iOS icon execution.

So, once I finished the mobile icon strategy guide, I went ahead and designed the icons using said strategy. The are a series of sorts, with the unifying characteristics being the color scheme and the perspective. Additionally, 5 areas of expertise by different business units within the company are represented with the “material” that makes up the foundation of the icon. All other branding is being done before the user downloads and installs the app from campaign collateral and from the information on the app store itself. Finally, these are intended to build an association between the modern, forward thinking aspects of the company and the user.

The UI for the super secret portal.

This is a very small sampling of an interface I’m building for a content download and sharing portal. This is one of those projects that occur in real life, meaning that a use case had to be developed, wireframe made, multiple rounds of interface design and mock-ups, and basic usability testing done in an extremely condensed timeline. It is successful so far, and will get additional budget allocated to it for refinements in the upcoming months. Projects like this are challenging due to the nature of the limited initial budget, the VIP stakeholders, and the quick deadline, but hell, that’s what makes them fun.

Update:

After meeting with the client some new needs came about, so I refined it and below is the update. It includes a sharing functionality in which the user selects all the assets he or she wants to send to someone, and it generates an email with embed codes to everything, no matter which server it’s served from. Multiple files originating in multiple places available in a single email. Pretty cool. Also updated the buttons and did some miscellaneous cleaning.

The Great Wall. For best results, view in China.

I was recently in China for 12 wife-missing, massive amounts of work having, Tsing Tao and white water drinking, Peking duck eating, language barrier filled days. What an amazing country. The highlight, of course, was seeing the Great Wall and climbing all 5000 miles of it! Photo by Brian Gagnon. Check him out, he does really good work.