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Time for a lil background on the concept process of our interactive forecast (YES IT'S COMING!!!)

Bc my brain is fried (who's isn't?), I do not promise a SUPER coherent

Also please note: it's all

FAKE DATA

– leggo!

Time for a lil background on the concept process of our interactive forecast (YES IT'S COMING!!!)Bc my brain is fried (who's isn't?), I do not promise a SUPER coherent Also please note: it's all FAKE DATA – leggo!

So back around the dawn of time, we kicked off the concept phase. Thx to @onyxfish , we built in time to think differently ab the UX of the site compared to the past.

I did a low-key & v inconsistent skinning for a first design pass. Inconsistency in mocks is a n00b move, but we all do it OK.

Anyway look at these ~fun mocks~

I did a low-key & v inconsistent skinning for a first design pass. Inconsistency in mocks is a n00b move, but we all do it OK. Anyway look at these ~fun mocks~

I'll come out & say my fav idea swiftly drew the most skepticism (

I'll pitch again in 4 yrs LOL, c u soon

).

But seriously y'all, how cute is this scrollable hellscape?

I'll come out & say my fav idea swiftly drew the most skepticism (I'll pitch again in 4 yrs LOL, c u soon).But seriously y'all, how cute is this scrollable hellscape?

We DID choose to go vaguely in this direction but toned down how exploratory the look/feel by

lopping off some darlings

Best/worst part of the process

, some shots:

We DID choose to go vaguely in this direction but toned down how exploratory the look/feel by lopping off some darlingsBest/worst part of the process , some shots:

None of the forecast's moving parts were designed in this phase (later

) but boy are there feels ab UX at FTE!

Let's leave hell(election)scape behind

(i'm bitter!), a few notes on process:

None of the forecast's moving parts were designed in this phase (later ) but boy are there feels ab UX at FTE! Let's leave hell(election)scape behind (i'm bitter!), a few notes on process:

Everyone was involved in critique

Which meant all had a voice & all feedback was *considered* There's a whole

just for this but: we tried VERBAL + QUICK TURN and we tried WRITTEN + EXTENDED. V basic notes:

Everyone was involved in critique Which meant all had a voice & all feedback was *considered* There's a whole just for this but: we tried VERBAL + QUICK TURN and we tried WRITTEN + EXTENDED. V basic notes:

All of the mocks from every iteration (8!) were available at all times via Drive

as were feedback Docs and notes from every meeting.
I highly recommend THIS emoji system for written, extended feedback forms:

All of the mocks from every iteration (8!) were available at all times via Drive as were feedback Docs and notes from every meeting. I highly recommend THIS emoji system for written, extended feedback forms:

(btw We did try Slack + it wasn't great. DMs worked wonders for those who don't want to share aloud, otherwise group-Slack sometimes led to group-think & I felt burnt into a pile of ashes

- excellent learning experience, though!)