The idea was to pair physical workbooks with a tablet, so a child's writing on paper translated into real-time feedback on screen. A different approach to hands-on tech.
Role: Designer, Production Artist
Scope: Print Design, Educational Publishing, Design Systems
Deliverables: Workbook Layouts, Templates, Asset Libraries
THE BRIEFDesigning a print workbook is one thing. Designing one that also functions as a digital interface is another. Each page had to communicate interactivity without being interactive.
There were a lot of constraints to work around: Common Core standards across subjects, visual consistency from Phonics to Counting to Reading across grade levels, figuring out how to convey interaction cues in a static medium, and building out a template system to help the production team work at volume.
THE WORKDesigned and templated interior layout systems across the Wings workbook line, including lesson opener spreads and exercise pages.
Led a small team of junior designers and production artists to deliver pixel-perfect layouts on tight timelines, working in close collaboration with the curriculum development team to ensure every design choice not only looked great, but made learning easy and accessible.
OUTCOMEWings debuted at CES, the world's largest and most influential annual tech trade show, in January 2015.