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

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$CAD 2,430 in prizes
NPX First Place
1 winner

NPX Runner Up
1 winner

MockFlow First Place
1 winner

MockFlow Runner Up
1 winner

MDL First Place
1 winner

MDL Runner Up
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Ayesha Siddiqui

Ayesha Siddiqui

Abhay Chopra
DesignHat

Nikita Tulsani

Nikita Tulsani

Dominic Cabitac

Dominic Cabitac
NPX

Sin Yan Yim

Sin Yan Yim
ArcelorMittal Dofasco

Zhuyuan He

Zhuyuan He
Ford Motor Company

Perry Wang

Perry Wang
Discord

Adrian Buijs

Adrian Buijs
McMaster Engineering Physics Professor

Soroush Toloue

Soroush Toloue
Electronic Arts

Zubash Akmal

Zubash Akmal

Judging Criteria

  • 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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