PROJECT BRIEF
SKYZ is an interactive mobile app, integrating the current weather and the users calendar events in one easy to use innovative application. SKYZ utilizes a wheel scroll feature to navigate through the day to visualize how the weather changes. As well as seeing where the days events fall within weather changes.
PROJECT GOALS
USER RESEARCH
When a group of 20 individuals, of varying occupations and ages, were asked the same questions, survey results reflected the daily use of calendar and weather apps.
72% of people surveyed use their calendar everyday.
85% of people surveyed view the weather at least once a day.
82% of people surveyed have had to change plans due to weather changes.
USER PERSONAS
NAME: JAKE
LOVES SOCIAL GATHERINGS
Jake has a BBQ planned with friends. Although, the weather shows upcoming severe thunderstorms. He wants a weather app that can easily send an alert to all his friends invited to the BBQ from his calendar if the weather takes a turn for the worst.
NAME: AMANDA
AVID RUNNER
Amanda is scrolling through her weather app for the best time to go for a run tomorrow morning. She wants to set an alarm for 7 am, but if it's raining she would prefer to wake up later and try again another time during the day.
USER FLOW
While using a weather app it's important for the user to be able to easily navigate through the current weather and upcoming weather. As well as quickly being able to compare planned events with the weather during the time of the scheduled events. Lastly having the ability to send out alerts to friends as easy as possible.
SKETCHES & WIREFRAMES
While building the wireframes I referred back to my user flow and user personas to understand the interests of multiple types of users. The app needed to be user friendly and easy to navigate, meeting various user needs.
VISUAL DIRECTION
SKYZ theme is bright, incorporating non traditional weather application colors. Allowing the innovative app to stand out and captivate the users attention. Using color association of time of day based on sky colors.
FINAL COMPS
The final design features a scroll feature that allows the user to seamlessly scroll through the times of day to view the changes in weather. As well as the ability to easily send notifications to friends that are partaking in the same events.
LOGIN SCREEN
Users sign in using the same
login as their calendar of choice
(through their email).
LANDING SCREEN
Scroll feature to navigate through
the weather.
Add feature to add events to the
specific day by time. Events appear
on the wheel as they are added.
EXPAND EVENTS
Expand events to view the weather
at the time of the event as well
as the chance of precipitation.
ALERT
Click the alert icon to open the
alert screen. Users are easily able
to share the alert with their friends
and family.
CHANGE DAY
Users have the ability to view a more
detailed daily outlook by clicking the
day of the week.
CHANGE LOCATION
By clicking on the city users will be
brought to a scrolling list, with the
ability to choose an alternate location
to view the weather.
