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.

Evaluation Story: Audioguiarte>> PWA audio guide usability improvement

Overview  This report details the results of a usability study on a progressive web app designed by Audioguiarte, a company  based in Spain offering customized audio and multimedia solutions to museums. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, The Thyssen Bornemisza National Museum asked Audioguiarte for  a digital solution to guarantee “zero contact,” as conventional audio guides …

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The Henry Ford Digital Collections Website

Evaluation Report On March 17th 2021, my team met within Dr. Elena Villaespesa’s Usability Theory and Practice course Met with Ellice Engdahl and Filomena Napolitano, the digital collections and content manager and the digital marketing manager at The Henry Ford Museum. My team was composed of three Pratt Institute, School of Information Students: Yifan Wang, …

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Evaluation Story:Urban Outreach Center NYC

Introduction The Urban Outreach Center (UOC) is a non-profit community organization focused on connecting homeless and low-income New Yorkers in East Harlem and the Upper West Side with food and other critical supplies. The UOC helps “nearly 50,000 vulnerable New Yorkers each year to move with dignity out of homelessness and food insecurity toward self-sufficiency.” …

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Evaluation Story: Urban Outreach Center(UOC)

Project Summary Our team, 5 graduate students at Pratt, conducted 10 remote moderated user tests to help improve Urban Outreach Center (UOC) website experience and usability. Duration March-May Team: Zhuolan Zhang – MS Information Experience Design, Pratt Institute Orville Mo-He – MS Information Experience Design, Pratt Institute Monica Hersher – MS Data Visualization Design, Pratt …

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Evaluation Story: Urban Outreach Center of NYC

Introduction The Urban Outreach Center (UOC) is a non-profit community organization focused on connecting homeless and low-income New Yorkers in East Harlem and the Upper West Side with food and other critical supplies. The UOC helps “nearly 50,000 vulnerable New Yorkers each year to move with dignity out of homelessness and food insecurity toward self-sufficiency.”  …

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Design Story: Aquarius Records Website

This project was created and graded for INFO-643 Information Architecture & Interaction Design at Pratt Institute School of Information. PlatformMobile/Web RoleResearcher and Co-Designer w/ Sarah Tsao, Jing Peng, and Chris FerreraKey Project Framework: Research and Development, Information Architecture, Interaction, User Testing, Wireframing and Prototyping SoftwareFigmaInVisionUser-Testing.comOptimal WorkshopZoom Project Summary Music is a universal language. Most individuals …

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Website Redesign: GrowNYC

Overview GrowNYC is a nonprofit organization that aims to improve New York City’s quality of life through environmental programs including farmers markets, conservation, and community education. This project aimed to redesign the GrowNYC website into an intuitive and efficient site. Platform Mobile Web; Web Team Three Pratt Institute graduate students; my primary roles include research …

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Evaluation Story: Monterey Bay Aquarium

Introduction Monterey Bay Aquarium is an educational and environmental organization located in Monterey, California. While the aquarium is currently closed to visitors due to the pandemic, they have a number of cameras livestreaming certain exhibits to anyone around the world. The livecams are free and open to the public. The aquarium approached the Center for …

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