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USER CENTERED DESIGN













                                                                                                                                      IN THE BRIEF, WE
                                                                                                                                      HAD TO CREATE A
                                                                                                                                           POSTER,
                                                                                                                                      CONTAINING ALL
                                                                                                                                       OF THE GROUPS
                                                                                                                                       PRODUCTS IN A
                                                                                                                                       ‘HERO-SHOT’, AS
                                                                                                                                      WELL AS A BRIEF
                                                                                                                                      DESCRIPTION OF
                                                                                                                                         EACH. THIS
                                                                                                                                     POSTER REQUIRED
                                                                                                                                        EFFORT FROM
                                                                                                                                      EACH MEMBER OF
                                                                                                                                       THE GROUP TO
                                                                                                                                      COMPLETE. MADE
                                                                              FOR THE WORKSHOP MODULE, WE WERE                        ON ILLUSTRATOR,
                                                                              TASKED WITH CREATING MODELS OF OUR                        OUR GROUP’S
                                                                             CHOSEN DESIGNS. THIS IS A 1:1 SCALE OF A                 POSTER DISPLAYS
                                                                                   STORAGE UNIT. THIS REQUIRED                         THE DEGREE OF
                                                                                  TEAMWORK AND DEDICATION TO                          WEEKS WORK WE
                                                                              COMPLETE. WE ALSO MADE SMALLER AND                      COMPLETED IN AN
                                                                                SLIGHTLY VARIED VERSIONS OF THIS                       AESTHETIC AND               THE HERO-SHOT FOR MY PRODUCT DISPLAYS THE PRODUCT, IN
                                                                            STORAGE UNIT, HOWEVER, THIS TURNED OUT                    VISUALLY PLEAS-             USE, AS WELL AS HUMAN REFERENCING. IT SHOWCASES MY BEST
                                                                                              THE BEST.                                 ING MANNER.                             SKETCHING AND RENDERING SKILLS.





                                                                       WHEN WORKING ON THE
                                                                       USER CENTERED DESIGN
                                                                         PROJECT, WE HAD TO
                                                                           CONCEPTUALIZE A
                                                                        PRODUCT AND EXPLORE
                                                                         THIS BY SKETCHING. I
                                                                          COMPLETED SPRINT                                                                   IN THE
                                                                         SKETCHES, CONCEPT                                                              INITIAL STAGES
                                                                          SKETCHES, REFINES                                                                 OF THE
                                                                             CONCEPTS, AN                                                                PROJECT, OUR
                                                                        EXPLODED VIEW OF THE                                                             TEAM HAD TO
                                                                        PRODUCT AND A FINAL                                                                TAKE THE
                                                                          HERO-SHOT OF THE                                                              MEASUREMENTS
                                                                            PRODUCT. THIS                                                                   OF THE
                                                                           ALLOWED ME TO                                                                HORSEBOX. THIS
                                                                       DEVELOP MY SKETCHING                                                              SHOWED THE
                                                                        AND RENDERING SKILLS                                                            FIRST SIGNS OF
                                                                        FURTHER. I DEVELOPED                                                            TEAMWORK AND
                                                                           THREE POSSIBLE                                                               COLLABORATION
                                                                       PRODUCTS THAT WOULD                                                                WITHIN THE
                                                                          COMPLY WITH THE                                                                   GROUP.
                                                                          BRIEF, FOCUSED ON
                                                                             ERGONOMICS.
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