Ideation, Prototyping, & Testing

Over the past seven weeks, I have documented my progress of researching, drafting, and developing a companion app to my city’s municipal website. I have now completed the process and have made it to the final step – high fidelity prototyping. Simply put, high fidelity prototyping is a polished simulation of your final project. Because…

User testing is a crucial component of the design and development process for any product or service that is looking to enter the market. It involves gathering feedback and insights from real users who interact with the product, typically in a controlled environment, to evaluate its usability, functionality, and overall user experience. The importance of…

The Need for Prototypes Before releasing any form of product to the public, it is essential to make sure it works as intended. Designers create paper prototypes as a tangible rough draft that allows experimentation and optimization to take place. In general, prototypes are a version of a product made with inexpensive materials that act…

In the user experience world, understanding how platforms will be approached by its users is crucial to creating a successful design. To help with this, designers create flowcharts to explore the possibilities of how one can interact with a platform. Flowcharts are visual representations of processes and systems, showing the various steps, decision points, and…

For the better part of a century, information has become readily available and easily accessible. People are constantly seeking content to improve their lives, whether it’s news, podcasts, reviews, or products. We’re always hopping between multiple websites throughout the day, often with numerous tabs open in our browser. Whether we’re on the move or at…

What is Information Architecture? Information Architecture is the practice of structuring something in a way that’s easy for users to understand. A primary way to illustrate a website or app’s structure is through a site map. Their basic structure and simplification of a website’s functions provide an overview of the organization of a site at…

I’ll be the first to admit… I’m not the most organized. When it comes to laying out my ideas in a productive way, my penmanship and sketches come out in the way I think; scattered and frantic. This week, I learned about different exercises that help compartmentalize ideas in an orderly way, which proved to…