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December 13, 2017

When It Come’s To Design , Process Is All It Matters

So you have been assigned with a branding project – it is really a challenging task for any of the designer in which you have a blank canvas in the field of infinite possibilities . Well your very first goal as a designer is to take the task as a challenge , and be crazy to start a new project which will welcome appreciation of your work , and you can showcase your best work to the world .

In my 7 year of experience of working with various clients starting from startup to an enterprise client , i have discovered series of designing techniques to deliver the best in designing . As a designer we should always think for the client , so that client can easily digest with the design and we can receive our appreciation part .

Here is the R&D done during the day at Winklix

ASSEMBLE THE TROOPS

As a team leader in Designing Team in Winklix , I am a big believer in having a creative process , a process that can help the designer to perform best at their expertise level , and thereby giving the best output possible . We try to set up the system our designers will get to know exactly what they need to focus on , what are the client expectation and how to present to the client in such a way that client get influenced with our work .

The key to success in field of designing is deep evaluation of the previous projects . Once done with the designing , our team held a short meeting with the designing team to discuss the project in deep and welcoming any suggestions , thus helping us in reviewing our work and making the improvement thereon .

The very first thing that we do is calculation of resources required to do any particular project , and how long does it will take to complete the project . To evaluate we love to keep an eye on how much project in hand we have right now in our hand together with the capability of our team member . It is always proven to be beneficial to set goals based on the number of resources available , as by this we will always to able to accomplished client goals and received thumbs up from them . If we are able to achieve those goals , then we are able to manage client expectation . At the same time , we should also focus on the ability of our team member to do the work accordingly to their skills . The ultimate goal of any designer is to ” Maximising efficiency while producing quality end product ” .

GETTING TO KNOW THE PROJECT

Before cooking the food into spicy one , you must have in-depth knowledge about the project , for which you must speak with the client to hear about their ideas , future goals and their targeted market , along with the app design prototype they are having in their mind . In order to get the right information a small question like what are your core values ? What are your targeted audience ? will definitely add cheesiness before the actual process starts . This helps both the parties to discuss and execute the ideas of the client into reality upto their expectation .

The answer to above questioner blows light bulb of the designer . At this point designing team gather all the approaches that could be taken to begin with the idea . This is one of my favourite stage job – The Unknown .

PUTTING PENCIL TO PAPER

Putting all the ideas after collection on a piece of paper is one of the toughest phase to move on . Initially designers have freedom to think creatively , and to move to in any direction they want as per the project end goal in their mind . The client has more likely tasked you with ” I want something unique , that haven’t been seen before ” .

So now the question arises is where do you want to start with ? Will you jump straight onto your mac , open illustrator and start crafting . You can , but my experience does not say it all . Designer who straight away start with the design , will be limited by the tools available , and you will definitely have no idea of the colour theme to choose from together with the fonts which will look awesome in the design . It is preferable to but down a rough sketch on the piece of paper with the pencil and then start with your illustrator part to get the output as desired , which is solid and real to interact with . Pencil articulate ideas without any restriction .

Don’t put me wrong , but it is next to impossible to bring your idea into reality without a Mac and a creative programming we know and love . The next step is to play with some combination of colours using correct tool in illustrator to develop your idea . You can also browse with the fonts that suits your identity rather than using only predefined assets .

So in my opinion the only way to start the branding project is to start with a pencil and paper . We can go to any direction without any resection , and it is the main benefit of it , without thinking of which direction is right or wrong .

Our main focus is to give our client the cheesy pizza they desire , and we can start our party night after the work .

DEVELOP AND REFINE

The initial exploration help us to explore endless ideas . This is the point our team deeply reviews the things we have made and tries to search whether we have missed some great opportunity ? Then we try to search with every angle and tries to find an angle which might have not been explored yet .

We held the weekly meeting with our designing team to come up with new ideas and challenges that they might be currently facing , as compromising with our client ideas are not in our veins . We always be on our client expectation , as we know client has chosen us from among the numerous option available in the market , and thus has bought us for a reason . Client has trusted in our team ability to perform the work , and so we accept it as a challenge to give them a app that they can’t live without .

It is always proven beneficial to save on your previous steps of designing progress in old folders rather than deleting the same for any future reference . Our team are curious to get our ideas and realistic view to be checked by our client , so that they can start exploring the world of endless opportunity in tech field . Once we are satisfied with our design , we explore the magic to our clients .

So next time when you are starting your project , think twice , Am I ready ? Do I have clear understanding of all the things ? Have i worked on client requirement ? And most importantly ” Do you have pencil in your hand instead of a mouse ” !!

When It Comes To App Design, It’s A Matter of Process

December 11, 2017August 2, 2019

Is IOT Ready For Service Industry ?

The answer to above question is yes . The IOT will help service industry to make use of innovative technologies , and replacing the use of complicated softwares in the house .

The service system can use various objects within their ecosystem by making the use of the designing principle of Internet Of Things . The IOT has various benefits including sharing of information between objects , sensing pulse of customer for taking decision and many others .

IOT can offer vide range of benefits starting from providing connecting services to most business , to facilitating credit card companies to check the credit level with customer location . It has also facilitated cloud based CRM and ERP , thus replacing the old computer based system of using CRM .Moreover the IOTalways brings out security , analytics and device management .

Internet Of Thing based solution are are always serving the service industry with pleasure , thus simplifying the ease of doing and proving services . It provides support and deployment of service , device and its connectivity . With the increasing use of IOT in service industry , it helps in ease of doing business by increasing connectivity and more reliable solution .

IOT connectivity is itself proving various kind of connectivity services and thus helping out the most of the enterprise needs . All can be conducted with ease from the corner of the company without any hassle or stress . IOT is just the beginning of the new era , where a lot of technology advancement is yet to take place . A very small example of the thing is smartphones now a days has replaced the wrist watches , music player , alarm clock and the camera . IOT can now he considered as next future .

December 9, 2017December 9, 2017

Impact Of Augmented Reality

In present world AR has become a more common place for entertainment . If you are a gamers , focusing on AR will increase your chances higher success of games with thrilling experience . Games like Pokemon Go went viral in very less time are also based on the concept of augmented reality . In present world , AG has gone beyond the doors of gaming and entertainment . Look at the popularity of it , a famous game trailer named ZombieGo has gained over 100 k views , as it is using AR in real world . This has focused developers and mobile app development companies to focus and believe on in the endless opportunities of AG , which is just the beginning of the whole new development .

So let’s look what exactly can AR go from here , and how well it can improve day to day life ?

AR Apps In E-Commerce

E-commerce and AR might not seen like a cousin brother , but retailers and developers are making a fast move towards implementation of AR in order to attract more customer . Despite the exponential growth of e-commmerce industry , many of us still prefer to shop our desires in physical store . That is because of the missing element of trial before be buy . Person usually love to have a trail specially when it comes to buying a cloth online . To solve this problem Harsh Sinha , the FastestMart owner has introduced to try a bunch of clothes of customer choice at their home before they really select one of them . These types of initiatives have been widely successful , but AR is the next step in bringing the gap between the bricks and mortar shopping experience . The retail industry has come up with seamless AR app to try the things in virtual reality . The app like LensKart has introduced to try the frames on their face . The Sampler , allowed customer to virtually try on the sneakers by pointing their phone camera at their feet .

With the introduction of ARKit by Apple , many believed that AR is rapidly becoming the future of the e-commerce industry .Amazon has also recently launched the feature in their iOS that gives the ability to view electronics , toys and other things alike in AR . Earlier it was just being implemented by gamers , but AR is also getting a good result in e-commerce industry too .

AR Apps For Education

First there were SMARTBoards , the touch screen boards that has reached millions of students globally . I still remember when i was in tenth standard , a shy student like me was forced to go to solve a math problem on the SMARTBoards . Now with the introduction of AR , there is lot more to come . Augmented Reality has the potential to change the complete revolution of the primary and secondary school more than any other technology has yet done in the past .AR apps can be used to animate a historical timeline , can also turn an illustration into 3D images and lot more .

AR Apps Advancing Healthcare

With the technologies like Google Glass , AR and VR will come up with routine healthcare within the next five years . AR developers are making a very sincere efforts to make healthcare smarter and safer . With the help of AR many of the spinal surgeries are also been conducted by doctors .

There is lot more to come to maximise the efficiency and ease on the advancement process with the help of AR .

What Is Next For AR ?

So if you are looking for technology which is beyond your imagination , and want to really look beyond the gimmicky games and viral entertainment apps , use AR to enhance our daily lives .

Although developers worldwide are accepting AR as challenge , AR is expected to generate $ 120 billion in revenue , which is nearly six times more than its current revenue . Now lets dream for something big , with the next big innovation together with Winklix team of professionals .