As I was struggling to obtain primary research in the form of an interview with charities that deal with the problems relating to homelessness I decided to release a survey as well to get some feedback on peoples feelings towards giving, giving to the homeless and whether or not they carry cash or more specifically […]

Inspiration After having decided to move forward with my concept of creating a game about moving to Mars that would teach children about elements I wanted to create a strong brand indicative of a game. I used a range of influences to help me with this. I wanted to consider current game brands that children […]

This week we received a talk about Co-Founders an entrepreneurship programme. Co-Founders is a start-up programme that helps candidates to build teams and develop a product that customers really want. The programme is aimed at people with ideas for products and services that have high growth potential. There are generally three different types of applicants: […]

To begin my wireframing process began by creating 18 wireframes focusing on the cover slide and a variety of slides including images, icons and how to present multiple points on each slide. I am very please with these outcomes as I feel they give a braod variety of approaches to select from when creating my […]

I have identified the below problem. Problem: The homeless are now losing their only source of income as our society goes moves towards more cashless transactions. I now need to verify through research that this is a problem that others have noted and is having a large impact on the homeless. Cashless society and its […]

I discovered how helpful it could be to make a list of problems/opportunities during my preparation for design tasks and decided to include this step in my process. In a post by Enrique Hinzpeter, How to solve a Design Task, step by step this step is encouraged after the completion of user personas. I have […]

This week we looked at how to verify whether your ideas are good or not. A great way to start this process is by completing a SWOT analysis. A SWOT analysis is a cost-effective tool that allows you to quickly identify and see the risks relating to a project. (See diagram included in this weeks […]

Initial Sketches and early usability testing It’s getting hard to breathe task Put out the fire task During my initial idea phase of the project, I created the above sketches demonstrating two tasks I wanted to include in my app. I used these sketches in some early usability testing in my user interviews. This provided […]

When taking a more in-depth look at usability testing I began by looking at an excellent article from the Norman Nielson Group on the topic. The article starts out by explaining what usability testing is and what the benefits are of including usability testing in UX research methodology. The definition provided is as follows: “In […]

Why Create a User Persona? In an article by Patrick Faller relating to user research on XD Ideas the reasons for creating user personas are as follows. Building empathy with the user User personas help to build empathy for the end-user as they encourage designers to gain a perspective similar to the user. By thinking […]