Empathy Workshop:
I thought that this workshop was quite helpful in helping me understand the importance of knowing my target audience and my key users by putting myself in their shoes in order to understand how to explain or maybe even design something that will allow them to easily use or understand the product or message. It was interesting to explore how people thought differently, which one something I really realized when me and my partner were unable to fully communicate which side or orientation we wanted our model and parts to be in. I also thought that it was interesting and fun to think about how other people might see things differently from me and how that can also be implemented and thought about when designing or going through the design process especially during the research stage.
Final Project Reflection:
I thought that the reflection and peer review of my project intention was really helpful especially when trying to see if my story and message for my product made sense. I think Zeyao helped me a lot with this especially with trying to make sense of what products and competitors are out there and how my story needs to be shaped and explained in a better way where I emphasize on what are the features that sets my design apart from things such as messenger and other social media apps other than the wearable ring design that I have included in the product. I think that Zeyao’s brainstorm of the possible features to also include in my product were also really useful especially the one that includes the function of a video or projection that allows for a more natural conversation between two people.
Here is a picture of the brainstorming list that Zeyao helped me with:
