stories
·       Top queries

2) All Search Results
For this page design the following widgets:

·       Categories overview
·       Saved search (it opens when you click on Saved Search link)
·       Make sure to design the hide interaction for the above widgets.
·       Search filed and filters
·       Make sure to design the Filter, Location, Time and Popularity interactions.
·       Search results list
·       Clicking on Read More link will open a modal for the search result.

3) NASA Center Search Results
Same as all search results page, but the only differences are:

·       The overview widget; it shows percentages for search results for each category.
·       NASA center dropdownlist interaction under category.
·       The back button

4) Public Info Search Results
Same as all search results page, but the only differences are:

·       We have a sub-category under category
·       The back button

5) NASA Intranet Search Results
Same as all search results page, but the only differences are:

·       NASA Intranet dropdownlist interaction under category.
·       The back button

6) Internet and Sub Filters Search Results
Same as all search results page, but the only differences are:

·       We have a sub-category under category
·       The back button
·       Wikipedia widget
·       Twitter Widget

 

Target Audience:
NASA employees.

Judging Criteria:

·        How well you plan the user experience and capture your ideas visually
·        Cleanliness of your graphics and design.
·        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
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to modify your graphics.