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Chapter 5 Deliver



       Design Principles







             The following were the design principles applied in creating the mid- fidelity designs:





             Accessibility                                                                                         Heuristics
             •    Since my target user are the older adults the principle of                                       •   I ensured the words used are familiar with my
                  accessibility was kept in mind not just during the low fidelity                                      target audience taking into account all their
                  phase but across all feedback phases. The design were also                                           feedback on content comprehension in the pilot
                  printed out at various phases to ensure the layout and font size                                     stage. Acronyms such as TGN was spelled out
                  used are readable on actual print.                                                                   twice in the brochure.

                                                                                                                   •   Instructions were also kept short and simple so
             •    The application of perforated design in the gratitude card also                                      readers won’t feel overwhelmed.
                  considered older adults who may have difficulty writing on a

                  business card size format.                                                                       User Control
                                                                                                                   •   I’ve applied this principle by incorporating a                                   DELIVER
             Category Grouping (Miller’s Law)                                                                          perforated design in the gratitude card to give
             •    I categorized similar data using sections and same layout design                                     the user an option to write short vs long
                  for each information type e.g. introduction to product, how it                                       personal messages.
                  works, how to earn rewards. This ensured not just ease of reading
                  but ease of storing it in one’s memory


             Consistency

             •     Visual consistency on font style and colors per design were kept
                   even if the brand elements were not yet final to make the

                   brochure easier to digest and learn information from.
             •     External consistency was applied by using familiar icons for the
                   section ‘how to join’ to help readers easily understand the steps.
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