disCover
Anecdotes and playlists that turn everyday university life into something worth laughing about
Context
Politecnico di Milano_
Software and graphics for the web_ Team project_
Role
Web designer
Activities
> Web design
> Web development
> IG page creation
Timeline
2023
disCover Website
disCover Website
A new connection between students who want to share the small moments of university life. disCover collects their anecdotes and turns them into playlists.
A new connection between students who want to share the small moments of university life. disCover collects their anecdotes and turns them into playlists.
Contents
DisCover presents a collection of anecdotes and related playlists created by students at the Politecnico.
Each contribution focuses on experiences at university, in particular those linked to exams, group projects, journeys to the Politecnico campus and break times.
Target
PoliMi students, including designers, architects and engineers.
Our goal
> Support Poli-life moments with engaging playlists with a touch of humour.
> Each first-person anecdote allows you to empathise with the experience described.
Target
PoliMi students, including designers, architects and engineers.
Our goal
> Support Poli-life moments with engaging playlists with a touch of humour.
> Each first-person anecdote allows you to empathise with the experience described.
Contents
DisCover presents a collection of anecdotes and related playlists created by students at the Politecnico.
Each contribution focuses on experiences at university, in particular those linked to exams, group projects, journeys to the Politecnico campus and break times.
How do you envision the cover for your playlist?
I envision a student drinking a spritz at the Oval place (one of the reference points at the Bovisa site) after an exam, enjoying one of those stunning Bovisa sunsets.
I picture the cover with some sort of rocket.
I imagine a red pelican shouting ‘the big one’.
I see Van Gogh’s "Desperate Man".
Output highlights
The homepage is dynamic thanks to the movement of some of the illustrations. By clicking on ‘scroll down’, you can view all the covers for each playlist, when you hover over them with the mouse, they turn and you can click to discover the playlist and the related anecdote. The website can also be accessed on mobile devices, where the movement of the illustrations follows the device’s movement.
I envision a student drinking a spritz at the Oval place (one of the reference points at the Bovisa site) after an exam, enjoying one of those stunning Bovisa sunsets.
I picture the cover with some sort of rocket.
I imagine a red pelican shouting ‘the big one’.
I see Van Gogh’s "Desperate Man".
Output highlights
The homepage is dynamic thanks to the movement of some of the illustrations. By clicking on ‘scroll down’, you can view all the covers for each playlist, when you hover over them with the mouse, they turn and you can click to discover the playlist and the related anecdote. The website can also be accessed on mobile devices, where the movement of the illustrations follows the device’s movement.
How do you envision the cover for your playlist?
Here the prototype of disCover
Takeaways
DisCover showed how something as simple as a playlist can make university life feel more shared. By pairing everyday situations like exams, group projects and the commute to campus with an ironic tone, students could recognize themselves in each other's stories and feel less alone in them.
Designing the website in a group with very different backgrounds, including classmates from Northern Europe, created real synergy and opened us up to perspectives we weren't used to.
IG page creation
Instagram page helps raise awareness among students at the Politecnico by encouraging them to get involved themselves by sharing an anecdote of their own accompanied by a playlist of songs.
Instagram page helps raise awareness among students at the Politecnico by encouraging them to get involved themselves by sharing an anecdote of their own accompanied by a playlist of songs.
Here the prototype of disCover
Takeaways
DisCover showed how something as simple as a playlist can make university life feel more shared. By pairing everyday situations like exams, group projects and the commute to campus with an ironic tone, students could recognize themselves in each other's stories and feel less alone in them.
Designing the website in a group with very different backgrounds, including classmates from Northern Europe, created real synergy and opened us up to perspectives we weren't used to.