Challenge Summary
Welcome to the TCO20 UI Design Championship!
Showcasing your concepts and skills in this challenge will determine your placement in the next round.
Analyze the design problem and provide a design concept and visual solution on how the application might look and work.
At Topcoder, we are always pushing you to think about the user, the human experience, and being bold in your design decisions. Take some risks and have fun designing!
This is it! 30 minutes to rapidly design a user interface (UI) that conveys your thoughts and solves the design problem!
ALL TOPCODER DESIGN RULES APPLY. Entries must be your original work and must not infringe on the copyright or licenses of others. All standard Topcoder Terms, Topcoder Policies apply to this challenge. Your design must be created by you and original to you. You can be inspired by design research, but copying and submitting someone else's designs is against Topcoder policies and will not be tolerated.
RESPECT OTHER DESIGNERS. If you have any doubts, ask!
Challenge Details
The goal of this challenge is to design the look and feel of a native iPhone experience.
Problem: Writer Wand
Ideas usually strike writers in the middle of unexpected situations such as taking a shower, walking down the street, commuting, during dreams, etc. We are looking to tackle this problem by providing writers (or anyone) with a mobile application to capture these fleeting thoughts. The user will benefit from a lightning-quick mechanism to capture brief notes, voice, or video about any idea the user might be having. There are additional features for an application like this where the application could quickly analyze and look up related content to your idea and the ability for you to organize your rapid thoughts. In thi
Challenge Details
The goal of this challenge is to design the look and feel of a native iPhone experience.
Problem: Writer Wand
Ideas usually strike writers in the middle of unexpected situations such as taking a shower, walking down the street, commuting, during dreams, etc. We are looking to tackle this problem by providing writers (or anyone) with a mobile application to capture these fleeting thoughts. The user will benefit from a lightning-quick mechanism to capture brief notes, voice, or video about any idea the user might be having. There are additional features for an application like this where the application could quickly analyze and look up related content to your idea and the ability for you to organize your rapid thoughts. In this challenge, we are focused on the idea capture experience.
Design Challenge: Idea Capture Experience
User flow (screens are up to you) to capture:
Note: You have 30 minutes, so make the most of it.
Design & Branding Guidelines
Submission Format Requirements:
Target Audience
Identifying information
Judging Criteria
Submission & Source Files
Marvel
Showcasing your concepts and skills in this challenge will determine your placement in the next round.
Analyze the design problem and provide a design concept and visual solution on how the application might look and work.
At Topcoder, we are always pushing you to think about the user, the human experience, and being bold in your design decisions. Take some risks and have fun designing!
This is it! 30 minutes to rapidly design a user interface (UI) that conveys your thoughts and solves the design problem!
ALL TOPCODER DESIGN RULES APPLY. Entries must be your original work and must not infringe on the copyright or licenses of others. All standard Topcoder Terms, Topcoder Policies apply to this challenge. Your design must be created by you and original to you. You can be inspired by design research, but copying and submitting someone else's designs is against Topcoder policies and will not be tolerated.
RESPECT OTHER DESIGNERS. If you have any doubts, ask!
Challenge Details
The goal of this challenge is to design the look and feel of a native iPhone experience.
Problem: Writer Wand
Ideas usually strike writers in the middle of unexpected situations such as taking a shower, walking down the street, commuting, during dreams, etc. We are looking to tackle this problem by providing writers (or anyone) with a mobile application to capture these fleeting thoughts. The user will benefit from a lightning-quick mechanism to capture brief notes, voice, or video about any idea the user might be having. There are additional features for an application like this where the application could quickly analyze and look up related content to your idea and the ability for you to organize your rapid thoughts. In thi
Challenge Details
The goal of this challenge is to design the look and feel of a native iPhone experience.
Problem: Writer Wand
Ideas usually strike writers in the middle of unexpected situations such as taking a shower, walking down the street, commuting, during dreams, etc. We are looking to tackle this problem by providing writers (or anyone) with a mobile application to capture these fleeting thoughts. The user will benefit from a lightning-quick mechanism to capture brief notes, voice, or video about any idea the user might be having. There are additional features for an application like this where the application could quickly analyze and look up related content to your idea and the ability for you to organize your rapid thoughts. In this challenge, we are focused on the idea capture experience.
Design Challenge: Idea Capture Experience
User flow (screens are up to you) to capture:
- User has an idea
- The user grabs their iPhone to capture the thought as quickly as possible
- Does the user open the app? Does the user have a widget on the screen available for quick note-taking?
- Does the user talk to the app (voice)?
- Does the user scribble something?
- Does the app suggest anything to the user?
- Does the user tag or catalog the idea?
- Once a note has been captured, the user receives a confirmation notification.
Note: You have 30 minutes, so make the most of it.
Design & Branding Guidelines
- Design for your idea and what you think the best UX could be.
- Font usage is up to the designer.
- Color Palette is up to the designer.
- Don't overthink it!
Submission Format Requirements:
- Native iPhone Application
- MarvelApp: 1125px x 2436px
- Challenge 1 Marvelapp project is called “TCO Challenge1”.
Target Audience
- Writers & Creatives
Identifying information
- DO NOT use your NAME or TOPCODER HANDLE/USERNAME in your submission
- We are only sharing the submission number during the judging process (XXXXX vs. XXXXX) to the judge.
Judging Criteria
- The TCO judges will evaluate your design on the following criteria:
- Originality in your concept.
- Does the UX make sense?
- Good clean UI design
Submission & Source Files
- Submission File: submit JPG/PNG for your submission files.
- Submit your Source file (does not need to be organized)
- Upload your design to MarvelApp for review
- Note file with Marvel link and anything else
Marvel
- Topcoder will assign each competitor a MarvelApp before the competition. Make sure to upload your design for judging. Round 1 Marvelapp project is called “TCO Challenge1” so make sure to upload your designs in that project.
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.