Blog Post Week 7!

Going deeper into what prototyping is, we learned all the many benefits prototyping has to offer. There are many different forms of prototyping, but all allow the designer to gain better insight into their product, and how it pertains to their users needs. Prototyping allows designers to see their design in action, getting real results from users, which plays off of empathy. Designers then can go back and rework their design where they see fit.

Blog Post Week 6!

Week 6 was all about learning what prototyping is and how to conduct it. Prototyping is crucial to the design process and allows us to better understand our users needs and wants to produce something of highest quality.

Blog Post Week 5!

There are many sectors to design. Design can do many powerful things, but a designer must possess the superpowers in order to do those things. At its core, design is our most powerful tool.

Blog Post Week 4!

Design comes from people’s interests, inspirations, and life experiences. This week’s readings touched on the four components of design, personas, and how design bridges the gap because thing one and two. From this week I gathered that personas are a key component to a designer being able to create something that is tailored to a particular population. Aside from personas, the 4 four components of design, are also very important to a designers role.