Month: March 2022

This week we focused on some practical activities using the type system from material.io. This tool allows you to input fonts and it gives you suggestions for the size, weight and letter spacing for your chosen typeface. It includes these for headings, subtitles, body copy, buttons, captions and overline. This can help you present your…Continue Reading IXD303: Week 10 Reflect

Amplifying Data This week was all about data and how we can use design to display it in the best way. Data is everywhere e.g., data for covid19 and pay scales for minimum wage. It is important for these to be scannable and easy to read and follow for people. There are many ways to…Continue Reading IXD304: Week 9 Reflect

This week we had one-to-one tutorials where we received feedback on our healthcare app so far. Here is some of the feedback I received: Make my icons smaller: Currently, my icons are 90×80. It is not necessary for them to be this big and they should be more subtle. A size I will try to…Continue Reading IXD303: Week 9 Reflect

Understanding the users Firstly, I wanted to research why the users do what they do. The users of my app would be panda caretakers, health care professionals, and researchers. These will be people of a wide age range, with different backgrounds, knowledge, and abilities. Why their job is important: Giant pandas are no longer endangered…Continue Reading IXD303: User Research

Storytelling This week we had a guest lecture by David Henderson about storytelling. I found the lecture very useful and learned some interesting things about the art of storytelling. Throughout this degree, we have always been told about the importance of creating an emotional connection with our audience. This could be through brand stories, social…Continue Reading IXD304: Week 8 Reflect

Feedback This week was a class critique session on our healthcare apps so far. For the critique, I presented my brand, wireframes, user personas, brand guidelines, and my first 3 screens. The 3 screens I showed were my home screen, activity tracker, and location tracker. This is the feedback I received: Add a horizontal rule…Continue Reading IXD303: Week 7 Reflect

Colour This is my chosen colour pallet for this app. The black and white represent the colour of giant pandas of course. These will be used for the logo, wordmark, backgrounds, and text. The red represents a warning and, in this case, will be used on the “alerts” buttons. The colour will grab users’ attention…Continue Reading IXD303: Designing the First 3 Screens

Storyboards This week, we did a workshop on storyboarding. We had to look at our prototype and create a storyboard showing the different steps users take when going through the site. When doing this, we had to ask ourselves the following 4 questions: Does it make sense? What could be improved? What isn’t needed? What’s…Continue Reading IXD304: Week 7 Reflect

Sketches I started by sketching out ideas of what I wanted each screen to look like. Doing this allowed me to see how users would get from one screen to another and what the most suitable design was. Home screen I did two sketches of what the home screen could look like. I knew I…Continue Reading IXD303: Sketches & Wireframes

Empathy map This empathy map represents what typical users may say, think, do and feel before having access to the app I am designing. I found doing this beneficial as it gets me into the mindset of my users. It has helped me uncover more reasons why this app is so important and potential features…Continue Reading IXD303: Empathy, Site & User Journey Maps