Tag: IXD303

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

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

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

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

I thought it was important to give my app a brand to distinguish it from other apps and represent what the app is about. I thought it was important to do this before I started with the rest of the design as it should all be influenced by the brand. Tone of voice I came…Continue Reading IXD303: Panda Connect Branding

This week we worked in groups on a design sprint. Usually, this would take place over the span of 1 week, therefore, doing it in 5 hours was going to be a challenge. How might we ease the pressure on accident and emergency departments? This was the problem we were given. It is an issue…Continue Reading IXD303: Week 6 Reflect – Design Sprints

User personas After researching, I felt ready to make some user personas to represent my target audience. This will help me understand user needs and goals when designing the interface. It will also help me keep their pain points in mind so I can find solutions for them. The first persona is “Sofie Hill” She…Continue Reading IXD303: User Personas/Stories