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Client Brief #1 Blog Website
Client:
Name: Vibz
Fonts: Use any you like
Colors: Use any you like
Timeline:
Two weeks to 4 weeks
Objectives
We want a unique blog website that can:
- Show featured articles on Homepage
- Article page
- Show all category sections
- Allow readers to signup to a newsletter
- Showcase our Instagram feed
- Ability to Search through content
- Guest authors
- Social Sharing and liking of posts
- Article ratings
Platform
Please design for responsive web. So we require desktop screens as well as mobile screens.
Limitations
Page performance (Loading time)
Limited Screen size on mobile
Target audience
Young people between 25 to 35
Pain points
Searching for inspiration about lifestyle, health, news, music, movies, and gadgets (Our category sections)
Get bored with uninspiring content
Hate having to return to websites to check for new articles
References
Please conduct some research on the following blogs we love and get ideas to include
Deliverables
- Research section (refer to references provided and find features that should be added in order for our blog to be competitive)
- Sketches of initial ideas
- Sitemap/journey map
- Wireframes
- Visual mockups on desktop and mobile of
- Article page
- Homepage
- Category page
- Article page
- Menu
- Highlight 3 enhancements or unique features you have included to make our blog stand out and solve pain points
- Results section:Feedback from testing with 5 random people
- Link to this project’s deliverables
Nice to have
Video walkthrough (Screen record an Invision prototype)
Additional message from the client
Make it pop!!!
Inspiration (Life’s cheatsheet)
If you are still unsure about where to start I have a couple of very cool blogs done by the best agencies and design companies in the world.
Here are two case studies for you to analyze:
