Part 1:
1. How do you feel after watching that video? I feel a little guilty because I honestly never thought about going through the kind of experiences that she has. 2. As a designer, what could be done to make experiences better for Sinéad? Better user experience and accessibility for EVERYONE. "Who are we designing for? How can we amplify their experience? What's the next step?" 3. When you think about how it is to experience life the way she does, what is that called? Empathy Part 2: 1. List 3 professional fields that are associated with UX design (there are more than just three) Engineering, scientist, researcher 2. Who coined the now-ubiquitous term User Experience? Don Norman 3. What did he study at MIT? Electrical engineering and mathematical psychology 4. What is the name of his book, and the unofficial UX Bible? The Design of Everyday Things 5. According to him, what are the two most important components of good design? Discoverability and understanding 6. In your own words, please explain what affordances are? features of an object that are fairly intuitive and give the user clues on what the object is meant to be used for 7. In your own words, please explain what signifiers are? obvious/visible signs communicating to the user about the object and what it is 8. What are these items called? forming the goal-> forming the intention-> specifying an action-> executing the action-> perceiving the state of the world-> interpreting the state of the world-> evaluating the outcome Seven stages of product design pipeline from start to end 9. One objection to his work states that streamlining a product (i.e. removing obstacles to learning) can result in a lack of consciousness about said product’s true inner-workings, resulting in what? "'dumbing down' of user behavior" 10. What man said: “You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology—not the other way around.” and why would that be important? Steve Jobs Part 3: I think Slack and Spotify have great UX. They are both easy to navigate and simple to comprehend. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QeJp2mq3qSOiqAf0Eb_pgHh5elQnZTfYN-ESNq2weVU/edit?usp=sharing
1. It was easy/hard to decipher the colors, and why?
It was pretty each to decipher the colors by just comparing the candy to each color. 2. How does the Pantone system improve design and printing? It provides consistency across printing. 3. When would be a good time to use Pantone colors in this class? For projects that would be printed out such as posters. |
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