Design Brief

For contest Review Site for Chinese(Mandarin) Learning Course/Software, held by Mona Khimani in the Web Page Design category.

Summary

Status
won
Status Comment
Congratulations to the winner, Buboy!
Entries
55
Prize
$555
Details

A closer look at this contest

Created:
Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:15:49 +0000
Ends:
Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:15:49 +0000
Modified:
Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:15:49 +0000
Last Feedback:
Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:45:38 +0000
Comments:
14
Feedback:
9
Designers:
10
Brief Summary

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We're in the process of creating a new product review site of Chinese Learning courses/softwares in the language learning industry. We plan to review and compare some of the top companies in this niche. We need a high quality design that appeals to our target audience - travelers, Managements/Sales professionals looking at doing business with China.

Brand Name
Language Learning Course Reviews - languagelearningcoursereviews.com
Description
As mentioned in the project summary, we're building a new review and comparison site in the Chinese learning category. We're looking to create an authority site that is considered the leading source of information for Chinese learning courses/softwares.
Our Target Audience:
- Travelers
- Management/Sales/Finance professionals
- Small businesses
- Technical support staff
- Students
Purpose of the site:
This is a pre-sales site that will educate customers about Chinese learning courses/softwares. We want them to learn about the benefits of learning Chinese, and show them some of the top courses/softwares.
Here are examples of courses/merchants that will be featured on the site:
- Rocket Chinese
  http://www.rocketlanguages.com/chinese/
- Fluenz Mandain
  http://www.fluenz.com/languages/man…index.html
- Pimsleur Mandain 
                         http://www.pimsleur-language.com/Me…_Code=CLC1
- Tell Me More Chinese
http://www.tellmemore.com/individua…chinese__1
- Rosetta Stone Chinese Level 1
http://www.rosettastone.com/persona…in/level-1

Design Style:
We need a creative design which depicts the purpose of site and appeals to prospective customers mainly travelers and professionals. We want a Web 2.0 design that is clean and easy to navigate.
We would like the background similar to the below listed site; in Red and Black combination but the pattern should be either Chinese characters or something else that represents Chinese language:
http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/g…m-back-up/

Use the following site designs as inspiration for your own original design:
1)  http://chinesepod.com/
2)  http://www.fluenz.com/languages/man…index.html (One of the Merchants)
3)  http://www.rosettastone.com/persona…e-mandarin (One of the Merchants)

Project Sitemap:
You can download a copy of our project sitemap here:
http://languagelearningcoursereview…itemap.JPG
Project Wireframes:
You can view a wireframe of our home page here:
http://languagelearningcoursereview…e-page.JPG
You can view a wireframes of a few of our sub pages here:
http://languagelearningcoursereview…s-main.JPG
http://languagelearningcoursereview…detail.JPG
All contest entrants should create both a home page design and one sub page design. We will give special consideration to those who go above and beyond by providing a design for all three pages.
Contest Notes:
We will give feedback to all entries with 4 and 5 star ratings. We are not interested in entries that we rate with 3 stars or less.
Stock Photos:
We recommend that all contestants use iStockPhoto or a similar service for the site images. Please use the comp images in your design submissions.
We will pay for the winning contestants stock images. Please bookmark or save the image numbers so we can easily locate them and pay for a license.
Questions/Comments:
If you have any questions or feedback for us please leave a comment in the discussion thread. We will be checking this on a regular basis while the contest is happening.
Good luck on the contest. We look forward to seeing your work!
Future Opportunities:
Even if you don't win this contest we are still interested in quality designers for future projects. We will exchange contact information with 4 and 5 star entrants for the potential to work on future projects.
Best,
Mona
Wants

- Professional site

- Web 2.0 style site

- Red and Black pattern as the background, gray or white or other creative, professional colors for other design elements

- Original design concept
- Usable site
- Fast loading graphics
- Professional imagery that shows chinese language course in action
Don't Wants
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Payment Methods

This contest has been pre-paid with 99designs. The winner will be paid directly by 99designs for the full prize amount, excluding any third party transfer fees.

  • Paypal (free, 2-3 day payment turnaround)
  • Moneybookers (charges apply, 5-10 day payment turnaround)
  • AlertPay (charges apply, 5-10 day payment turnaround)
  • Western Union (charges apply, 10 day payment turnaround)
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