I want the users feel relax and happy when using this music app, so I decided to pick tropical as my theme. This music app can make people feel like at the beach.
What is Tropical ?
“Tropical” is sometimes used in a general sense for a tropical climate to mean warm to hot and moist year-round, often with the sense of lush vegetation.
Homescapes is a free-to-play video game released by Playrix. Homescapes is a traditional match-3 mechanics with a well-developed storyline.
Category
Game
Target Audience
Middle-aged (mostly woman)
Art Direction
Colourful
Bright
Organic shapes
3D
Type of Navigation
Finger Tapping
Swipe
Homescapes is free to download. This game can be play by online or offline. The best benefit is there are no any ads during playing the game. Players can play the match-3 levels and earning stars. Players can spend those stars to complete house-related tasks.
Netflix is a streaming service that allows users watch a wide variety of award-winning TV shows, movies, documentaries, and more on thousands of internet-connected devices.
Category
Movies & TV shows
Target Audience
Teenagers
Middle-aged
Art Direction
Minimalist
Dark
Type of Navigation
Finger Tapping
Swipe
Netflix enables users to watch as much TV and movies as they like in the comfort of their home. With Netflix, users can enjoy unlimited ad-free viewing of content. There’s always something new to discover, and more TV shows and movies are added every month. Users can play, pause, and resume watching without ads or commitments. Users can download their favorite shows to their own mobile device. With downloads, users can watch while they are on the go and without internet connection.
Hungry app offers one-stop delivery platform, which contain the daily necessities include foods & drinks, fruits, flowers and supermarket goods. The core value of “Hungry Delivery System” is “Provide the most convenience life”.
Category
Delivery
Target Audience
Teenagers
Middle-Aged
Art Direction
Cute-styled icon
Minimalist
Type of Navigation
Finger Tapping
Swipe
By using Hungry app, consumers able to search the nearest shop without going out, and just a few steps to order their need. They can also track the order in house, and have a perfect online shopping experience without leaving home. Merchants are able to get access to wider target audience, grasp the order detail and profit information. At the same time, they can even give variety offer, to customize their online shop.
Spotify is a digital music, podcast, and video streaming service that gives users access to millions of songs and other content from artists all over the world. Users use this app to listen or search music. Basic functions such as playing music are totally free, but you can also choose to upgrade to spotify premium.
Category
Music
Target Audience
Music Lover
Art Direction
Dark
Minimalist
Type of Navigation
Finger Tapping
Swipe
In spotify, users may upgrade to spotify premium. Spotify premium has many benefits such as no more shuffle-only mode, unlimited skips, double bit-rate pleasure, listen offline, no wait for new releases. Users can download music by using wifi or data, so users can listen to the music that downloaded during offline. Artists can also sell their music in spotify to earn money.
JOOX is a music streaming service. JOOX is a freemium service, providing most of its songs free, while some songs are only available for premium users.
Category
Music
Target Audience
Music Lover
Art Direction
Minimalist
Dark
Type of Navigation
Finger Tapping
Swipe
Users can download the latest song and listen to it offline. There JOOX Radio, that users could have access to more than 50 radio with extensive playlist. JOOX offered their premium VIP access to DSTV subscribers free of charge.
Shazam is a mobile app that recognize music and TV around users. The application can identify music, movies, advertising, and television shows, based on a short sample played and using the microphone on the device.
Category
Music
Target Audience
Music Lover
Art Direction
Minimalist
Dark
Type of Navigation
Finger Tapping
Swipe
Users can find the name of any song in seconds. Shazam while offline, turn on Auto Shazam to keep finding songs even when users leave the app. Shazam is the fastest way to discover music.
Magazine is a periodical publication containing articles and illustrations, typically covering a particular subject or area of interest. A magazine is a publication, usually a periodical publication, which is printed or electronically published. Here are five differences between print and digital magazine.
5 Key Differences in Designing for Print vs Digital Media
Print
Digital
Changeability and Lifecycle
-a nightmare to reprint the project -cost expensive
-changes can be previewed and tested at every turn
Engagement
-a conditions of how a user will come across your work is dependent on how and where the viewer will encounter the work
-competing with a lot for a viewer’s attention
Sense
-engage viewers on a physical level -things that could be considered are the weight of the paper or canvas that will be used
-video and sound could be used with both mediums -may make the experience more immersive
Space and Layout
-a finite amount of space
-free from spatial constraints
Color and Resolution
-DPI and CMYK are the measurements
-PPI and RGB determine image quality
Printing Magazine
Printing Magazine
Digital Magazine
Digital Magazine
In conclusion, as we know that printed and digital magazine have many different advantages. In my opinion, I prefer digital magazine more than printed magazine. I think digital magazine can save more resources and also interact with viewers easily.
Lim Qiao Mei 
