My journey in IDM
The topic problem picked by our team is Subway Navigation. During the process of primary and secondary research, we found a lot of interesting facts and insights from various perspectives. By mixing our own experience and the input from our key stakeholders, commuters, we decided to intervene and improve the signage for the NYC Subway … Continue reading UX Design Research Phase 6
Topic: Subway Navigation Based on the research and discussion our team has done from the past phases, we decided to intervene and improve the signage for one specific subway station, 34th Street – Herald Square Station. The reason why we chose this station is that this station is relatively big and has multiple transfer lines. … Continue reading UX Design Research Phase 5
Topic: Subway Navigation According to the research findings from the previous phase, our groups summarized a few inputs from our stakeholders during the interview and observational studies. Based on that, we decided to intervene in the signage of the current subway system because it is the most critical element in the entire commute experience for … Continue reading UX Design Research Phase 4
The key stakeholders for our topic, subway navigation, would be all the commuters. The commuters are the immediate users of the subway system, and the quality of navigation can impact their experience directly. The two methods I picked for my research were interviews and observational studies. The end target of both methods will be the … Continue reading UX Design Research Phase 3
The topic of our group is Subway Navigation. Last week, we developed an initial mess map with our thoughts on the topic and the results of the first-round research. During the class, we also brainstormed the stakeholders that could be potentially involved in our case and created a draft of the stakeholder map. We also … Continue reading UX Design Research Phase 2
New York is a big and busy city, though it has numerous facilities and resources, there still exist many problems. As a new resident in New York, there are many phenomena/conventions I’m not familiar with or getting used to. I haven’t lived in a city for a long while, but I still feel there are … Continue reading UX Design Research Phase 1
Previous process: Time Capsule Pt.2 Prompt: Create or pick a protagonist/perspective 125 years in the future to center the narrative and story around. My brainstorm of the protagonist/perspective started off with how I wanted my objects and story to be interpreted. I think all my objects are straightforward and the story is linear and directly based … Continue reading Time Capsule Pt.3
Previous process: Time Capsule Pt.1 Prompt: Ideate, sketch, and prototype several ideas for what shape and form your time capsule will take. After last week’s class discussion on readings and peers’ work, I felt my choices of objects were too limited by my linear mindset as I was too focused on physical objects that were specific … Continue reading Time Capsule Pt.2
Prompt: Pick several objects, come up with meaningful stories around them, and try creating a narrative using a popular social media platform or any app that fits the need. To be honest, I’m not a person who has a lot of rituals in life, and I am less willing to keep objects that are “impractical” … Continue reading Time Capsule Pt.1
Manipulating the interfaces and redesigning the affordance seems to be a fun project, but I couldn’t think of anything I was interested in working on at the very beginning. Maybe I was too used to using digital interfaces, and even if there were some affordances I was not satisfied with, I would be more intent … Continue reading Redesigning Affordances