Design an interactive prototype with UXPin

Note From Adam

👋 Hey Designers,

Designing interactive prototypes is a critical skill to develop as a UX, UI, or Product Designer. It's time to apply your understanding of microinteractions and show off your prototyping chops.

This contest is your opportunity to design and build an amazing interactive prototype with UXPin and practice presenting your project. It’s beginner-friendly and there will be prizes!

🤞Good luck and happy designing!

Adam Ruf
Creator, UX Design Contest; Product Designer at AngelList

Desired Outcomes

By participating in this contest, you will

• Gain experience using UXPin, a modern prototyping tool
• Demonstrate your understanding of how microinteractions contribute to users' overall experience
• Exercise your visual design skills
• Practice your project presentation skills
• Have a chance at winning cool prizes

Prizes

🥇 1st Prize

• $50 for your charity
• Video call with UXDC Creator, Adam Ruf

🥈 2nd Prize

• $25 for your charity
• Video call with UXDC Creator, Adam Ruf

🥉 3rd Prize

• $25 for your charity

Contest Rules

Anyone 18 years or older can participate on their own or as part of a team.

The deadline to submit your contest entry is Sunday, July 21, 2019 11:59PM PT.

Your project can be whatever you decide.

Only entries that meet all contest requirements will be eligible for winning a prize.

How to Enter

1. Use UXPin to create an interactive prototype. If you're in it to win it, use as many of these as you can:
   1. Conditional Interactions
   2. Data
   3. Expressions
   4. Form Inputs
   5. States
   6. Variables
2. Use Loom or Soapbox to record a 3-minute narrated presentation of your project.
3. Use the Entry Form to submit links to your UXPin prototype and presentation video by July 21st.

Judging Criteria

Education & Support

Join UX Design Mentor, Adam Ruf, Thursdays live on YouTube, demonstrating best practices for survey design as well as how to work quickly with modern survey tools.

Thursday, July 11th at 6pm PT / 9pm ET

Thursday, July 18th 6pm PT / 9pm ET

Tools & Resources

• UXPin

  Modern prototyping tool for designing interactive experiences

• UXPin Tutorials on YouTube

  Tutorial videos to get you up and running with UXPin

• Google Forms

  Another option for quickly creating an attractive online form, Google Forms allows you to break your form into pages.

• Microinteractions

  Dan Saffer’s book is a classic that does a great job of highlighting little big details and how to design effective microinteractions

• Loom

  Adam's current favorite -- Easily record your screen, webcam, or both

• Soapbox

  Easily record your screen, webcam, or both

Questions & Feedback

Ask Adam live in chat during his weekly live design streams on YouTube or email Adam at adam@adamruf.com

If you have a suggestion on how to improve future UX Design Contests, please share your feedback.

Winners

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🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏽‍♀️ Nobody entered, so no contest winners.