Crit Feedback

Crit Feedback for Ipad idea:




For the crit i had produced wireframes and nearly finished storyboards of my idea:
The Lost Bear- an adaption to the Old Bear stories.


Points made:
Think about how page will turn or whether it will just appear - arrows/swipe
Settings bar options - at top of page?
Ability for user to exit the app
Produce first screen - main screen (book cover)
Storyboard - Instructions for developer (for each frame/screen)
Colours for blind people
More 'child's' elements - colours - drawings - textures
loft needs to be brighter - more colour - white walls
Boxes brighter colours - not browns
Indicate which bowes can be tapped/touched
Try putting drawings or paintings on wall behind stairs.






Overall opinion was that I had done alot of work but it would pay off when i produce the visualisation because apart from the final text elements and motion the rest is all there.


COGAPP


Cogapp is a design agency that is based in Brighton; it has expanded from 7 to 35 people in the last 10years. The company has 15 tech people; no one specialises is just one programme.  They have produced several app designs such as a set of apps for the DK Europe Guides. These apps contain a huge amount of information that had to be ordered and visualised so that the user can find the the information easily. 
Cogapp also gave us a very useful talk about usability and user testing. They gave us a talk and demo about the different ways that testing can be carried out. They stated that usability is to create useful digital designs that have a purpose and meaning and user testing should be carried out throughout the designing and development stages of a project as well as testing the finished product.  This was extremely helpful and gave me lots of ideas for this project and future assignments. 
Overall the Cogapp visit was an extremely useful visit that was informative and helpful for my future work and this Ipad project. Cogapp have been very thoughtful and invited us down to help them with user testing because this will be beneficial for my work as well as helping out the company.