Week of Monday 18th – Initial Ideation Tutorials
In the Tuesday group tutorials it was clear that I liked 3 ideas – being locking apps/ messages, design app and 6 pack in 30 days. To really get one main idea I knew I had to think more thoroughly about the concept, ect.
The design app
To differ from what is out there I want to create something bad and that isn’t at all good. I can use comic sans, impact, curlz fonts. I can make spelling mistakes, the quality can be extremely bad. Then I looked into what sort of designed templates can be used. These can include posters, logos, business cards, flyers, invitations or even social media styles. All of this will have to be done correctly even if it is meant to be wrong, this will be extremely hard to find the balance of what is bad as everyone interprets design and art differently. Over all I feel some of the other ideas can be better suited to my style.
Locking app
This app would be to stop others from getting in/ out. The target market would either have to be parents to stop their child getting onto banking ect, or teens not wanting the parents or friends getting into their private messages, photos or social media. To create this I think I’ll have to do more on the promotion and marketing of this, due to the app being simple. Maybe come up with a few different scenarios that include both target audiences. However, looking back through the research and talking to the tutors this concept has already been created and I feel that I want to design something that is unique.
6 Pack in 30 Days
My first though is to create an app that has one touch a day and once you ‘do the workout’ or tap the screen once you can not use the app till the next day. The target audience would be simple as it would be fore young men between the ages of 16 to 29. Stereotypically they are showing off to their ‘lad’ friends and want to look their own best self to impress their potential partners. This app would feed on their need to impress and be the best and more attractive they can.
Overall, I feel that I’m most interested in the 6 pack app. This gives comedy in an almost ‘fuck society’ way, where the app itself is almost mocking the users for not going to the GYM or actually getting their own six pack. I feel that this simple idea can let me branch out into a variety of elements, like the way I can market this, the design elements, the personalisation of the app.
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