Month: April 2022

I came out of this experience with a portfolio-ready piece that I am proud of thanks to Justin, Ariel and Jolanta from We The Collective! I enjoyed the last 2 weeks the most out of this entire process because, at this point, I just had to sit down and design the screens and continue to iterate on them after feedback. What I love most about this design process is getting to the point where it gets nitpicky because it means that the design is almost there. Next week, I will be giving a client presentation to them as if I were trying to sell my product to Playland themselves. When I was building my presentation for class, I struggled with trying to find a way to present all my screens, as they are all vertical and very long and could not fit on a 16:9 presentation slide. What I decided to do was move away from Google Slides and instead present through Figma. I would say it made for a seamless presentation as I did not have to switch windows in order to present my prototype. I would give my final project a 9/10.

During this phase, I had many learnings. When it came to coming up with concepts, I learned that moodboarding for UX and digital products is different than moodboards for branding. Instead of choosing images and words that gave a strong visual direction for the product, I was told to instead aim towards utilizing images and descriptor words that described experiences, and how my user would feel after using the product. I found that piece of advice incredibly helpful as doing so helped me visualize how the app would turn out and how the tone and language of the elements like buttons and callouts would be like.

I also had difficulty presenting my work as phone screens are tall and unable to fit within a single Google slides page as my mentors did not use Figma. It felt super rewarding to get such thorough feedback and to get to see how my project develops under their guidance. Overall I’m having a great time and I’m excited to continue working on the next stages of this project. I would give myself a 9/10 for my performance for this phase.