2016 User Experience in Design Observing & Understanding Human Behavior to Create Thoughtful Interaction Design

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Citing Reference Materials

Here is a guide to how to properly cite online research materials:

An Article in an Online Scholarly Journal

Example:

Wheelis, Mark. “Investigating Disease Outbreaks Under a Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.” Emerging Infectious Diseases 6.6 (2000): 33 pars. 8 May 2006 http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol6no6/wheelis.htm>.

Online scholarly journals must include:

Author Article title Journal name Volume and issue information when available Paragraph or page numbers when available Date Read more →

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Examples of Student Projects

Here is an example of a final project for DR2008 from 2015:

Bestow: http://q-less.wixsite.com/bestow This group project was a design for a speculative device that would allow people to share, record and pass on recipes for home cooked dishes between generations.

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Bodystorming

This is a useful exercise that you can use to “act out” the user experience of your final projects. While you’re developing your projects, try this exercise to help you identify overlooked aspects in your design: https://dschool.stanford.edu/groups/k12/wiki/48c54/Bodystorming.html

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Final Project Progress Week 12

By this time, you should have a title and description of your project that addresses a need or problem. Describe your solution clearly.

You should review the research and interviews you conducted and summarize your findings. Ask yourself what were the conclusions and what did you learn that was unexpected? How do your findings effect, refine or change your project?

This week, you’ll Read more →

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Revisiting "Design of Everyday Things"

Let’s revisit some of the fundamental principles that Donald Norman introduced at the beginning of the semester. As you become immersed in your final projects, it’ll be useful to reflect and remind yourselves of these concepts.

User Centered Design should make sure that:

The user can figure out what to do. The user can tell what is going on.

It’s important to be aware Read more →

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Final Project Evaluation Guidelines

DR2008 Final Project Evaluation Guidelines

The final project is a moving image presentation and narrative proof of concept for an original idea for a screen-based experience. You or your group will each be giving a presentation of 20 minutes on your project using a combination of media including (but not limited to) images, text, movies and sound (if necessary). The selection of Read more →

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Week 9 Assignment

Your assignment this week is to refine your final project ideas using the Design Thinking methods introduced in class. Here is a reading that also outlines the key concepts: Intro to Design Thinking

This process should help to clarify and articulate how your project ideas respond to a human need and state the larger purpose that your project responds to. Please Read more →

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Week 7+8 Assignment

Part 1: Write a response to the exhibition “Future World”. Keep in mind the following questions – What is experience design and what are the possibilities of responsive environments? How might this change the way we think about the world around us and the ways that we communicate with each other?

Part 2: Start to work on final project proposals – prepare Read more →

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Future World - more links to information

Here is more information about some of the projects that we saw today in the “Future World” exhibition. You can also use these as a reference for more information as you write your reflection on the museum visit.

Ultra Subjective Space http://www.team-lab.net/concept/chou_shukan_kukan/

These are the adaptive creation of our artworks about interactive 4d vision.

Circulm formosa at TAIPEI http://www.team-lab.net/works/circulumformosa

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Week 6 Assignment

Over a two-day period, do the following: DAY 1 – create a diary of when, why and what you use your mobile device for. Observe how others are using their mobile devices. What are the most common uses and where do you see these behaviors?

DAY 2 – Do not use your phone, computer or electronic device for 24 hours. Create a Read more →

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Recent Posts

Progress

Katie Koh Ke Tian

Monday, Nov 07, 2016 - 01:28:49 pm

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By The Way

A project to design an interactive city guide in our MRTs.

Interface Design (Draft)

Main Screen:

Interactive landmarks and pop-up pins for point of interest.

Individual Tab Screen:

Opens up when user taps on the landmarks on the main map.

Top Screen:

Permanent banner that shows news headlines, weather forecasts and upcoming station.

First look (non-peak hour) :

During peak hours, top banner will Read more →

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Week 10 Final Project Progress 1

Katie Koh Ke Tian

Monday, Oct 17, 2016 - 04:05:36 pm

@ katiekohketian

Group Members: Clara, Katie, Wanqing Idea Focus: Interactive City Guide for MRT Title: Target Audience: General commuters Problems to tackle: 1) Long travelling time (boring rides) & 2) Unable to board (crowding at entrances/ refuse to move in)

Next steps:

Find out what do people want from city guide? What kind of content/ways to present the contents to engage people? How the design could incorporate various demographics? Consider the Read more →

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Tags: city guide | interactive

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Oct 24, 2016 - 12:31:16 pm

What are some examples of similar projects that you can find that have been attempted?

Week 9 Final Project Refinements

Katie Koh Ke Tian

Monday, Oct 17, 2016 - 01:36:26 pm

@ katiekohketian

Topic: Public Transport (MRT) Experience

Group Members: Clara, Katie, WanQing

Refer to the link below for our group presentation slides:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1694pvjUoubrGQpyyrRMRDgSLfXJJybmFhxr6HuHceFs/edit?usp=sharing

Categories: Final Project | Final Project 5 Out the MRT Window | Process | Research | Week 9

Tags: experience | final project | mrt | public transport

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