↘Salty News App

Overview
Salty is a mobile news app for reliable ocean and shoreline updates and community events. You can explore articles, join clean up events with friends, and bookmark your favorites.
It’s a one-stop source for local shoreline news, encouraging and accessible discussion for those who live in direct impact of shoreline erosion.

Programs
Figma, Adobe Illustrator

Information Architecture
This set up and flow helps users easily navigate the app, find new articles and information quickly, and understand the function of the different sections.

Problem Statement
The protection and preservation of ecosystems in oceans and seas is over-exploited, resources often become hard to find and hard to distinguish from fake articles.

Goals & Objectives
The goal of this app is to create a safe and reliable space for learning more about and staying up to date on recent ocean news. Encouraging users to take action in restoring and protection shorelines while contributing to the development of sustainable practices and policies. Encouraging a culture of environment stewardship and responsibility among future generations.

Wireframes

Low Fidelity
1. Login
2. Create Account
3. Article
4. Home

High Fidelity
1. Login
2. Create Account
3. Article
4. Home

Style Guide

Typography
The logo is a letter mark/ symbol so I paired it with Cubano for the word mark. The primary type for the brand is Urbanist, a clean reliable type to not draw attention away from the illustrations.

Urbanist is a large family and is used as headers and body type. It was chosen because of its resemblance to a typewriter style font.

Brand Color + Illustration
The color palette for the app was inspired by bright sea glass and more cautionary neon colors.