Interview Outline I was able to carry out two interviews one with a 10-year-old girl and the other with a 9-year-old boy. Ideally, I would have liked to carry out these interviews with the participants in their natural environment e.g. at home where they play games. However, due to restrictions regarding COVID one took place […]

Mood Board I began branding my product by first researching other charities and considering names around the theme of helping the homeless. I then started to consider the fact that the primary aim of my system is to deal with the problem of cashlessness. I, therefore, started to consider names relating to the donations points […]

In the BBC guidelines, they have included a number of how to articles including how to design for children. The post outlines 7 principles on how to create great digital experiences for children. Positive feedback Be visual, reduce text Make the goal immediately clear Be heard Animage with personality Craft a character-led experience Forgiving design […]

As an approach to analysing my observations and findings in both my interviews and Usability testing, I want to use a tagging taxonomy. Here is a breakdown of my understanding of what a tagging taxonomy is, why it’s helpful and how to create one. What a tagging taxonomy is and why it’s useful To understand […]

As demonstrated during our lecture this week by a number of us standing at the front of the room, giving a presentation and even just standing in front of an audience can be a pretty daunting experience. However, we were given some advice on how to tackle those nerves. The first bit of advice was […]

In this weeks workshop, we formed groups and each selected an approach to help us generate new ideas. Our group selected brainstorming. As we attempted to come up with ideas we began to struggle and decided to add the associations approach into our brainstorming session. We used a random word generator to help us do […]

Content Strategy This week we covered content strategy, user personas and user scenarios. There was a large focus on content strategy so I decided to read more around the topic by looking at The Elements of Content Strategy by Erin Krissane. Basic Principles Chapter one deals with the basic principles of content strategy. It highlights […]

This week we began looking at our product pitch. The primary focus is this weeks lecture was on idea generation to help us come up with ideas for our products. The following options were provided to help to get an understanding of what our products could be. Web Site (Something Substantial) Native Application (Phone, Watch…) […]

Mood Board When considering how to design my invoice I decided to begin by gathering some inspiration from Pinterest and Dribbble, shown above. As I am currently freelancing I do currently have an invoice template. However, as I have now updated my portfolio website and made some changes to my brand e.g. removing the wordmark […]

Creating a Competitive Analysis In a post on UX Planet Top things to know about UX Competitive Analysis the following consideration to make are highlighted: Assess where your product or design stands in the market Define any gaps in the market Know the strengths and weaknesses of your competition Identify the advantages and disadvantages of […]