UX Challenge Part 1

While designing for Time Travel Odysseys, one of the requirements was stated as below

“ I need a contact form which can collect user information. But keep it informal”

Now the site itself was minimalist and very ‘bootstrapy’. So I decided that the form would look like this

Its a typical form and very formal. However, after presenting alternate whacky form designs to my friends, I realized that the old fashioned form which people have gotten accustomed to was by far the most intuitive.

So I thought the only remaining place where I could be informal is the way you ask for information. And here’s what I came up with

Now traditional users will know what to enter where looking at the HTML 5 placeholders and the more adventurous ones might actually engage in this conversation and provide more detailed information that what they would have normally.

After polishing the design the final form looks like this

Minimalist, engaging, colorful and it satisfied the client! Ta da!