Thursday, June 9, 2011

iPad Application Case Study, Sketches, and Wireframes

Preliminary Critique HoltShaw

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Application Statement


iPad Application
           
Application Name: True Type

Application Statement:
            List of Features Users Might Like:
Type
1.     Creating typefaces
2.     Type research
-       Seeing typefaces/fonts and wanting to know the specifics
-       Type vocabulary (serif/san serif, etc)
3.     Manipulating Type
4.     Comparing Typefaces
5.     Font Management
Color
1.     Applying color to thumbnail sketches
2.     Digitizing drawn thumbnails
3.     Pantone Matching System library access
4.     Creating Color Themes
5.     Unifying color systems (CMYK, RGB, PMS)
6.     Color Research
-       Taking a picture of a color and best color match
-       Creating Color Comparisons
-       Application of Color and Color Affects
Design Basics
1.     Digitizing drawn thumbnails
2.     Design Research
3.     Linking Design to Computer Software

Our  Users…
… are graphic designers or have interest in design
… are interior designers
… like to draw
… meet with clients out of their office
… find inspiration from everyday life
… can never remember an idea or design without keeping notes
… appreciate others design
… know the difference between pantone, CMYK and RGB colors
… know the difference between a font and a type family
… constantly designing in their heads
… need convenient, specific, and reliable answers to simple     tasks that can be time wasting

For designers who are constantly being inspired by the world around them and wanting to grasp those inspirations and produce them in a productive and convenient fashion. Designers ready to design at a moments notice.