People.com Homepage Wireframes
Assisted with the ideation and design of new wireframes for the People.com homepage across all platforms, in order to remove visual clutter and better organize featured topics.
Creative Director: Doug Parker
Issues with the Previous Layout
Overall, the previous homepage layout felt cluttered. The visual hierarchy was weak and offered editors little control to curate featured content.
Readers would overwhelmingly click on the story in the top left of the collage and completely ignore the rest.
The bulk of content existed only in a time-based feed. Editors had no way to keep important stories visible for longer.
Stories could only be featured individually. There was no way to group related content or feature it more elegantly.
Ads were poorly integrated into the the right rail, leading readers to discount the entire column as paid content.
Design Goals
Maintain content density while reducing visual clutter
Maintain a feed-based design to encourage scrolling
Enable editors to pin, group and feature relevant stories
Simplify the content collage at the top of the page
Wireframe Iterations
We landed on a 3-part design: a simplified hero collage at the top, followed by two distinct feeds. One feed is strictly time-based, while the other is curated by editors.
Final Homepage Design
