Fab Spider: The App Designers

Since the project has been moving forward more swiftly than ever, we agreed that it was vital to get the App designed. After noting down a few ideas, we then discussed our designs and plans with Adam and Steve who seemed very taken aback with what we had to say.

We then came to a horrible realisation that Steve hadn't planned the App in enough detail and had not taken every aspect into account- which makes sense as he is not a designer. While this was very bad news and bad timing considering we don't have long left to complete the project, we have a good knowledge of apps and had, luckily, thought through how we imagined the app to appear. 

So this meant that the next step for us both was for us to plan and design the app and then take it to an app developer who would be creating stills of the app for the Indiegogo page. 

The meeting was with a company called Fab Spider who are a web design agency based in Halifax. On arrival, we were both extremely nervous as we did not know what to expect and were slightly dubious about whether or not our designs were achievable. Luckily Dom, the designer, was extremely welcoming and made us feel very comfortable.

Dom reviewing our App Designs

Adam leaving the Fab Spider HQ

We talked him through each page of app designs and roughly explained each aspect to him. This was actually very reassuring, as he understood everything we had in mind. We then discussed which pages we wanted to be made into stills for the Indigogo page, as there is no need to use all of them because we only need to demonstrate the important aspects of the app (because more detailed information about every aspect of the app will be written about in another section of the Indiegogo page.). 

After deciding to showcase the Map, Home Page, Profile page and Chat/messenger on the IndieGoGo page, we discussed how we wanted each of these designs to be presented and in which format.

We also discussed our Purr domain and email addresses, as they are also the company that is sorting these out, and exchanged contact information with Dom for future reference.

Considering this was our first experience with designing an app, Dom appeared to be very impressed with our plans and did not see that any changes needed to be made. We're so glad that everything is finally coming together and cannot wait to see the final outcome.