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June Shin

Interactive/Web 1

• L. Clarke

How much does an average American know about North Korea? What are some prejudices against North Korea? What North Korea-related organizations are out there? What can a student do to better the lives of North Koreans? How can I help college students get involved?

INITIAL QUESTIONS

RESEARCH

Good Friends website (http://www.goodfriends.or.kr/eng/eng.html)

COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

A great resource to hear about current events in North Korea Use graphics to facilitate comprehension and touch people’s hearts Make the site more modern and attractive Actually introduce ways to get involved rather than just bombard people with (too much) information. Outdated information Tacky web design Articles don’t have dates Too many words GOOD WHAT CAN I DO BETTER? BAD

Photography: photographs of North Korea’s dictator, civilian life, evidence of suffering, American college students’ activities on campus Graphics: animcation, illustrations or cartoons Text: Statistics and facts about North Korea Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) My own photos of club events and demonstrations from college U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea JungTo Society’s Good Friends Human Rights Watch

CONTENT

WHAT I NEED FOR THE SITE: WHERE TO GET IT:

Happy photos of wealthy North Koreans Low resolution photos Photos of college students doing something about the issue at hand Photos that convey misery :( WHAT I DON’T WANT WHAT I WANT

PLANNING

Make more people know about the issues Present information in a clear manner Make it easier for college students to get involved by providing ideas and resources College students, faculty members (anyone on college campus) OBJECTIVES: TARGET AUDIENCE:

home page get involved north korea explained who we are past activities & impact shop about contact

set up a chapter clothing accesories posters/cards event ideas host nomads

INITIAL SITE MAP

Later, I added a gallery tab to showcase my posters and event photos from the past years.

So let’s see my site! *drum rolls*

This site will tell the story of the North Korean people. My aim is to provide informa- tion on what really goes on inside the oppressive country that is North Korea, and help college students get involved in making even the smallest changes to improve of the lives of North Koreans.

http://mocku.ps/dgrw8e (click to see animated home page.)

THE SITE – HOME PAGE

Ending Page Starting page

get involved page white = highlighed state

gallery > event photos

gallery > posters

FOR TABLET

Size of animation reduced, but bigger type Large buttons

get involved > plan a demonstration When clicked, menu moves up, and in the place it had just been appears a description of what you just clicked.

gallery > posters Menu moves directly up (so if you clicked on “about,” it would be on the upper left, and if you clicked on “gallery,” it would be on the upper right side as shown.).

FOR iPHONE

New, very short animation for the phone platform http://mocku.ps/yeb4p6 (click to see animation) Evern larger buttons

gallery > posters Menu title moves to the upper left corner. Due to sparse screen space,

• nly one image at a time

(stacking of pictures)

CONCLUSION

I tried to create a very simple site for college students who wish to educate themselves and other about the realities of North Korean civilian life. I hope that it was simple enough to a degree where it is easy to comprehend and get to where the user wants to go, but visually appealing enough to keep him/her engaged. The diffjculties I faced arose from the seriousness of the matter at hand, which is an immediate turn-off for many people on the inter web. I hope to have communicated the idea of urgency and feelings of bleakness with the design of this site.

THANK Y U

Libby & classmates, for listening to my presentation & for a wonderful semester!!