Fieldnotes
I’m exploring how saved places could become plans someone actually makes.
Independent product design & creative direction
Original static design specimens · illustrative content · not a shipped product
Interface concept · illustrative content · not a live product
Fieldnotes · City Atlas direction
Keep the reason. Make the plan.
One saved recommendation, followed from the moment it is kept to the Saturday it becomes part of a plan. Every place below is fictional.
Save a place
- Place
- Bramble Corner Café
- Source
- Link shared in a message from Ada
- Link details
- Couldn’t read this link. Name entered by hand instead; nothing else was imported.
- Why I saved it optional
- “For a slow morning. Ada says the window seat is the one.”
- Collection
- Saturday shortlist
Saving works without a note. The reason is an invitation, not a required field.
Saturday shortlist 3 places
View: List (shown)Map
Bramble Corner Café
For a slow morning. Window seat.
The Lantern Print Room
Small exhibitions; I keep missing them.
Quayside Steps
Somewhere to sit near the water after.
The order is the person’s own. No route, travel time or recommendation is added for them.
Bramble Corner Café
Your note
For a slow morning. Ada says the window seat is the one.
Private to you
Venue information
- Hours
- Check current hours
- Access
- Not known
- Last checked
- No source yet
A memory is not evidence. Unknown details stay visibly unknown instead of reading as “open now”.
- Link unreadable Enter the place by hand.
- Location declined The list still works in full.
- Map unavailable Nothing is lost from the list.
- Venue details stale Shown as “check current hours”.
01 / Idea, problem & leadership
What needed to change.
- My role
- Independent product design & creative direction
- Disciplines
- Product · UX / UI
The central idea
My concept organizes places around personal context and possible outings.
- Designed for
- City residents and visitors collecting recommendations across messages, maps and articles.
- Scope of this study
- Self-initiated Product/UX · Place saving · Collections · Map/list study
- What is shown
- Fieldnotes is an unbuilt, self-initiated concept. I show original interface compositions, a proposed core journey and edge-state studies with illustrative content. These are static design specimens, not a tested or shipped application.
The gap after saving
My brief focuses on a promising recommendation disappearing into a growing collection. I want to explore whether personal notes and intentional groupings help someone return with a purpose.
02 / Thinking, evidence & concepts
Making the thinking visible.
These visual studies explore a design hypothesis. No interviews, usability tests or commercial outcomes are claimed.
A smaller discovery loop
The initial journey is save, remember, choose and open directions. I leave social feeds and check-ins outside the prototype. My hypothesis is that useful retrieval gives people a reason to return.
03 / Solidified direction
City Atlas
The proposed value is not simply saving another place: it is remembering why that place mattered and turning a small shortlist into an outing. I put the personal note and list ahead of the map, keeping venue facts separate from memory. The expressive city-guide direction should add character without making the practical decision harder.
Current art-direction rationale · developed for this portfolio revision, October 2026.
Creative direction / Decisions
The choices behind the work.
Save the reason, too
I propose an optional note alongside each place. Remembering who suggested it or why it appealed could help, but saving must stay quick when someone has little time.
Let lists lead
I begin with readable cards and offer a map second. Lists support comparison without precise location access; a map helps when someone wants to consider a route.
Separate inspiration from availability
I distinguish a recommendation from verified information. An attractive card should not imply a venue is open now. Hours, access details and their freshness would need reliable sourcing.
04 / Final result & next test
A coherent concept. An honest next step.
Fieldnotes currently consists of original interface compositions, a proposed save–remember–choose journey and edge-state specimens with illustrative places. It is an unbuilt, self-initiated concept; the screens do not demonstrate live imports, verified venue information or a tested application.
Test the return visit
I would test rediscovering a place after a delay and assembling an afternoon. Organizing effort, unclear permissions and stale information need examination before proposing integrations or a business model.
Motion treatments and further production remain planned. The static work above is the current deliverable.
Credits & context
Self-initiated spec work. Original interface compositions and workflow studies developed for this portfolio. All publication, place and restaurant content is illustrative. No customer data, client commission, launched service or measured outcome is implied.
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