The Brief:
UTS recognized the importance of having a smart phone app where students can easily access shuttle bus timetable, emergency numbers, campus security, as well as the availability of computer labs.
The colors of the app’s icons should remind the users of UTS primary blue (#ff9900) but is not restricted to that color. The icons should be easily recognizable and consistent while still have characters of their own.
Design Approach:
It was decided that the icons set will have a slightly rounded edge for most of its corners. This was done to achieve consistency with the icons that are used in UTS touch kiosk (the 1st set of icons on the left).
The difference between the phone app and the kiosk is that the kiosk’s icons received full-color treatment. It also required the icons to have a definable button-like shape. Some icons are shared between the two devices while others are unique to each device.