Final Desktop

Final Mobile

Presentation Results

Need to work on;

Mobile;
Sizes of mascot boxes, make wider and shorter. Try to fit all 5 in the fold.

Desktop;
Article look, make text column smaller, make paragraphs. Use left column for text, right column for images and captions, allowing for over spill into left column.

Mascot Development

I have decided to develop the mascots into editors. This means that they will be seen as the complete editors for each tag of the site.

Cat-Local;
Your neighborhood cat is dedicated to show you the top local news in your area any way possible.

Bear-World;
Your well-traveled bear is searching to bring you the best worldwide news to read after a long hibernation.

Dog-Sport;
Your best friend dog is excited to fetch you the most tail wagging sports news in and out of the field.

Deer-Life;
Your most zen deer is grateful to present you the freshest life news to get your inspiration kickstarted.

Elephant-Business;
Your memorable elephant is dedicated to present you the fresh-off the press business news like you had heard it yourself.

Mascot Images

Local Mascot:

• Animal - Bird
• Background - Map of wellington
• Middle-ground - Bird home?
• Prop - ?
• Wearing - ?

World Mascot:

• Animal - Bear
• Background - Map?
• Middle-ground - ?
• Prop - Backpack? or globe?
• Wearing - ?

Sport Mascot:

• Animal - Dog
• Background - Field (Soccer?)
• Middle-ground - ?
• Prop - Soccer ball
• Wearing - Sporty gear

Life Mascot:

• Animal - Mole
• Background - Garden 
• Middle-ground - ?
• Prop - Gardening gear
• Wearing - Sunhat

Business Mascot:

• Animal - Elephant
• Background - Buildings
• Middle-ground - ?
• Prop - Suitcase
• Wearing - Tie and Suit?

Technology Mascot:

• Animal - Cat
• Background - ?
• Middle-ground - ?
• Prop - ?
• Wearing - Glasses

Mascot Inspiration:

Friday, 17th March

Development of the four user journeys;

Haiyan Zhang - phone:

• Features to use - changing languages option.
• The journey will be to find an article about china in her native language on her phone.
• Home -> World -> Scroll? -> Language button -> Mandarin/Cantonese -> Article

Sarah Blake - desktop:

• Features to use - commenting section.
• The journey will be to find a local article that she can share her opinion on with and to comment on her computer.
• Home -> Local -> Scroll? -> Article -> Comment button -> Post comment

Andrea Pazmandi - phone:

• Features to use - sharing to social media option.
• The journey will be to find the latest sports news on the All Blacks or Silver Ferns and post it to Facebook on her phone.
• Home -> Sport -> Scroll? -> Article -> Facebook share button -> Share

Barry Down - desktop:

• Features to use - email option.
• The journey will be to find the top international political article and email it to his colleges on his computer.
• Home -> World -> Top article -> Email button -> Send emails

To do;

1. Design basic mascot looks
2. Hard wireframes of world and local
3. Soft wireframes of sport, business, technology and life
4. Design mobile versions 
5. Hard mobile wireframes of world and sport
6. Design background of home page

Tuesday, 14th March

Themes for pages:

• Active, energetic (Sport)
• Technical, scientific (Technology)
• Sophisticated, polished, refined, elegant (Business)
• Cosy, organic, natural (Life)

Pros and Cons of Each Personae;

Haiyan Zhang - Phone:

• Pros - Simple, two languages
• Cons - Not specific, not diverse choices

Hemi Kamana - Web/Phone:

• Pros - Two languages, needs eye catching articles, podcasts/music
• Cons - Multitasks

Mike Richards - Web:

• Pros - Bookmarks
• Cons - Picky with news

Sarah Blake - Web:

• Pros - Social media, freelancer/contributor, comments

Andrea Pazmandi - Phone/Web:

• Pros - Sport, facebook

Barry Down - Web:

• Pros - Politics, printing articles, emailing articles, forums
• Cons - Vision impaired

User Journey Results:

Successful!

Needs labels for where the local "is" e.g. Wellington label.

Simple map of the place of the background for the local mascot.

Challenge myself with the journey.