SLC21/WK4: Mockups in Design and Application
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Mockups in Design and Application
Hello guys, welcome to this week's Learning challenge. It's been a great time of design in the previous lessons and I believe we all enjoyed the task that has been given to us when the past. This week, we will be saying something a more practical in our daily life, which is the mockup We see on products out there.
In order to begin with, we should learn what a mockup is all about. When we walk around, We can see graphics on Bill boards, Right down to simple designs on our clothes, kitchen utensils and a lot more. In Design, customer sometimes need to see how the products will look like in real life.
In design, a mockup is a represents a product visually or design concept as well. It's like a blueprint that shows how the final product will look. In Design mockups can be applicable for various purposes, like:
Presentation: To showcase a design idea to clients, stakeholders, or team members.
Testing: To evaluate the usability and user experience of a design.
Communication: help to clarify a design concepts and ensure everyone is on the same page.
Mention and discuss Extensively the types of Mockups
Types of Mockups
These are some of the most common types of mockups
Present out there.
1. Wireframe Mockups
Purpose: To focus on the skeletal structure and layout of a design, prioritizing functionality over aesthetics.
Characteristics: Simple, low-fidelity representations that often use basic shapes and placeholders for content.
Use Cases: Early-stage design, user testing, and rapid prototyping.
2. High-Fidelity Mockups
Purpose: Use to make a design look highly detailed and a more realistic manner, resembling the final product.
Characteristics: It combines visual elements like typography, color schemes, and imagery.
Use Cases: User testing, client presentations, and internal design reviews.
3. Prototypes.
Purpose: use to validate the functionality and user experience of a design, mostly with interactive elements.
Characteristics: it varies from low-fidelity to high-fidelity, with respect to the level of detail and interactivity required.
Use Cases: cases of user testing, usability survey, and taking into account feedback from users.
4. Design Mockups
Purpose: it helps demonstrate the visual design elements of a product, like typography, color schemes, and imagery e.t.c.
Characteristics: possess highly visuals and often applied in mockups of specific design elements, like logos, icons, or illustrations.
Use Cases: Applicable in Branding and identity design, marketing materials, and web design.
5. Product Mockups
Purpose: To visualize how a product will look in a real-world setting, often with packaging or branding elements.
Characteristics: Realistic representations of physical products, such as smartphones, laptops, or packaging designs.
Use Cases: Product design, packaging design, and marketing materials.
6. UI/UX Mockups
Purpose: it helps to present the user interface and user experience of a digital product, such as: website or mobile app.
Characteristics: It stresses on the layout, interaction and navigation elements of the design.
Use Cases: User interface design, user experience design, and web and app development.
7. Print Mockups
Purpose: To demonstrate how a printed design will look like. Examples are; flyer, brochure noor business card etc.
Characteristics: Realistic representations of printed materials, often including paper textures and printing effects.
Use Cases: applied in cases of Print design, packaging design, and marketing materials.
Understanding the type of mockup required, Is a great start for people like designers developers to effectively communicate their ideas, Gather feedback and get into development of high quality products. The choice of every mockup depends on the project requirement, the design stages and process, and the desire level of detail and interactivity needed.
Mention and explain importance of mockups in promoting a brand/product.
Mockups play a crucial role in promoting a brand or product by providing several key benefits:
- Visual Communication: Mockups offer a clear and concise visual representation of a product or design concept. The presence of this visual communication, helps potential customers to understand the product features , its benefits , and the overall desire.
- Early Feedback and Iteration: Mockups permit The early stages of testing, giving feedback from both the designers, developers and marketers, not living out the potential customers. This enables identification of design, weakness, problems of usability, and areas which require improvement and thereby leading to More refined and effective final product design.
Enhanced Brand Storytelling: Mockups can be applied in creating more compelling brand stories.
By leveraging The product in more realistic scenarios, Mockups can create brand association , evoke emotions and building a stronger relationship with the Target audience.Marketing and Promotional Materials: fidelity mockups can be used to create visually desirable marketing materials, Like brochures, flyers, social media posts, and website banners. These materials insenoid interest, promote brand awareness and help increase ultimate sales.
Cost-Effective Product Visualization: Mockups cancels the need for costly visual prototypes, thereby saving time and resources. This allow business to test the different design variations and make informed decisions before getting into production.
Improved User Experience: By examining the user interface and user experience, mockups Can help facilitate interaction of users so in particular product. This positive validation of user experience can increase customer satisfaction and loyalty to the brand.
- Professionalism and Credibility: A well designed mockups portray a sense of professionalism and attention to detail. They help develop trust With potential customers, partners and strengthening the brands commitment to innovation and quality
Design exercise.
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In this section, I have been tasked to search for a t-shirt and promotes my logo on it. I will be using a logo I pre-designed last week, which is my name Logitech
I will be promoting this design on this t-shirt.
First we Will have to know the various procedures to make this happen. As always, I begin by opening my canva app and then select the various templates necessary for my design. For a best fit, I will be using the Instagram template which is suitable for this type of design.
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While I'm in in my blank space, I go to elements and then scroll down to I see Mockups. I tap on it, and then scroll down again till I see a apparel. You'll find All type of t-shirt designs which you can use for your design application.
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Okay, let the design begins. I carefully search for a good t-shirt. Mockup. Which my logo will fit in perfectly and then tap on it to add it to my blank page. Afterwards I proceed by selecting the logo which I want to earn and add it today page as well. From here I can drag the Logo and drop it on the T-shirt mockup and it will fit automatically.
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Equally. I can adjust the mockup, how it should be on the t-shirt by double tapping and performing some editing features.
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From here I dropped the In the mockup T-Shirt and adjust the t-shirt to fit the background. Below Instagram the final results of my product.
B
In this section, I am tasked to produce a flyer which can be presented on Bill boards. The flyer I choose for this exercise is something which promotes nature and flower gardening. I haven't done that yet in my previous designs, so for the new week I am designing this for this exercise. Let's start
First, I open my canva app, and select the YouTube thumbnail which is suitable for billboard. Afterwards I downloaded it. If you sunflower images and add it to my white sheet. I equally said one of them the background and then proceed to put the rest as Mockups.
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Afterwards I go under the element section and select a mockup which I am going to duplicate three times. After adding it to my page, I duplicate it three times and dropped another sunflower different from the background. I didn't arrange them in a diagonal shape to look like this.
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From here I then add my Typeface And a few more elements so make the design look cool.
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Below is the final result of our design. Ready to be applied and a billboard.
To proceed from here, I will go on the markup section and search for the billboards which are available in the Canva templates. Under the markup section, select on outdoor and then choose a Billboard of your choice.
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I just seen the design to fit the page, I didn't drop my flyer and this is the result.
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Below is the final resort of my billboard.
C
All right in this section, I am going to be promoting steemit using a mockup. From here, steemit is a life-changing platform that has greatly impacted our lives in one way or the other. In order to promote it I would like you to leave within us. So in that aspect I will be promoting it using a tea cup. Drink with steemit.
First I go to my mockup section, homes and utilities, I select a teacup which I then Add my steeemit logo which I downloaded online and I'll remove the background by erase.bg. Afterwards I adjust the whole image to fit properly and then I drop my logo on the teacup.
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Below is the final result of my product.
Overall, It was an interesting exercise carrying out the various designs and seeing them being applicable in real life examples.
In conclusion, mock-ups are invaluable tools for visualizing concepts, aiding in effective communication, and improving the design process. They are widely used across various industries to ensure that products and services meet the needs and expectations of their target audience.
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Credit to: @rafk
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