The
Sill
The Sill
Overview
This idea behind this website was - the seed would become The Sill: a modern plant destination for the modern plant lover. For my Visual Design Studio project, I decided to design a mobile application for the website. The goal was to make the experience of being a plant parent as wonderful as the plants themselves.
Overview
This idea behind this website was - the seed would become The Sill: a modern plant destination for the modern plant lover. For my Visual Design Studio project, I decided to design a mobile application for the website. The goal was to make the experience of being a plant parent as wonderful as the plants themselves.
Client: Class / Personal Project
Role: Visual Designer
Time: 4 weeks
Tools: Sketch, InVision
Client: Class / Personal Project
Role: Visual Designer
Time: 4 weeks
Tools: Sketch, InVision
The Problem
The website lacks the wonderful experience that plants provide. It is dull and lacks vibrancy. The site also has no supporting mobile application, which is surprising as it is more widely used by customers. They also have cool additional features, workshops which are not easily discoverable.
The Problem
The website lacks the wonderful experience that plants provide. It is dull and lacks vibrancy. The site also has no supporting mobile application, which is surprising as it is more widely used by customers. They also have cool additional features, workshops which are not easily discoverable.
Visual Design Strategy
The Sill is the source that bridges the gap between plants and people, offering products and services that fit with your personal style, your lifestyle, and your budget. My design strategy was to add the following elements :
Visual Design Strategy
The Sill is the source that bridges the gap between plants and people, offering products and services that fit with your personal style, your lifestyle, and your budget. My design strategy was to add the following elements :
Modern-
Allow people to buy plants from their home, make the app modern. Bridge the gap between plants and people. Making the user interface clean and simplistic for a modern, sophisticated feel.
Modern-
Allow people to buy plants from their home, make the app modern. Bridge the gap between plants and people. Making the user interface clean and simplistic for a modern, sophisticated feel.
Personalized product and services -
Provide products and services that fit with user style, lifestyle, and budget. Allow personal tracking of plants that user have.
Personalized product and services -
Provide products and services that fit with user style, lifestyle, and budget. Allow personal tracking of plants that users have.
Promote a healthy happy environment -
Bringing plants into the city-living indoor houses to promote a pleasant, healthy environment which also helps to boost creativity.
Promote a healthy happy environment -
Bringing plants into the city-living indoor houses to promote a pleasant, healthy environment which also helps to boost creativity.
The Moodboard
Keeping the visual design strategy in mind, I designed a mood board that reflected the theme for the application.
The Moodboard
Keeping the visual design strategy in mind, I designed a mood board that reflected the theme for the application.
Design Sketches
I designed multiple screens to understand how a user would navigate through the application. I also incorporated an additional feature that helps users track their plants and provides alerts and notifications for plant care.
Design Sketches
I designed multiple screens to understand how a user would navigate through the application. I also incorporated an additional feature that helps users track their plants and provides alerts and notifications for plant care.
Final Design
Final Design
Key Takeaways
• Limit fontface
• Use GRID
• Keep it simple
• Think outside the box
• Contrast is the key
• Keep iterating
Key Takeaways
• Limit font face
• Use GRID
• Keep it simple
• Think outside the box
• Contrast is the key
• Keep iterating
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