2016 User Experience in Design

Part 2: Start to work on final project proposals – prepare three ideas for a screen-based experience that you’d like to create (it can be speculative). Prepare a slide show to illustrate your ideas. The ideas can be based on any of the field trips done so far or can be something completely new.

Presentation slide here

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Part 4, Reading:CH01_Digital_Age_Goodwin.pdf

Book title: Designing for The Digital Age: How to Create Human-Centered Products and Services

Author: Kim Goodwin

Chapter01: Goal-Directed Product and Service Design

Goodwin attempted to define design as “the craft of visualizing concrete solutions that serve human needs and goals within certain constraints.”

Visualizing concrete solutions: the ability to imagine an end product and express it in a tangible way for the Read more →

Response to: Designing for the digital age by Kim Goodwin, Chapter 1

It was at first confounding to be suddenly introduced to a plethora of terms which are not exactly profound, yet placed in an unfamiliar context. Terms such as “principles”, “patterns”, etc are given a more concise and specific definition, focussing more on the design process. I find these very Read more →

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?

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Designing for the digital age, how to create human-centerer products and services

I really appreciate how Goodwin provides a differentiation between design from arts and science in the introduction of the chapter. It has been a point that I strongly stand by – that art and design are not the same. Design is not to be confused with art, Read more →

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?

The visit to the “Future World” Read more →

Write a response to the exhibition “Future World”.

Future World exhibition opened up our perception and the tremendous possibilities of responsive environments from concept design, production methods and beautiful and quality execution. On top of having 360-degree and multi-dimensional experience in the exhibit spaces, TeamLab also integrated interactive and sensory experiences in each work. They are visually stimulating, used beautiful sound design, tactile, Read more →

Chapter 1 from Kim Goodwin, Designing for Digital Age

This chapter gave an insightful viewpoint of the role(s) of design. I especially appreciate the point on how ‘no designer can determine exactly what experience someone has’. While we do design to achieve certain user experience as a projected outcome, we have to note that each person interprets designed experience and artifacts Read more →

Designing for the Digital Age: How to Create Human-Centered Products and Services by Kim Goodwin.

It’s so accurate the describe the world as shaped by humans and to suit themselves. We seem to be constantly inventing tools to make our lives easier and more enjoyable. Efficiency and convenience are a big part of innovations these days.

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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?

The visit to the “Future World” was nothing short of awesome. Read more →