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I chose iPhone to experiment for my project. iPhone is one of the iconic products of the latest technology—I am very into. As a iPhone user, I use it for lots of functions including camera, mp3 player, calendar, email, and online access. Since iPhone became popular, it has changed human behavior usability. At the same time, I miss old school products including radio, clock and telephone. My project will be about reimagining iPhone, a new technology product, and incorporate with nostalgic product language to create a new product out of it.
Sketches: how nostalgic product language can meet iPhone
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UX core experience design_D.I’s Travel App
This app is to help you pack your bags and organize everything you need for your trip. On the first page, there are three options you can choose: add a new trip, see previous trip packing list or check your favorite packing list. If you want to add a new trip, you can add it below with information about trip name, destination, and days you are going to trip.
The second page is where you will see items by different categories including wardrobe, paperwork, and electronic devices. Each category has a drop down menu to see all the items and you can check the items you need to pack. When you are done adding items to you list, tab save button.
The third page shows how many items you added to your list with numbers in red next to category names. Now you can see your items on the packing list and start packing!
DI_app
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Website Comparison: Menupages vs Urbanspoon
NYC is the one of the best cities for food lovers because it has tons of restaurants with various food options. I'd love to try out different restaurants in NYC and Menupages is one of websites I regularly visit to find information about restaurants. Urbansoon is a website similar to Menupages providing New York restaurants and reviews. So, I decided to compare Menupages and Urbanspoon.
Both websites provide restaurant lists with menu and reviews that help customers to make the right decisions.
First, both websites have user friendly search feature that is quick and easy to search. Users can search restaurants by typing in search box, cuisine, neighborhoods, or features. One big difference is that Menupages has more search options which users can easily find narrowed down choices. Urbanspoon has a single search option at a time.
When you open the first pages of both websites, Menupages provides better user experience. Its UX design, use of consistent color and simple interface make users easy to navigate and understand what features and contents it has.
For menu listing service, Menupages is much better to me. It provides menus in both pdf version and direct view on the web. Urbanspoon also provides menu information, but the format is varied and some restaurants menus are missing and inconsistent, which is distracting. However, Urbanspoon has a great photo feature which is nice but it is not critical to me.
Both websites have user-generated restaurant reviews which are very helpful to other customers to choose restaurants. A great thing about Urbanspoon is users can find official reviews in addition to other users' critiques vs Menupages only has users reviews.
Both rating features based on reviews are quite reliable.
I think both websites are very informative and user friendly. However, Menupages' simple design and consistent look throughout the site is more inviting and easier to navigate than Urbanspoon.
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D.I's Fun Theory
Project: Aim to keep your place clean!
I created bunch of TARGET stickers and placed them on certain areas needed to be Aimed.
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Gen·er·a·tive
My definition of generative I came up with is growth or something that is breaking up with a certain rule and rhythm. It may be repeated subtraction or addition. Probably all the creatures are generative in terms of producing structure in a way of adding and subtraction.
Please see below sketches.
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Ceramic Tile Art with another fun story made out of sharpie @Prince NYC
People love to draw mustache @City Hall NYC
Graffiti on the green door @Soho
doodles along with NO Parking signage @Spring
DietCoke always there @Spring
Beauty of Metrocard @Spring
QRcode on the street @Thompson
We’re using seamless! @Prince
This is mailbox! @Thompson
Stop sign
@Crosby
A rib is stolen! @Thompson
@tiny restaurant that has only two tables
Stickers
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Dream: With my huge interest of human interaction between users and products, I will study how to create the experience of objects more meaningful and exciting. What determines interaction between people and product? What is good or bad interaction? Where does human behavior come from? How we can reinterpretate user interaction? Let’s think about ordinary small/tiny products and objects we’re using everyday. How often have we thought about how we’ve been interacting with those and the way to make it better and exciting. Today many products are using technology and we get used to touching surface and pixels. I’ve thought about how nostalgic product language can meet the latest technology. This project is to reinterpretate already existing products in everyday lives using as any of design tools.
Goal: My goal is to suggest different and experimental user experience and to deliver laughs
Plan: Research — Design Development — Engineering Development — Prototype — User Testing / Feedback— Fabrication
Brief list of everyday items I observe:
clock
lighting lamp
switch
chair
cups
keys
bags
usb
mouse
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