task: redesign Gazette website

the government Gazette website is one of the most frequently used websites by people and companies alike. its appearance has been unchanged for quite a while now and we want to see your take on what you want the site to look like

what is needed

the design can be made in any software, stack, or platform you like, with the only requirement being that it must be something that can be publicly viewable so that people can vote on them after looking at it. for instance, figma designs, hosted demos

basic particulars

while there are no strict rules to this, there are two things to keep in mind:

• implementable: it should at least look like a website design that can actually be coded with the existing typical web development technologies available.
• practicality: designs should also be practical. this means that if your design is to be adopted by the platform you are developing for (in this case, the gazette website), it should be practical to implement it. so for instance, if your design requires the use of a VR goggle to work, then that may not be that practical for the general population (which is the target audience of the gazette website)

also remember that this is a mobile dominant era so it would be best if your design caters for responsiveness.
other than that, let your imagination run wild!
bottom line is, just design it in a way that you'd design any other real world website.

what is the procedure

now that you know what task is at hand, you can get on working on it as you see fit. There are no set of regulations or anything like that. to make it easier to understand, here is a sort of a chronological order of things:

• the pitch is announced (already happened because you are reading this page, which itself is the announcement)
• start working on your designs. in the meantime, participate in the group discussion for further clarifications
• submitting the works before the deadline is hit
• submissions will be showcased to the public and open for voting
• a winner is selected based on the vote results
• winner is awarded the cash prize
• winner is also given a certificate
• (participation certificates with vote ranking can also be provided if most people want it)
• task is completed and wait for the announcement of the next pitch

submission

submission is in the form of BYOH (bring your own hosting). send your submissions as a link to a website, figma page, whatever, to Cat telegram

deadline

12 January 2025 23:59:59

reward

MVR 3333/-

voting

voting will open once everything is in order. usually this means getting the list of all the submissions in once place and making a telegram poll out of it.
after voting is open, the public can vote within 2 days. however, the voting period will be longer if there are too many submissions (to give time for voters to view them all and make their decision) the name of the submitters will be hidden during voting. rather, it will be anonymized as "Design 1" "Design 2" or something similar to minimize bias. once the voting is closed, the names will be unanonymized. The full list of the submissions and links to them will be made available on the bottom of this page

for the voters

while you are free to vote as you see fit, here are some things that can be considered for voting:

• implementable: if you or your dev friend is going to implement it in real world, can it be done
• practicality: If the design is implemented, are people going to love it or hate it
• responsive design: does the design work well with different screen sizes
• creativity and beauty: is in the eye of the beholder so, you do you

more information

we will be discussing additional details in the Build in Public channel at MV Developers telegram group. feel free to join and ask any questions you have.

potential questions and answers