Blog: Seeing the Future
The New Pool Look- Now available for viewing!
Every wondered what Pool would look like after an extreme makeover? Well, the team from ACID (Australasian Centre for Interaction Design) have been hard at work redesigning the Pool site. They’ve done amazing work digesting the feedback from the Pool community and conducting user testing..... and now you can see the results for yourself!
The proposed design is here, including a cool clickable prototype to get a feel for swimming around in the new Pool. Be sure to leave a comment if you like it or hate it. Indifference is not an option.
Pool Queen Bee Sherre Delys says “As the design work progressed we held workshops, feedback sessions and invited online comment via twitter and design blogs. This enabled open iteration and archived the process for future learnings. To our knowledge no other ABC website has been designed with quite the same level of open collaboration with users as this. Collaboration is what Pool’s all about”
Here’s some previous blog posts on the Survey and Redesign that chart the conception and birth of this beautiful beast.
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15 comments
26.01.10 — agarton
How is the future of Pool holding out?
The mock-up is excellent.
Looking forward to an ongoing future with Pool.
07.11.09 — Rossco
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21.10.09 — Rossco
Any news YET when this will finally be released ?
15.09.09 — Lauren Whybrow
The future of Pool sure does look exciting!
15.09.09 — rimian
Purdy!
11.09.09 — Andrew Davies
Hi Rossco,
We hear you! We promise we are working on version 2. We hope to have some news soon.
Andrew, Pool Team
11.09.09 — Rossco
Seriously Its been 5 long months of waiting for Pool Version 2........When Can We See it up and running and not in test phase ??
10.09.09 — agedmusic
The ability to track feedback / comments / discussions and the activity of contacts, groups and works is a bonus, as is referrals / suggested works from the AI component...... I like the darkness of the original design ( am I just being nostalgic...already ) and the Logo, you've got to keep the Logo..... please don't forgo the artful visual aspects for interactivity....both would be good...otherwise it's all moving in a good direction.....
09.09.09 — pipshea
I would really love to see voting/peer recommendation functionality in this next version of Pool. Other than that I love it. Nice clean design and good visual references to the existing site.
Well done all.
08.09.09 — Andrew Davies
Hi Tim,
My understanding (and I could be wrong!) is that it was partly based on the existing Pool architecture. Although the bulk of the design is entirely new. Thanks very much for for your feedback. We're all very excited with them!
Andrew, Pool Team
07.09.09 — veronique
Great stuff, especially the logged in homepage, looking forward to the live version!!
Cheers
07.09.09 — Rossco
Looking good, Congrats to the Acid team.
Cheers
Rossco
07.09.09 — Tim Dodds
This looks incredible, and the glimpses of the new functionality are enticing, like being able to follow other users. It all gives the impression of life bubbling away under the surface, and ensures a more persistent and rewarding experience when you return to the site. I'm definitely watching this space :)
Is it all based on the current Pool architecture, or did ACID design it from the ground up?
07.09.09 — Andrew Davies
Thanks Notoriousruz. We'll be sure to pay extra attention to that feature :)
Andrew, Pool Team
07.09.09 — notoriousruz
That looks really nice guys, great job. i just hope to video convert works:)