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Branch Out: Start A Conversation With A Stranger
“Branch Out: Start A Conversation With A Stranger,” an interactive installation I created with Lynn Burke and Tak Cheung for the ITP class “When Strangers Meet,” was selected to be included in the ITP Spring Show. For this project, we were inspired to create a piece that would encourage people to speak to one another… More »
GoogleBooth
GoogleBooth, an interactive installation I created with Guilherme Pena Costa for the ITP class “Recurring Concepts In Art,” was selected to be included in the ITP Spring Show. GoogleBooth is an interactive art installation that invites users to reconsider and recontextualize the familiar experience of using an internet search engine. Raising questions of trust,… More »
User Testing: greatbuildings.com Redesign Proposal
Great Buildings Website: User Testing Script Guidelines 1. Why did you come to this site/What information are you looking for? 2. Choose 3 buildings you would like to visit when visiting NYC. 3. Find 2 photos of buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright 4. Subscribe to Architecture Week Magazine 5. Read about a current significant building/architecture… More »
Wireframe Schematic: Revised Organization of www.greatbuildings.com
In reorganizing the structure of www.greatbuildings.com, it was clear from the RFP and the original website that the most important feature to the client, Architecture Week Magazine, is the search feature. The visitor should be able to easily search for the information they are looking for, using different categories of searches to yield the most… More »
Rethinking Dissatisfying User Experiences: New Product Idea
Product Idea: Bright Cordless Lamp Existing Problem: Insufficient Light, No Nearby Power Outlet In rethinking a user experience I have everyday but is not 100% satisfying, I thought about how I often find myself reading in the dark in my apartment. Due to the lack of overhead lighting in many apartments, people buy lamps and… More »
Industry Changing Product: TIVO
User Experience Problems: -people are not always home to watch TV programs when the shows are initially broadcast -people may not remember when shows are on TV or what channel the programs are on -people don’t want to watch commercials Solution to these User Experience Problems: People want watching TV to be enjoyable, mindless,… More »
Balsamiq “Core Experience” MockUp
Get It Done! The “Core Experience” concept for this website/application is that it is an interface that allows a user to organize the tasks they need to accomplish and monitor their progress towards completing those goals so that they can get the tasks on their “To-Do List” done. Many people seem to have difficulty keeping… More »
Website Comparison: Spin.com vs. RollingStone.com
I compared the user experience the on Rolling Stone magazine website to the user experience on Spin magazine website. I found that the Spin website was easier to navigate and for a typical user to locate the information they are most likely looking for. The overal layout of the sites is very similar. There is… More »
