Todays class was focused on the importance of starting on paper. In today’s ever-changing world it can be hard to keep up with the latest challenges, however there’s one thing that has never changed throughout it all; drawing. Why Paper? very quick it is cheap flexible and fast enables collaboration Starting on paper helps you […]
What is Anorexia? Anorexia nervosa a persistent restriction of energy intake and leads to a body weight that is significantly lower than what is expected for height and age. There is either an intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat or persistent behaviour that interferes with weight gain, even though they are already at […]
After thinking about what would interest me the most and therefore motivate me into creating the best app possible for the gap in the market, I decided that I would focus my product on Eating Disorder recovery. I decided to take on this subject as it is typically a very taboo subject that people do […]
Inclusive Design and accessibility is vital as our roles of UX/UI designers as our role is to create products that can be used and enjoyed by everyone regardless of age or any conditions EG Visual impairments. Inclusive Design A design methodology that enables and draws on the full range of human diversity. Accessibility The qualities […]
Hicks Law Hicks Law is the time it takes to make decision. The more options the user has; the longer it take for them to make a decision. This means that it is the designers job to eliminate most of the options so that the user is left with only the most important and relevant […]
BHAG BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) is a interesting, long-term goal that is intriguing enough to inspire employees of an organisation to take action. Without huge dream goals to aim for then we tend to lose sign of why you are doing what you’re doing, as well as very easily losing motivation if you don’t […]
Our task this afternoon during class was to get into our groups and select a healthcare centre to see how easy the site is navigate if you were; A New Patient Finding a GP Operating Opening Hours Booking an appointment Ordering a Prescription For each scenario we had to think of; Actions associated with each […]
Jon Postel What is Chunking? dividing info up to make it easier to digest EG your card number that is separated into chunks to make it easier to read and digest TASK- find a way to take this information and divide it up into chunks to make it easier to digest. to start we began […]
Needs Driven Design when creating a product, it is important to ask yourself: Does this need to exist? What user needs are you trying to solve with this product? What user goals are you hoping to satisfy with this product? Today’s class also taught us that the earlier you user test the better as if […]
Healthcare is just a vast subject that it can be quite difficult to know where to begin. Being put into groups to help divide this research up into smaller amounts was extremely beneficial as it made the start of the initial process much easier and less overwhelming. In my opinion, the most important thing to […]