Year: 2021

In this week’s class, we learned about usability testing, which is essentially watching how people use your project so you can figure out what needs to be changed or improved, as well as what has went well so far. ‘In a usability test, one user at a time is shown something (whether it’s a Web…Continue Reading IXD301 – Week Nine: Usability Testing

  Moving my designs onto Figma, I began the process of developing my app’s prototype. Colour Scheme Firstly, I wanted to create a colour scheme for my app. I wanted the colours to represent space, but also be bright and child-friendly. Because space is deep and mysterious, I thought purple would be the best way…Continue Reading IXD301 – Elements: Prototyping

From my research, I gathered a wide range of ideas for my elements app. What makes a good educational game? easy to follow and understand child-friendly colours and typefaces simple but fulfilling reward system I will use this information to begin the formation of my own ideas. Ideas I wrote all my ideas down as…Continue Reading IXD301 – Elements: Chosen Idea & Wireframes

During Daniel’s class this week, we were introduced to our new project brief – to pitch an idea for a digital product. This product can be anything we want it to be, including, but not limited to: Web Site (Something Substantial) Native Application (Phone, Watch…) Web App eBook Printed Book Cards Physical Product Packaging System…Continue Reading IXD302 – Week Eight: Briefing & Idea Generation

In this week’s class, we learned all about content strategy, and began to consider who our content was being made for. We looked at User Personas, and created a few examples of user personas that would help us to develop our content further and more accurately according to our target audience. Kyle was able to…Continue Reading IXD301 – Week Eight: Content Strategy, Design and User Personas

Before anything, I need to begin each project with research. This will allow me to gather inspiration and find out what the market is seeking – and what it could potentially be missing. Existing Examples When looking at existing examples, I wanted to look at a range of periodic table games that already existed. Because…Continue Reading IXD301 – Elements: Research & Competitor Analysis

The following are PDFs of the final versions of my proposal and invoice for the Hill Street project: Proposal Invoice…Continue Reading IXD302 – Proposal: Final Brief & Invoice

Talk with UX Designer During Daniel’s class this week, we got to have a talk from a UX designed named Ronan. He was very informative as to what it’s like to work in the UX Design world, and how he got to where he is now and his experiences. He talked through the proper skills…Continue Reading IXD302 – Week Seven: Talk & Proposal Development

Portfolio Critique We received critique on our portfolio sites this week. Here is some feedback that I gathered for my site: What they liked: the colour scheme the accent text hover detail on the home screen spacing and layout What they would have changed: added more detail to the case study links on the home…Continue Reading IXD301 – Week Seven: Portfolio Critique & Elements Brief

I continued to build on my website, creating more pages such as the About page and the Contact page. These were the final designs of my portfolio site built on webflow: Home Page Case Study – Journey About Page Contact     We will be showcasing our final designs in class this week, so I…Continue Reading IXD301 – Portfolio: Final Design