v0.5 Design Update
Eugene Eric Kim
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In the interest of transparency and openness, I'm going to start shifting discussion away from private email into this discussion group.
We have an internal deadline of first-pass assigning values to mindsets by EOD tomorrow (Tuesday). Amy will also have mockups for the v0.5 design by EOD tomorrow.
I've taken a first pass at reorganizing the spreadsheet, making some of the values checkboxes. For now, please add new values to the old Values column, and I'll review and incorporate them into checkboxes as appropriate.
Eugene Eric Kim Wed 20 Aug 2014 3:07AM
I love these, Amy. I love the font choice and the decidedly Amy feel. I prefer the second mockup for the back (the one with the head and the mind filled in) and the third mockup for the front (the one with the thought bubble surrounding the mindset).
We should not have "more of," "neutral," or "less of" included as text. Important to keep that ambiguous so that people can decide where the cards belong. The colors should serve as enough of a hint. I like the colors you've chosen.
Are you using Noun Project icons? I like those too, and I like the blanks.
Poll Created Wed 20 Aug 2014 3:52AM
Mockups for v0.5 Closed Thu 21 Aug 2014 7:00PM
Updating the proposal based on Amy's suggestion.
Backside: Second mockup (head with shaded mind)
Frontside: Third mockup (thought bubble)
Eliminate "Less of," "Neutral," "More of" text.
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 50.0% | 1 |
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| Abstain | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 50.0% | 1 |
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| Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 0% | 4 |
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2 of 6 people have participated (33%)
Eugene Eric Kim
Wed 20 Aug 2014 3:53AM
These are my current preferences, but I'm open to pushback. Let your opinions be known!
Amy Wu
Wed 20 Aug 2014 4:44AM
I'm fine with the choice of backside and with eliminating the less-of, neutral, more-of labels. However, I prefer the color blocks over the thought bubble for the mindset side.
Amy Wu Wed 20 Aug 2014 4:41AM
Most of the icons are Noun Project icons, I think one is public domain, and the trust one is mine from compendium. I didn't spend too much time on this quick round; ultimately for Noun Project cc attrib. icons, we'll have to buy license or find space for credit.
Eugene Eric Kim Wed 20 Aug 2014 5:34AM
Amy, can you say more about why you prefer the color blocks over the thought bubbles? Is it purely aesthetic?
I like the thought bubbles for both aesthetic but also content reasons, as the thought bubbles reinforce the notion that the mindsets are things that people are thinking.
Amy Wu Wed 20 Aug 2014 7:29PM
My reasons are aesthetic and practical. The blocks will be visually less noisy when the cards are spread out. Also, there's a little more space for text in the block than the bubble; with the bubble, we may have to change the font size for some of the longer ones (adding more visual noise).
Poll Created Thu 21 Aug 2014 7:02PM
Color blocks Closed Sun 24 Aug 2014 7:08AM
We've got an 11th hour plea from Rebecca to change the backside, which we'll leave to Amy to decide. Seems like we have agreement on everything else.
Backside: Second mockup (head with shaded mind)
Frontside: First and second mockups (color blocks)
Eliminate “Less of,” “Neutral,” “More of” text.
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 100.0% | 3 |
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| Abstain | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 0% | 3 |
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3 of 6 people have participated (50%)
Eugene Eric Kim
Thu 21 Aug 2014 7:04PM
I would still love to figure out a way to reinforce the fact that these descriptions are mindsets, and I still love the way the thought bubbles look. However, I'll defer to Amy's reasoning, which makes perfect sense to me.
Amy Wu · Wed 20 Aug 2014 12:49AM
Hi! Here are mockups for the v0.5 cards. Looking forward to your feedback and comments!