Overview Now that I am concrete idea in place and I have interview my friends (users), I know have a basis on what to make my user peronas on. For the purpose of accessibility I will make the peronas as fictional characters with fictional needs/goals based on what my users told me during interviews. I…Continue Reading IXD 301 – Elements Project – User Peronas
IXD 301 – Elements Project – User Research
The Users Before I even start making User Peronas for my Elements project, I need to actually talk to my target audience to gain insight in their needs/goals. Luckily I have wide range of people to ask, I went up to the Coleraine Campus and I asked some of friends who study Pharmacy questions related…Continue Reading IXD 301 – Elements Project – User Research
IXD 301 – Elements Project – Colour Consideration
Reasoning Just like with the Portfolio Website project, I am back to colour consideration. What sort of colour palette do I want for my app? I feel brighter colours would be a better option this time around compared to my website. The reason being, I am use Tinder as my base. Tinder uses bright colours,…Continue Reading IXD 301 – Elements Project – Colour Consideration
IXD 301 – Elements Project – Wireframing
Wireframing Below was some inital sketches showing the resemblance to Tinder. I wanted to keep the layout as similar as possible as it would be more recognisable and easier to understand by a lot of people. Each screen doesn’t show a lot of detail but the general idea I was going for each screen was…Continue Reading IXD 301 – Elements Project – Wireframing
IXD 301 – Elements Project – Idea Generation
Mindmapping As I had previously said in another blogpost, I was stuck between two ideas. Before progressing I would need to actually pick one to work on. The Kids Approach A Minecraft based elements app for kids, this would take the blocks from the game and break down what they are made of. An example…Continue Reading IXD 301 – Elements Project – Idea Generation
IXD 301 – Elements Project – User Persona Research
What are User Personas? User personas are a user-centered design with a fictional character created to represent a user type that might use a site, brand, or product in a similar way. Personas can be created by talking to users and segmenting by various demographic and psychographic data to improve your product. While they can…Continue Reading IXD 301 – Elements Project – User Persona Research
IXD 301 – Elements Project – Content Strategy
“Content strategy focuses on the planning, creation, delivery and governance of content” In this lecture session with Kyle, we learnt to ask ourselves three important questions when creating content What are you trying to improve? Who are you trying to improve it for? How do you ensure you are successful at improving the right thing…Continue Reading IXD 301 – Elements Project – Content Strategy
IXD 301 – Elements Project – Competitors
Target Audience Who is my target audience? This is the first step I need to look at before I even begin designing the app. Kyle presented us with two choices, we could make an app designed for kids or undergraduate students. Both paths had their own respective challenges and possible ideas. Initially I thought of…Continue Reading IXD 301 – Elements Project – Competitors
IXD 301 – Organising Raw Data
Prologue With the porfolio website out of the way it was time to start a new project, what Kyle had in store for us was to create an app based on the elements of the periodic table. So to start off our elements project, Kyle tasked us to organize raw text from the periodic table…Continue Reading IXD 301 – Organising Raw Data
IXD 301 – Restarting the Website
Moving Over This image was taken after the new website was constructed. I got the CMS plan moved over to the new site, this new blank slate along with youtube tutorials straight from Webflow’s team meant I was able to more confidently start over and get stuck in. Homepage From there it was all downhill…Continue Reading IXD 301 – Restarting the Website