While NASAs app contains a wealth of scientific knowledge and space exploration content, its current design makes it difficult for users to engage smoothly. A redesign helps make space more accessible, especially for curious minds.
CURRENT APP
Before redesigning NASA’s app, the current version was tested and analyzed to understand its structure. Upon opening the app, large images appeared on the landing page, leading to curiosity about the main menu configuration. Initially, the icon in the upper right corner was mistaken for the main menu, but it was actually the settings menu. The icons throughout the app were not well matched to their respective functions. For the presentation, NASA’s original icons were used to help the audience easily recognize them. After exploring the app, research was conducted on NASA’s brand identity through their official website. The NASA style guide PDF was found, which outlined the colors and fonts used by the organization. Additional NASA articles were also reviewed. In summary, NASA values accuracy and clear communication. They prioritize delivering quick and easy-to-read information, which is reflected in their choice of highly legible fonts. Clear communication is essential for NASA because their work involves precise mathematical and computational tasks that require absolute accuracy.
Problems :
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Icons do not clearly match their functions
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Settings icon confused with main menu
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Navigation is not intuitive
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Lack of consistency between icons and page content
SITEMAP
Each of the three posters captures the essence of a music festival through its own unique design. The globe, LP, and microphone each take the spotlight, reflecting the concert's mood and visual storytelling.
WIREFRAME
To explore different user experience directions, I created five distinct wireframe concepts for the redesigned NASA app. Each version focuses on a unique approach to layout, content hierarchy, and user interaction.
CONCEPT
Silver won out as the design’s central color in consideration of the relative rarity and strength of the metal alongside the antimicrobial properties of the element. These qualities, in concert with the calming visual appeal of the color, achieve balance with the cosmic extremities inherent in the brand. The result is ideal synthesis with the priorities identified in my star-themed mind map.
DESIGN SYSTEM
FINAL COMP
The final design embraces silver as a primary color to reflect clarity, strength, and a futuristic tone. Paired with deep space visuals and a clean layout, the color helps ground NASA’s vast universe in a calm, structured user experience. This balance reflects key themes from my star-themed mind map precision, wonder, and approachability.