Abstract
Many social media websites including MySpace, AniRoleplay, and Tumblr
give users the opportunity to express their personality by customizing the
profile. The contact list of an Apple iPhone currently does not allow users
to customize features. This project created a new user-interface design for
the contact list of an Apple iPhone which draws inspiration from the
Pokédex used in the popular Pokémon franchise. By rebranding this
fictional device so the core functionality translates into the real world in a
practical and original way, users can bring their personality and creative
expression to other devices outside the internet.
Many key components found within the different iterations of the Pokédex
were investigated such as the layout style, color scheme, features, and
prominent design elements. Understanding the successes and failures of
basic informational features of each Pokédex design iteration was critical
to the development of this project and served as the foundation of the
Connex application. Taking the design characteristics and functional
features of the Pokédex and merging them with the functional features of
the Apple iPhone, users were given a new level of freedom, control, and
flexibility never yet experienced on a mobile platform. Each user has the
ability to change the layout, color scheme, typography, and elemental
type classifications which can result in the possibility of no two Connex
applications appearing identical.
The final iteration of the Connex application meets three core elements.
First, it contains a visually friendly user-interface due to the design choices
of the developer. Second, it is user friendly due to the attention to detail
which was incorporated into the user-interface. Third, it contains the
ability for users to customize its features and incorporate their own
personality.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
iPhone (Smartphone)--Mobile apps; User interfaces (Computer systems)--Design; Pokémon (Game)
Publication Date
5-15-2015
Document Type
Thesis
Student Type
Graduate
Degree Name
Visual Communication Design (MFA)
Department, Program, or Center
School of Design (CIAS)
Advisor
Chris Jackson
Advisor/Committee Member
Shaun Foster
Advisor/Committee Member
Nancy Ciolek
Recommended Citation
Lessnick, Chelsea, "The Connex: A New User-Interface Design for the Contacts of a Mobile Phone" (2015). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/9110
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Plan Codes
VISCOM-MFA
