OUGD503 - Responsive - SB01 - Large project - Wristband design

 I have just finished the first draft of what imagine the MONIGIE wristband to look like if it were to be designed physically. 

I took a lot of ideas from other digital wrist band designs because there are a lot since wrist bands are now very popular in the app and digital world, like the Apple Watch. 

Below is the fist design.

I kept the design simple and straight forward. The device did not need much more than a simple LCD screen to display readings as most if not all of the information would be sent to the mobile app. 

The device will be available in colours, as I only designed in shades of black and white for the time being.

I am currently not sure on the position of the logo yet so I have decided to keep it below the LCD screen, so it is visible to other people. 

OUGD503 - Responsive - SB01 - Large project - App design research

I plan to design an application for the Monigie device, The app can be used to measure the data that the device collects over the day and night. 

I will first start to research health applications, and body monitoring devices/apps to see how they are designed and presented on a mobile device.

I found a website that had listed different health and fitness apps. Some were quite similar and others had were for specific purposes. Either way all of the apps were designed beautifully and I took photos of my favourites.

All of the above designs are very effective and modernised however I want too concentrate more on 'Fitbit' technology. For this post I want to look at the mobile application so to do this I downloaded the app onto my own phone and made an account. To navigate and look around.

The images above are the first pages you see when the app is opened, The bright colours are very welcoming and eye pleasing.

The Fitbit app is really nice, it's very fluid on the screen and simplistic with the use of bright colours is really nice. I love the chosen typeface also. 

The app is good because everything is easily accessible and clear to understand.

OUGD503 - SB01 - Responsive - Large Project Logo & App Design

One of the designs for my large project which I have now named 'MONIGIE' will include a wrist band which will be in similar design to the Fitbit wrist band and will also measure bodily functions just like the Fitbit.

I have started designing the logo for the invention for my large project which I have named 'Monogie'
I came up with the name by combining the word 'energy' and 'monitor' together which made something unique and relevant for my idea to build and emotion monitoring device. 

Blow is the first logo and possibly the final design.

I designed the logo to be professional but a little informal at the same time which us why I  created the emotion within the design.

After showing the design to a few people I managed to receive all positive feedback for the design. 

I next plan to work on the mobile app design next, as the data which will be collected from the device will be able to be viewed through the mobile app as well as a small screen that will be build into the monigie wristband. 

Below is the final logo design for the mobile application.

OUGD503 - Responsive - SB01 - Large Project - Product Design

I have been thinking a lot about the design of the product, which is the object that will be used to measure peoples emotions. 

I want the product to be small enough that it is almost unnoticeable, meaning the product would not have to be taken off the body as much. This way the product has the ability too take a full 24/7 reading of the persons emotions, day and night. 

I have two separate ideas for the product. 

The first is possibly a wristband design

The features of this design would be

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long life power (meaning no need to charge to keep the device active 24/7)

The product would be made from a metal, possibly aluminium to measure pulse and other variables.

The band would be available in the colours Black/white/gold/silver. 

The only downside to this design would be that it is not a very un noticeable design. So there maybe a chance that the user would want to take off the device during sleep or events that would require the device to be removed. which would image the 24/7 recordings of emotion.

If I were to choose this style of design I may decide to base the design of Fitbit bands. The design and purpose of fit bit bands are a very good example of what my product would look like. 

The second idea would be a much smaller and un noticeable design.

It would read the emotions the exact same way as the band design, only the design would be a lot smaller and would have less chance of being removed from the users body. 

The features of the design would be:

created to be positioned behind a persons ear (left or right)
Colours would be available in black or white

The device would be waterproof meaning swimming and showering wouldn't cause a problem.

the device would use power from a long life battery similar to that of a pacemaker. 
The device would connect to an app on a mobile phone which would transfer the data. 

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I am not entirely sure what the device will look like as I have only made a few sketches so far. but I hope to have a final design soon.
I am also unsure about which design would be more successful in this project which is why I have thought up of two separate designs. 

OUGD503 - Responsive - SB01 - Large Project - Creative Conscience Award - Idea

After writing down many different ideas for the CC (Creative Conscience) Award. 

I came up with an idea which could be applied in a sociology and psychology aspect by measuring the levels of peoples emotions.

The idea begins with an extremely small device which is attached to the body, making it unnoticeable and non foreign.
The device measures a persons emotions and separates them into good emotions and bad emotions. 

The device will then record everything and suggest options for the the person to avoid certain situations or offer options which the person can sue to reduce the level of bad emotion in future. 

The device will also have the ability to share your good and bad emotion levels through social media, like Facebook. So other people will be able to look at each others levels. which could increase a persons awareness of there sense of self and wellbeing. 



I also plan to design an app for the product. This will be used to display information that is collected about the body from the device.

OUGD503 - Responsive - SB01 - Large project - Brief

For my second smaller project for studio Brief 01 I wanted to try something completely different.

I decided to search different websites apart from the ones provided from the ones provided by the university. mostly because I didn't really see any project that I wanted to do on any of the provided websites.

I came across a website which had listed many different design competitions just for students and professional designers. This website had much more to offer too. I clicked on various competitions until I found one that really interested me.

CreativeConscienceAward.org

Is an award for designs which spread awareness and promote ideas that can change the world and even the way people think.

What is great is that the design can literally be about anything as long as it has the power to change something or innovate people. Possibly change the perception of someones life.

https://www.creative-conscience.org.uk

OUGD503 - TKAMB - Design decision

I want to base the redesign of TKAMB (to kill a mockingbird) On simplicity.

My first draft of the design was too simplistic and I felt it needed something more to make the cover design a little more appealing and appropriate to the story. 

As I was focusing on the symbols of the tree and the mockingbird (the mockingbird which I already had), I thought on how else I might apply a more nature/tree vibe to the design. 

I knew that there was a lot of empty space on the cover design so I began thinking about texture layers, which if applied can make a nice base to build a design from. 

From this I googled different tree textures, mostly bark and similar textures as they are the most interesting to look at. 

I favoured more towards the lighter and white shades of bark because I felt that using a lighter shade would make it easier to view the layers of design over the top of the texture base layer.