The Connex: A New User-Interface Design for the Contacts of a Mobile Phone

Many social media websites including MySpace, AniRoleplay, and Tumblr give users the opportunity to express their personality by customizing the profile. The contact list of an Apple iPhone currently does not allow users to customize features. This project created a new user-interface design for the contact list of an Apple iPhone which draws inspiration from the Pokédex used in the popular Pokémon franchise. By rebranding this fictional device so the core functionality translates into the real world in a practical and original way, users can bring their personality and creative expression to other devices outside the internet. Many key components found within the different iterations of the Pokédex were investigated such as the layout style, color scheme, features, and prominent design elements. Understanding the successes and failures of basic informational features of each Pokédex design iteration was critical to the development of this project and served as the foundation of the Connex application. Taking the design characteristics and functional features of the Pokédex and merging them with the functional features of the Apple iPhone, users were given a new level of freedom, control, and flexibility never yet experienced on a mobile platform. Each user has the ability to change the layout, color scheme, typography, and elemental type classifications which can result in the possibility of no two Connex applications appearing identical. The final iteration of the Connex application meets three core elements. First, it contains a visually friendly user-interface due to the design choices of the developer. Second, it is user friendly due to the attention to detail which was incorporated into the user-interface. Third, it contains the ability for users to customize its features and incorporate their own personality