UI/UX Design for
Smart Door Concept
Scope: Academic project - Design of an 'Enchanted Object', Conceptual Design
Background
Most of us like to have the kitchen to ourself when cooking. During my university accommodation, I shared the kitchen with 6 flatmates. I would often walk into the kitchen and discover my flatmates hanging out when I wasn't particularly sociable, or the hobs and oven occupied when I didn't have much time to spare.
It was hard to juggle the anxiety and clashes alongside a busy, hectic university schedule and I had long entertained this curiosity of whether we could have a system in place to enjoy quality kitchen time to myself.
So, I took the opportunity to explore the concept of an app designed around a 'smart object' or 'enchanted object' as David Rose calls them.
Instead of what product should I invent, ask what psychological drive
should I satisfy?
- David Rose
Tools used: Mind maps, Personas
User Needs
Framing the area of inquiry- lifestyle and behaviour, scope, researching user needs and identifying what smart object would best fulfil the need.
Problem Definition
Identifying pain points to frame the problem, ideation and conceptualisation
Tools used: User Journey Map, PACT Analysis
Concept
Prototype
Usability Testing
Tools used: Brand Identity, Card sorting, Information Architecture
Tools used: Sketching, Wireframing, Low and High Fidelity rendering
Final Design
