Application Design I Project 1
22/4/2024-2/8/2024 Week 1 - Week 14
Wong Kai Xin / 0353027
Application Design I / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media / The Design School
Project 1
INSTRUCTIONS
Students are required to create a proposal documentation for their
mobile application project. You are required to redesign an existing app
that you find unsatisfactory in terms of the user experience or
interface design and its subject to preliminary approval by the module
coordinator. Students need to do surveys, interviews, market studies and
research on the selected topic.
The document should also include key features of their mobile
application and provide clear flowchart of the app. The document will
determine whether the mobile application idea is good to continue to the
next development phase. This task is an iterative process whereby during
the assignment period, students are free to get feedback from their
peers and module coordinator to further refine their idea.
CLASS SUMMARY
Week 1
- Went through the MIB
- Application Design is about the usability of the app
- Interview target audience, ask them about your done prototype
- Brief of Assignment 1
- lo fi is simple wire frame
- hi fi with the pictures, tints, colors (final project)
- do competitive analysis
Week 2
lecture session:
- user centered design the needs of users
- user experience design focuses on the functionality how we structure the whole thing so ppl can navigate easily so people can achieve their goals easily, the process maters
- user interface design are the aesthetics and overall appearance
1. discovery
- business requirements - brand vision, goals, objectives, target audience, competitors
- user personas
2. define
- ideation
- experience mapping - user journey map
3. design
- wireframe and graphic visual appearance, (text size, colors)
4. validate
- testing prototype
after validating n getting feedback, go back to the design stage
what they want? need? what is easy for them?
Week 3
feedback session
Week 4
class presentation
PROJECT 1
Week 1
Our task was to find 3 apps to propose for improvement. First, I went
through my existing apps to see which could be improved, some of them
are Lazada, Shein, myNEWS. However, I figured there was no major
improvements that could be made, so I downloaded a number of other apps
like Sushi King, A&W, Secret Recipe, Subway and more. I analyzed the
overall layout and decided to go with these 3
- A&W
- Secret recipe
- myNEWS
Week 2
After writing the basic description of the applications as well as
listing out the drawbacks, I noticed my slides were lacking statements
on user experience, as I focused too much on the user interface.
Include the brand vision
Week 3
- write redesign objectives based on weakness on ur chosen application
- secondary goal features u can include to improve the app
- included some solutions for the issues faced in the Secret Recipe application
Week 4
Submission:
Fig 1.1 progress slide
Fig 1.2 final presentation slide
FEEDBACK
Week 2
- Points are more on the user interface design, not on user experience (focus more on user experience)
- Function of buttons
- Ratings screenshots on applications for strong justification, find out user experience from comments
- put target audience in slides
Week 3
- Not very accurate info for democracy, it's better if the information coming from company
Week 4
1. include design strategy slide (summary of the solutions)
2. list solutions below weaknesses
REFLECTION
Through this project, I have learned to pay close attention to the user interface of applications, how their features can impact the users and how important navigation is. I used to only look at the overall visual design however, this module opened the door of user experience for me to discover.
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