This project was an introduction to the web of things. The project was a colaborative effort between interactiondesigners and web developers, where we wanted to design a smart home system from the bottom up. To manage this we first had to map out what interactions we had the ability to connect to a raspberry pi, after this we designed the UI elements and decided on the colour palette, before designing a coherent and functioning prototype.
My contribution as a UX-designer consisted of:
Insight gathering, interviews, writing test scripts, competitor analysis
Created a colour palette and visual direction
Storyboarding in Figma
Prioritizing
Prototyping
What design methods were used:
- Interview
- Basic colour theory
- Competitor analysis
- Ideation
- Prioritizing
- Testing and iterations
What have I learned:
- How to work in tandem with web developers
- How to work with colours while considering WCAG rules
- Affordance, how to guide a user towards an interaction with clear design
