Goodnight Phone

Goodnight Phone

  When people go to close their curtains at night they can look out the window and see the moon, which tells them that their day is at a close. And in the morning when they go to pull open their curtains, they can see the sun which shows them a new day has begun.…

A Phone Web

A Phone Web

With the advancement of technology and rise of digital media, the power of the Internet and countless other resources is only a finger tap away. Yet in this digital age, the quality of work and efficiency may come with a price that most people haven’t signed up for or aren’t aware of. I’m talking of…

Presenting our Idea

Cyberbullying Presentation We placed all of our research and prototype into a PowerPoint which was presented to the class. I feel that people were aware that cyberbullying existed within the world but did not realize that it exists on the campus. Our idea helps to provide support to an ongoing problem because it is an…

Awareness on Wheels

Awareness on Wheels

Now that we had our final concept down, it was time to move onto creating a prototype of our idea. The prototype stage allows designers make their solutions to problems become a reality. All research and ideas come together to form physical objects that can help to move the process along by having the prototype.…

Henry the Elephant

Henry the Elephant

  Now that we had our research question in place and research from online and our own survey, it was time to move onto the ideate stage of the design thinking process. Ideate helps a designer to visually map out their ideas through things like sketches and storyboards so that they can better organize their ideas…

Define and Confine

Define and Confine

After conducting our research and empathizing the next step in our project was to define our problem. Define is when the designer can identify what the main problem is they are trying to solve and make connections based on the research gathered from before. During our research phase we created a survey which was sent to…

Empathize Eyes

Empathize Eyes

After spending the semester talking about the entire design thinking process it was time to put our knowledge to work. Creating an app was a good trial run but now it was time to create a design for good design to help people our school campus. For our topic, my partner and I decided to…

Test for the Best

Test for the Best

Link to Marvel App: https://marvelapp.com/10b1b6b6/screen/33435930 There are many different approaches a designer can bring to the design thinking process. But all of these tests can share a common goal. Or as The Interaction Design Foundation states, “there is a need to test out the solutions implanted within the current design. If users experience difficulties, then…

Hyped For Prototype

Hyped For Prototype

After the testing phase comes the prototype phase. All the research comes together and ideas go from thoughts and ideas go onto physical objects. But just because this is the last step before the test phase doesn’t mean it is one and done. Like the other steps before it, the prototype stage may take several…

Ideate to Create

Ideate to Create

After completing the define stage, the next step in the design process is to ideate. What this means is that the designer must now apply creativity to their work. Creativity is problem solving that is tangible, recognizable, and learnable. There is no limit to creativity and a person can improve and expand their mind through…