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Week 8 – 21/04/20

Lecture Pods Summary This lecture pod covered the topic of UX research methods: Research can be behavioural and observed by researches, where the researcher watches the user specifically. It can also be self-reported by users, through things like user surveys and feedback where the researcher asks the users questions. These two types of research areContinue reading “Week 8 – 21/04/20”

Wireframe and Style Guide review

This week we uploaded our draft style guides and wire frames on to vUWS. We would be giving each other feedback in order to improve these aspects of our assignment for our final hand in. My wireframe drafts (done in Photoshop) can be found below along with the feedback I have received so far. IContinue reading “Wireframe and Style Guide review”

Week 7 – 14/04/20

Lecture Pods Summary The lecture pod this week covered the following topics: UI Visual Design Patterns: The user experience in the abstract feeling people get from using websites, and the user interface is what people use to access that experience. Interactive web elements should be well planned as they influence directly how the user feels.Continue reading “Week 7 – 14/04/20”

Brainstorming – About my Project

Initial Brainstorming The initial brainstorming I did for my project was basic ideation. I took my base topic – Marine Pollution – and took down my ideas on how to present the idea through different themes, mediums and tones. I came up with the following mind-map: After this, with the help of my classmates, IContinue reading “Brainstorming – About my Project”

Week 6 – 07/04/20

Lecture Pods Summary The lecture pod this week covered the following topics: User Scenarios: A prediction of how specific users will interact with your product in a specific situation. Allows designers to isolate issues with the interface. Should provide the Who, What, When, Where, Why and How. Users with a goal or an issue shouldContinue reading “Week 6 – 07/04/20”

Week 5 – 31/03/20

Lecture Pods Summary The lecture pod this week covered the following topics: User Personas: User Personas are the represented goals, behaviours and motivations of a hypothetical group of users. More than one persona is created for most designs, however there should be one primary persona. User Personas include age, sex, occupation, hobbies, preferences, and otherContinue reading “Week 5 – 31/03/20”

User Profiles

About the Project This project involved us creating two user profiles for our Design Document to demonstrate examples of our target audience. to do this we used Xtensio, which provided templates for us to use as a base. For my project, my target audiences are teenagers and children, so my two examples of user profilesContinue reading “User Profiles”

Mood Board

About the Project For this project we were asked to create a practice mood board for the example user profile on vUWS. This involved finding images that matched his identity and putting them together in a collage in Photoshop. The mood board was fairly simple to make and good practice for the ones we willContinue reading “Mood Board”

Week 4 – 24/03/20

Lecture Pods Summary The lecture pod this week covered the following topics: Instructional Design: Instructional Design is the design of instructions with the purpose of giving the user an easy to use step by step guide to their product. It should take into account the possible societal and cultural differences of each user and ensureContinue reading “Week 4 – 24/03/20”

What is Information Design?

Definition According to the Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD), Information Design is “… the practice of presenting information in a way that makes it most accessible and easily understood by users.” It is a combination of visual design and data organisation and is becoming increasingly important for designers working to create interactive designs for clientsContinue reading “What is Information Design?”