June Shin Interactive/Web 1 L. Clarke
INITIAL QUESTIONS How much does an average American know about North Korea? What are some prejudices against North Korea? What North Korea-related organizations are out there? What can a student do to better the lives of North Koreans? How can I help college students get involved?
RESEARCH Good Friends website (http://www.goodfriends.or.kr/eng/eng.html)
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS GOOD BAD A great resource to hear about Outdated information current events in North Korea Tacky web design Articles don’t have dates Too many words WHAT CAN I DO BETTER? Use graphics to facilitate comprehension and touch people’s hearts Make the site more modern and attractive Actually introduce ways to get involved rather than just bombard people with (too much) information.
CONTENT WHAT I NEED FOR THE SITE: WHERE TO GET IT: Photography: photographs of North Korea’s Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) dictator, civilian life, evidence of suffering, American college students’ activities on campus My own photos of club events and demonstrations from college Graphics: animcation, illustrations or cartoons U.S. Committee for Human Rights in Text: Statistics and facts about North Korea North Korea JungTo Society’s Good Friends Human Rights Watch
PLANNING WHAT I DON’T WANT WHAT I WANT Happy photos of wealthy Photos of college students doing North Koreans something about the issue at hand Low resolution photos Photos that convey misery :(
OBJECTIVES: Make more people know about the issues Present information in a clear manner Make it easier for college students to get involved by providing ideas and resources TARGET AUDIENCE: College students, faculty members (anyone on college campus)
INITIAL SITE MAP home page get involved shop about contact set up a north korea clothing chapter explained event ideas accesories who we are Later, I added a gallery tab to showcase my posters host past activities & and event photos from the posters/cards nomads impact past years.
So let’s see my site! *drum rolls*
This site will tell the story of the North Korean people . My aim is to provide informa- tion on what really goes on inside the oppressive country that is North Korea, and help college students get involved in making even the smallest changes to improve of the lives of North Koreans.
THE SITE – HOME PAGE http://mocku.ps/dgrw8e (click to see animated home page.) Starting page Ending Page
get involved page white = highlighed state
gallery > event photos
gallery > posters
FOR TABLET Size of animation reduced, but bigger type Large buttons
get involved > plan a demonstration When clicked, menu moves up, and in the place it had just been appears a description of what you just clicked.
gallery > posters Menu moves directly up (so if you clicked on “about,” it would be on the upper left, and if you clicked on “gallery,” it would be on the upper right side as shown.).
FOR iPHONE New, very short animation for the phone platform http://mocku.ps/yeb4p6 (click to see animation) Evern larger buttons
gallery > posters Menu title moves to the upper left corner. Due to sparse screen space, only one image at a time (stacking of pictures)
CONCLUSION I tried to create a very simple site for college students who wish to educate themselves and other about the realities of North Korean civilian life. I hope that it was simple enough to a degree where it is easy to comprehend and get to where the user wants to go, but visually appealing enough to keep him/her engaged. The diffjculties I faced arose from the seriousness of the matter at hand, which is an immediate turn-off for many people on the inter web. I hope to have communicated the idea of urgency and feelings of bleakness with the design of this site.
THANK Y U Libby & classmates, for listening to my presentation & for a wonderful semester!!
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