Kategorie: Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society

  • [Design] Assignment 7.1 Beta/Final Prototype

    Submission 1) Name: I dub thee [evaluieren.ch]. That’s the German word for „to evaluate“ and this is what my software does… 2) Images: Submission 5.1 Concept Testing (One Concept) provides some mockup images. The key feature of the web-based software is to provide an easy way to evaluate the courses / trainers of a particular educational establishment…

  • [Design] Assignment 6.1 Alpha Prototype

    Problem statement: With the course evaluation software trainers / teachers get feedback from participants / students. Submission: Open the alpha prototype (website) and perform the following actions in order to evaluate the prototype: Trainer: Click „Create“, select class, course & trainer and click „Create survey“ Trainer: Save the two links you get, now you would…

  • [Design] Assignment 5.1 Concept Testing (One Concept)

    Problem statement: With the course evaluation software it will be possible to get feedback from participants / students. Concept testing: I conducted an interview with two future users of the software. They had a look at the concepts / prototypes and pointed out what’s missing (i.e. distinguish different courses, classes and trainers) from their point…

  • [Design] Assignment 4.2 Prototyping (3 Concepts)

    Problem statement: With the course evaluation software it will be possible to get feedback from participants / students. Primary user needs: It’s easy for trainers to create a new survey Visual representation (e.g. radar charts, red-flag) of the survey results Runs on all devices (smart phones, portable computers, desktop PCs etc.) Fast bug-fixing and long…

  • [Design] Assignment 4.1 Concept Selection (3 Concepts)

    Problem statement: With the course evaluation software it will be possible to get feedback from participants / students. Concepts I’ll explore with prototypes: 1-click survey (A), rewards (E) and radar chart (G). Assignment: Create a concept selection matrix and evaluate your 10 concepts. Your goal is to identify the few concepts (2-4) you will explore…

  • [Design] Assignment 3.2 Two Point Perspective

    Assignment: Watch the video on 2 point perspective. Practice drawing cubes and circles on faces of cubes at 1) eye level/horizon view, 2) worm’s eye view and 3) bird’s eye view. Be careful to check that your vertical lines remain vertical and angled lines are parallel to each other. Sketch a chair correctly in 2…

  • [Design] Assignment 3.1 Exploration (10 Concepts)

    Assignment: Your website should include: A blog post including 1) the one-sentence problem statement for the gap being addressed and 2) a list of the 6-12 primary user needs [2 points]. One decomposition of the design problem used to guide the exploration (award partial credit if the decomposition seems incomplete or incorrect) [3 points]. 10…

  • [Design] Assignment 2.3 Visual Expression II – 2D Sketches

    Assignment: Watch the video for demonstrations and to practice drawing orthographic projections (2D views of a 3D object) and cross sections of a chair. The goal of this assignment is to build on your basic sketching techniques and to introduce you to orthographic projections and cross sections as tools for visual expression. This assignment is intended…

  • [Design] Assignment 2.2 User Needs

    Assignment: Interview at least five different individuals who you believe share the gap you are addressing for your course project. These interviews should be done in person, preferably in the person’s „use environment“. Using the methods from the videos on user needs, identify the user needs. Your website should have a blog post titled „Assignment…

  • [Design] Assignment 2.1 Design Problem Definition

    Assignment: Beginning with the challenge you addressed for yourself last week, refine the definition of the design problem using the five-whys methodology. Some definitions of the problem should be more specific and some more general than the one you addressed last week for yourself. Please note that it is acceptable if your gap changes quite…