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Position Diagram 4: Problem Solving in Design
For our last position diagram in ‘Design, Society and the Public Sector,’ Jon asked us to illustrate difficulties in solving problems. I wrestled with the ideas of Herb Simon’s “The Structure of Ill...
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Designing a Course Scheduling System: Take 1
Within this quarter’s Rapid Ideation and Creative Problem Solving class, we were tasked with designing and developing a course registration system. Turns out that our collective memory of archaic,...
View ArticleAnother justification for User Centered Research
The design process we are learning at the Austin Center for Design (you might have heard of it) begins with research. In order to negotiate a wicked problem, we must first gain insights by rigorously...
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Class Registration System – Take 2
For the second round of iterations in this quarter’s Rapid Ideation and Problem Solving class, I walked boldly into the world of designing Ipad Apps. There’s something simultaneously as soothing and...
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Course Registration – 3 steps forward, one step back
In this last iteration of wireframes, I implemented a revised course filtration system that eased what was previously a pretty daunting and crowded ‘starting point’ screen. It’s a totally new way of...
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Designing a Course Registration System – Take 4
Bold moves were taken in this most recent iteration of my course registration system for Professor Kolko’s IDSE 202. I abandoned the helpful albeit young Adobe Proto for InDesign, added a navigation...
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Course Scheduler: Time to flip the on switch?
Here is the last in a series of six iterations done under Professor Kolko’s IDSE 201 class. The following wireframes outline a blueprint of an app that would lead a student through signing up for...
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Customer Service Blueprint: an exploratory exercise
Influenced by both a reroute in research halfway through the quarter and an inspiring batch of preliminary research, our customer blueprint represents a fantastical dream state of all of the various...
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That which you should control
There are things you can control and those you shouldn’t. There are things in a design setting that are in flux and those that are fixed. For this last round of position diagrams in Chris Risdon’s...
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Adapt Solutions: An Update
Willy and I are developing an app that simplifies the paperwork side of adoption for families and agencies: Adapt Solutions. Ask anyone who has adopted: paperwork is a headache and amplifies the...
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