Thursday, 1 March 2018

OUGD505: Concept 1

Design Ideas
  • Initial Sketches of character.
  • Using different illustrations of stars to represent wonder, and the space around us, stars are also nearly always used in reward systems for children and used as stickers. 
  • Another idea was using a question mark character, tor represent curiosity and asking questions about life and the world in general, to be inquisitive. 
  • The illustrative nature makes it seem more friendly and approachable, rather than sharp geometric lines, the curved edges add to this too. 
  • The colours chosen are yellow and orange, as these colours represent curiosity, encourage confidence, extroversion and independence. Yellow also inspires communication and cooperation.
  • The eyes and facial expressions add personality and will therefore act more friendly for children to trust and listen to 'Wonder'.
  • Uses highly saturated colours, from a primary and secondary colour scheme. 













Evaluation of Design
  • Organic Shapes.
  • Handwritten Typeface
  • Too organic for a digital design.
  • Experiment with more clinical and abstract typefaces and logo designs. 
  • Good for children, but also needs to appeal to adults. 
  • Colours are too bright when they are all put together. 
  • The design looks too immature and would paper work on paper, but it would be hard to read and view on digital designs. 
  • The design wasn't right for the target audience, quite patronising and immature.
  • It was the wrong approach to take, after looking at existing branding and digital designs of similar softwares. 
  • The design needs to be simplified and made more appropriate to be viewed on a screen, using more vector imagery and sans serif typefaces. 
  • The colours are also too harsh on the eyes, especially when looking at a brighter screen, which makes it harder to interact with. 
  • It makes the design too busy, there needs to be a contrast between organic and geometric lines.








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