Research, Content & Storyboard – Junfei(Faye) Teng – Week02 PPJ

This week my focus was on doing research on the selected spice, writing a short description for each spice, and rewriting Ange's object content. Based on the previous usability testing results, we decided to add a function on the energy explore page which users are able to access the information about the spice. I researched and gathered …

Recreating the Revealing Interaction & User Testing – Junfei(Faye) Teng – Week09 PPJ

Last week after our group presented our working progress in class, one feedback we received is that we should push harder in the design of our interactions. Especially the revealing interaction, which has a great potential to showcase our creativity. So this week one of my tasks is to look back at the revealing interaction and based …

Personas, Wireframes and Research – Arielle Mohr- Week 07 PPJ

This week we decided to delve more into UX processes. I focused on three different personas for our exhibit. The three I was given were a male parent, a younger sibling and a grandparent. These are three users we might expect to be at the senior showcase as supporting family members. I also focused on …

Personas Development, User Testing & Interaction Refinement – Junfei(Faye) Teng – Week07 PPJ

This week while the UI designers focused more on developing the style and aesthetic of the interface, UX designers focused more on the personas development. We decided to cover all potential user groups that may visit the exhibit. The list includes two college students (one male and one female), two student parents (one American, one non-American), one professor, …

Interactions and Sketches – Arielle Mohr – Week 05 PPJ

This week we spent most of the week nailing down our interactions and our goals for the exhibit. After doing we defined our learning outcomes and experiential cues, we had a much better idea of the interactions we wanted to have. We figured out that we wanted to have three stages in our exhibit, that …

Interaction refinement and color palette, Yuling Liao’s Week 05 PPJ

For the past week, I have mainly worked on interaction brainstorming and sketched out ideas as much as possible while searching for possible technology and helping create color palatte. After the team met with textile artist Lendeh Sherman and interactive deisgner  Valentina Feldman from Night Kitchen Interactive,  we now are able to further refine the project. …

Sketching Sketching Sketching – Jake Pettit- Wk04 PPJ

Between multiple midterms, my brother's wedding, and a best man speech to prepare and practice, I didn't have as much capacity this week to focus on this project outside of my sketchbook. When taking study breaks, I was able to do some more research on experimental web design, mainly using onepagelove and awwwards to aid …

50 Sketches and More Research – Arielle Mohr – WK04 PPJ

This week I focused heavily on sketching interactions. Instead of focusing on concrete interactions I tried to be more broad and rough this week with my sketches to leave room for creativity. Since we aren't still sure on the content, nothing is finalized so I figured may as well leave all options open at this …

Brainstorming, Sketches, and Research – Junfei(Faye) Teng – WK04 PPJ

This week the main focus for the design team was to brainstorm, research and sketch out any potential interactions for our exhibit. Most of my sketches focused on the Malaysian chef Ange because she provided us a lot of content when we met with her. But there are still some ideas for textile making and painting, and …

Interaction Inspirations and Brainstorm, Yuling Liao’s Week 04 PPJ

This week, design team planned to brainstorm and come up with interaction ideas as much as possible by searching inspirations and sketching because we realized wewe had not done enough exploration. Since we did not have a chance to meet with the textile artist, Lendeh Sherman, this week before Tuesday(Oct.24),  besides multiple midterms and an academic essay …