ICQ mobile application design contest

The development of video on the Internet is the main trend of recent years. In addition to the usual video as content for consumption, video communication is increasingly being used: video messages and video calls. In ICQ, more than half of mobile call users prefer to communicate with video. Due to the growing popularity of these functions, there is a need to make access to them as convenient and simple as possible.

Therefore, we run a competition and invite you to try your hand. Task: make a dream video chat. To do this, you need to shift the emphasis in the product interface towards video communication with the help of a redesign. This can be one-to-one communication, video conferencing or online broadcast. The main thing is to create the impression of simplicity and familiarity of video communication. Of course, your favorite text chat should be on hand. Lightness, comfort and a little bit of magic - this is what the ICQ user should feel.

The application icon also needs to be rethought: we remember the focus on the video. The existing design is not necessarily taken as a basis; fresh and bold ideas will have a significant advantage.
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Action plan:

1. Choose a platform: iOS or Android.
2. Design and draw the main application screens (minimum required: chat list screen and chat screen). If you are very imbued with the communication of the future, do not be shy and feel free to draw the video call interface too!
3. Make an application transition diagram (screenflow). (unpainted screens can show empty rectangles).
4. Publish work on Dribbble via rebound to this shot *. You can show detailed pictures in the attachment to your shot or by referring to it in the comments to it.
5. Outline the idea and solution in one or two paragraphs in the comments to the work.

* If you do not have an invite to Dribbble, you can post your work in any convenient place and leave a link to it with a comment to this post or post on Facebook. We will help the best authors to get an invite and publish the work according to all the rules.

Prizes and contest conditions:

• Three of the strongest participants will take away prizes: iPad Pro, iPhone 6s and Apple Watch.
• Winners are manually selected by the contest organizers.
• Evaluation criteria: the viability and clarity of the idea, the freshness of the visual solution, the quality of the interface design.
• Each participant will receive a branded ICQ T-shirt and a set of participants.
• Reception of works ends on February 21, 2016 at 23:59 Moscow time.

Full text of the rules: team.mail.ru/konkurs-icq

Catch the ball!