Author name: Francois Yap

From Spreadsheet to Product: Making Carbon Tracking Usable for Event Planners

Transforming a technical carbon calculator into a more usable sustainability planning tool through usability research and product redesign As sustainability becomes increasingly relevant in our changing climate, tools that help organizers measure environmental impact are becoming more important. Through the Pratt Center for Digital Experiences (DX Center), our team partnered with Town+Gown: NYC. the NYC […]

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What Happens When Student Organizations Depend on One Person?

Reimagining the student club lifecycle through service design research and co-design at Pratt Institute Student organizations are often seen as independent communities run by students. But during our service design research with Pratt Institute’s Office of Student Involvement (OSI), we discovered that much of the club ecosystem quietly depended on invisible labor, informal knowledge sharing,

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Design Critique: GoodNotes (iPad App)

Goodnotes is a powerful digital notetaking and PDF markup app available on Android and iOS, known for its versatility. Popular with students, it allows users to create notebooks, upload and annotate existing documents, and organize files within folders. On the iPad, Goodnotes also supports Apple Pencil integration, enabling a more robust notetaking experience. In this

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