Mobile Apps
Role : I act as an advisor to stakeholders. They schedule time with me to go over their app design, sharing their thought process and goals. After the review, I provide feedback or provide mockups on how to better improve the look and feel to assure it aligns with Cisco standards and up to date with current iOS and Android requirements.
Keep it simple.
Find a single element that captures the essence of your app and express that element in a simple shape. Add details cautiously. If an icon’s content or shape is overly complex, the details can be hard to discern, especially at smaller sizes.
Less is more.
Don’t include photos, screenshots, or interface elements. Photographic details can be very hard to see at small sizes. Screenshots are too complex for an app icon and don’t generally help communicate your app’s purpose. Interface elements in an icon are misleading and confusing.
Short and sweet.
Designing mobile app navigation means designing for a small views and gestures. Take little screen space: Clutter is an app killer: Optimize the elements you’re using for navigation in terms of size, number, labels, supporting content, and so on. Design for touch. Imagine your user traversing your app with a thumb, the most frequent touch method. Refer to the guidelines that follow for bars, etc. and also familiarize yourself with the OS conventions for optimal app navigation.