Kyle showed us some successful examples of immersive storytelling sites on the web. One website that he showed us that stood out to me was SpaceX’s site. As you scroll down the pages of their individual rockets, these statistics below the header count up from zero, which is a simple animation that I could emulate…Continue Reading Immersive Storytelling
This week we examined immersive storytelling, including micro and macro animations – and some examples. These micro and macro animations are able to make a more engaging and interactive experience for the user on apps, sites and other interactive designs. What are macro interactions? Macro is a term that basically means observing something from afar,…Continue Reading Week 04 Journeying Immersively
Still at the initial stages of this project, there’s a lot of different directions to go with the design and look of this immersive website for the Apollo Space Program. At the start of any project I ensure to brainstorm different concepts and sketches down on paper first before developing them any further. This allows…Continue Reading Starting on Paper
Sketching interfaces is an essential component of UX Design. It involves sketching out wireframe designs and prototypes on paper before digitising and refining these designs for Figma or Adobe XD. This week’s lecture involved how you can improve your sketching ability when drawing these interfaces on paper. Use a thicker pen. Thicker pens allow you…Continue Reading Sketching Interfaces
What are user flows in UX? User flows are sequences of tasks that a user might perform with a site or app – a graph of all the steps that a user takes to get from Point A to Point B. User flows are often used when creating a design, as a means to better…Continue Reading User Flows
This week we conducted a quick speed drawing exercise. The aim of this task was to sketch a list of objects on paper within different sets of time (20 seconds, 10 seconds and 5 seconds). These objects were simple, representing icons you might encounter in an app or site prototype design. By doing this task,…Continue Reading Speed Drawing Exercise
This week we examined another Law of UX – Miller’s Law. Miller’s Law can be summarised as this: The average person can only keep 7 (plus or minus 2) items in their working memory. What does this mean for designers? Well, you have to organize content into smaller chunks to help users process, understand, and…Continue Reading Miller’s Law
In this week’s lecture – we examined sketching and its importance in UX Design. Sketches are how we test ideas out before committing too much time or money to them. Sketches establishes our initial ideas and helps us communicate those ideas to others. In the lecture, we looked at different types of techniques to use…Continue Reading Week 04: Sketching