“Artifact Uprising App (AU Mobile) is an app can make custom, quality photo books, photo albums, cards, and print photos online. Inspired by the disappearing beauty of the tangible.”
Since almost everything is getting more and more digitalized nowadays, photos are taking by phones instead of taking by cameras, and people get used to save their photos in their phones. The reason why I love this app is not only because it’s really well-designed, clean and simple for users, but also the concept of this app is bringing people back to the “physical era”, which means photos are supposed to be printed out and share with friends in person. So the great things about this app are combing the digital software with physical/tangible things, and people who love taking photos by phones still can print out their pictures without so complicated steps by the camera. With this app you can just simply send the photos through either your camera roll or instagram or even VSCO cam.
The first view is really simple and clean. It also provides the outcomes of the products for users to explore in different styles. Also, the kerning of the font makes the whole view looking very elegant.
The side bar is very simple and easy to understand. It is obvious to see the “log out” is doing totally different things with the buttons on the top, so users won’t accidentally tap on the wrong one. However, personally speaking, I will combine “my account” with “my orders” if I’m the designer. Because even though they’re doing two different things, they are still under the same category.
One simple key sentence to show the style and also price, which can let users to catch the most important information in a short time.
When you tap “get started”, it will lead you to the picking process, which allows you to pick photos through either photo apps or your photo library. This is very thoughtful to consider those filter lovers, also there are the commercial benefits inside(work with other companies).
After picking the photos, which is the first step, users can edit the photos that they picked into the perfect position and inside of the frame by moving around the picture. Meanwhile, the nice thing about this view is the mock-up style, which allows users can view what the final product will look like.
When users finish processing each step above, the system will automatically upload the photos for you, which is very convenient. Also the “Cancel Upload” locates on lower left side, so users won’t accidentally tap on it to cancel, or very hard to reach if it locates on top side.