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Case Study

8tees

This was part of my UI Design course at CareerFoundry: Design the UI for an 80s music player mobile app.

Case Study

8tees

This was part of my UI Design course at CareerFoundry: Design the UI for an 80s music player mobile app.

Case Study

8tees

This was part of my UI Design course at CareerFoundry: Design the UI for an 80s music player mobile app.

Briefing

Context: The founders of a brand new 80s music player want you to come up with 2 to 3 key functionalities and design the UI for their mobile app. The founders would like you to define the UI direction that will work for their branding and digital UI. The final UI design should meet the design requirements listed below and your deliverables will need to be ready to hand off to the developers who will implement the designs.

Target Audience: The target audience is primarily 35 to 55 year olds.

Key Functionalities: So far the founders have defined 3 functionalities for their app: Create a profile; Search for new artists; Make a playlist.

Research Requirements: The founders want to understand what else is on the market and have asked you to analyze the design of 2 competitor apps; Define 2 to 3 functionalities besides the ones listed above based on your research.

Design Requirements: Appropriate use of mobile design patterns; Content aligned with a well-defined grid system; Appropriate and consistent spacing of elements; Clear and effective visual hierarchy; Consistent use of known UI elements; Icons clearly communicate the actions they represent and have a consistent style; Clearly defined typographic hierarchy; Appropriate color palette used in the UI; Designs must be on the iPhone 11 Artboard/Frame dimensions you’ll be provided in Exercise 1.4, or whatever device model you’d like to resize your work to.