Projects

What are IXD@Pratt students up to? Posts in this category showcase the great work our students do and highlight the many different tools, methods, and techniques students learn at Pratt.

Design Story: NYC311

For our group project in Information Architecture and Interaction Design, Chris Orellana, Yilan Ye, and I chose to focus on a hypothetical redesign of NYC311, a government website which provides NYC residents with city services and information (actual site: https://portal.311.nyc.gov/). During the semester, we went through a thorough design process, from user research to wireframes …

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Evaluation Story: Audio Tours at the Jewish Museum

The Jewish Museum launched a mobile-optimized audio tours website in July 2019, hoping that it would be a tool to “illuminate works of art from the Museum’s collection, highlight a range of perspectives, and provide an engaging experience for visitors of all backgrounds.” In order to get an understanding of how users were using the …

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Evaluation Story: Testing Engagement for the Innocence Project

In fall 2019, as part of our final project for Usability Theory and Practice, I and three others carried out user testing for the Innocence Project, a nonprofit which seeks to free wrongly convicted criminals through DNA testing and advance criminal justice reform. Our evaluation used in-person user testing, resulting in a detailed report and …

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Usability Study: Cooper Hewitt Website

Cooper Hewitt is America’s design museum. Inclusive, innovative, and experimental, the Smithsonian museum’s dynamic exhibitions, education programs, master’s program, publications and online resources inspire, educate and empower people through design.

A mockup generated during the user testing study of Pratt Institute's website.

Pratt Institute Website: Evaluation Story

A team of four researchers completed a seven-week-long user testing study to test the usability of Pratt Institute’s website. This research was undertaken for the benefit of Pratt’s Communications and Marketing department, and was completed under the supervision of Prof. Elena Villaespesa.