So after doing all that work on the science/chemistry/hex design, we switched back to the original plan of panels. In addition to working on these comps, we also had to give a presentation to our class, so we had to really make sure that these comps were presentable to our peers. We have two styles, a ‘pink tab’ nav and a ‘science’ nav. Below are an example of each for the main page and profile view.
We’re going with the second idea here, which uses 3D space to transition and sort and all that great stuff.
Profile wireframe for the old style and for the new style
Here is the final site logo, shown flat and in glass:
It is based off of progress from these:
So based off of what was deemed ‘the ugliest thing I’ve seen’ came new life. We looked at a totally different layout scheme and a science theme. Based off of the periodic table nav and the chemical compound comp came these two, which we have decided to go with. The previous ones look great, but they look just like ‘another really good looking network site’ and not ‘wow I’ve never seen that before.’ We want to go for the later, so we’re going in that direction now. We’ll still keep the other ideas around and incorporate them as well.
Some new comps in the previous style:
Two more refined comps. We agreed that the first one here is too stylized, and that it will become dated too fast.
Rough comp based off of the Periodic Table nav from the previous meeting:
Some examples of what we are thinking for visualizations.
The separate panel concept has now more or less become what we decided on, giving a way to ‘chunk’ the sections better. The physical element of tags and banners is apparent in all three.
We also have some more nav ideas. Pay close intention to the periodic table one.
We’ve been working on site logo comps and sketches for a while now, and various ones pop up in all of our comps, so we needed to pick one and use it or tweak it. The first one here is the one that Adam liked the best, so that is the one we will be tweaking and finally using.
Still experimenting, playing around with more “light” comps. Decide that we like the one example as opposed to four, since having four works, four sparks, and three or four people starts to make it too cluttered. Adam Smith, our professor / mentor for the project, told us we needed to make it feel more FI (Fantasy Interactive, a design firm in Stockholm) so we might have pushed that a little too far for that last comp. Looks sweet though.
