Challenge 4: Calculator

Hey all,

This weekend has been a blur and I hadn't uploaded yesterday so here is one for yesterday.

The challenge is to design a 'Calculator'

There were many examples of a calculator on the website and I wanted to see if I could think outside the box a little I thought how about a calculator for a child.

From there I went to the Adobe Color wheel to find a color pallet that would be good for children, I also went to Unspalsh to see if I could find some good photos for a possible background, also for typography I used 'Chalkduster' because it looked suitable for a child.

ITERATION 1.
I then went to sketch with the tools I gathered and applied them to a typical calculator layout, I wanted to enlarge it though instead of keeping it narrow like an ordinary calculator, I did this because I figured child's fingers need more space to utilize and also some more visual separation between the options seemed right for children.

ITERATION 2
I kept iterating on the idea by thinking of possibly utilizing a chalkboard, with the typeface I used I thought how perfect and started that route. I also muted the colors because I felt the colors were a bit too bright and removed the background picture. I also went to google for some chalkboard examples to possibly utilize the colors for a gradient background simulating the chalkboard and its many erased areas.

ITERATION 3
I enlarged the "chalkboard" area and created a couple pieces of chalk and an eraser along with a border between the calculator area creating a chalk holder. I also introduced some borders to accentuate the areas, finally, I turned back on the red numbers because I thought it would be better to totally separate the calculator area with the chalkboard.

ITERATION 4
I really went wild I initially was pondering if I should make a calculator or if I should create one of those counting books for children that teaches math. I feel for children a visual cue is better than just numbers so I quickly created some simple dog characters to create a visual version of the math.

ITERATION 5
This is a simple take for all the ideas most are the same the only thing I did was get rid of the visual cue, the thought behind this one is as a child I always wrote math problems the way it is shown rather than straight across. So just another idea for doing things the "Child" way.

So there are some of my ideas and the reasons behind them.

Thanks for reading!

Bev :)