As a followup to my calendar project, I decided it would be nice to make an app with the same concept. I began brainstorming how this circular calendar idea could take the form of an iPhone app. After countless whiteboard and paper sketches, I landed on a solid starting point. I jumped into Photoshop and began laying out the app. It took quite some time and hundreds of tweaks to get the UI to look and feel right. As you can see, spinning the wheels on the bottom changes the date you are viewing. I also wanted it to have a week view, so I came up with a nifty pull down transition that would switch you into the week view. Swiping left or right in either view would bring you to the previous/next day/week. These interactions were quite challenging! I needed to have the spinning pieces large enough to be impactful, but I didn't want them to be at the top of the screen. If they were at the top, it would be harder to use both physically (thumb reach) and visually (hand covering content).

 

I worked on building this app for a bit with a co-worker (before the calendar market was oversaturated) but it didn't pan out in the end and we put the project on hold. The data that we were able to gather from peoples calendars was limiting and far trickier than nowadays.

 

Skills

• UI Design

• UX Design

• Brand Identity Design

• Prototyping

• Icon Design

• Interaction Design