Commissioning party: NRK and Meteorological Institute
Practitioner: NRK Yr Team
Photo: NRK / Meteorologisk institutt
No matter the weather
The Yr app is a tremendous success by Norwegian standards, with over 2.5 million downloads both nationally and internationally. So, there is every reason to commend NRK for not resting on its laurels, but further developing YR using service design, making it accessible in a whole new way.
Panel remarks
It has been jokingly said that it would be very quiet in Norway if we couldn’t talk about the weather. Having said that, it’s not surprising, since we live in a country where the weather can mean the difference between life and death. But even though everyone talks about the weather and has an opinion on it, we actually know very little about it. That’s because the weather is extremely complicated and the prognoses we use to predict it are usually visualised using abstract graphs, numbers and symbols. Managing all of this data and interpreting it in an intuitive interface that both grandma and grandchild can understand is nothing short of a major achievement.
‘Yr app – interpreting and presenting the weather’ shows the weather in an attractive, realistic and perceptible manner. Combining service design tools with a sophisticated design and code system has resulted in a unique service from a global perspective in which the graphic interface teams up with users in subtle and emotional ways and provides a whole new experience of the weather. Now that’s worth taking your hat – or sou’wester – off to!
Project group
Nina Khalayli, NRK, Concept Developer, Analysis and Insight
Ensi Mofasser, NRK, Designer
Andreas Qvenild, NRK, Designer
Ola Nordbryhn, NRK, iOS Developer
Bjørn Olav Ruud, Conceptos, iOS Developer
Kristoffer Stenersen, Systek, iOS Developer
Thomas Aaeng, Systek, Android Developer
Thomas Pettersen, Netcompany, Android Developer
Marcel Eggum, Netlight, Android Developer
Bård Rolstad Henriksen, NRK, Backend Developer
Lisa Wisløff, NRK, Copywriter
Hilde Bakkeli, NRK, Team Manager
Marius Undrum, NRK, Operations Manager
Marie Solum Strand, NRK, Concept Developer
Carl Christian Grøndahl, Bouvet, Analysis and Insight
Kristoffer Lium, NRK, User Interface, Accessibility Specialist
Ivar Seierstad, Meteorological Institute, Weather Expert
John Smits, Meteorological Institute, Weather Expert
Unni Thomsen, Meteorological Institute, Meteorological Institute Coordinator
Ingrid Støver Jensen, NRK, Head of Product Development
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