About the challenge
McMaster Design League has an exciting weekend planned for you as part of the second annual UI/UX Designathon. A designathon is a weekend long event that focuses on creativity, teamwork, and working on real world problems. The UI/UX Designathon focuses specifically on user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design. Teams are encouraged to use tools like Figma, MockFlow, and Adobe XD to prototype their designs.
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Participant Package: https://www.notion.so/mcmasterdesignleague/MDL-UI-UX-Designathon-2023-Participant-Package-0ba96690ba44474d9c3f50c970ef8b3e?pvs=4
Requirements
What to Build
We will be releasing the design problems shortly after the opening ceremony on Friday, November 3rd at 8 PM EST! Stay tuned. The design period starts at 9 PM EST, giving you time to form a team and choose a problem!
What to Submit
Your design files (e.g. Figma, MockFlow, Adobe XD) as a link. If you are having trouble getting a shareable link to the workspace, feel free to upload any files to a drive and link that drive. A maximum 5 minute video of the project, embedded as a link (e.g. Youtube) Though this can be similar to your live presentation, the judging is live THIS SHOULD BE SEPARATE FROM YOUR PRESENTATION Must contain at least 30 seconds showing the user flow. In the text section, add some of the key points you want to speak about Feel free to customize your post how you see fit! This is to showcase to other designers as well:)
MORE INFOMRATION ON SUBMISSIONS TO BE RELEASED AT OPENING CEREMONIES
Prizes
NPX First Place
NPX Runner Up
MockFlow First Place
MockFlow Runner Up
MDL First Place
MDL Runner Up
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Ayesha Siddiqui
Abhay Chopra
DesignHat
Nikita Tulsani
Dominic Cabitac
NPX
Sin Yan Yim
ArcelorMittal Dofasco
Zhuyuan He
Ford Motor Company
Perry Wang
Discord
Adrian Buijs
McMaster Engineering Physics Professor
Soroush Toloue
Electronic Arts
Zubash Akmal
Judging Criteria
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User Interface (Visual Design)
- Branding (1 - 5) - Aesthetics (1 - 5) - Meeting Needs of Client (1 - 5) - Information Placement (1 - 5) -
User Experience
- Proper Use of Components (1 - 5) - Accessibility (1 - 5) - Info Architecture / User Flow (1 - 5) - Responsiveness to Error (1 - 5) - Cross Platform Connectivity (1 - 5) -
Overall Presentation
- Execution (1 - 5) - Innovative / Creative (1 - 5) - Planning / Ideation (1 - 5)
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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