Author name: Sisira Mondreti

Project Overview From Recovery Story to Resilience Platform Resilient Red Hook is a volunteer-led, community-based nonprofit working to advance climate resilience, advocacy, and neighborhood agency in Red Hook, Brooklyn. We worked with Resilient Red Hook on a website redesign that would match the organization they’ve evolved into: one no longer solely defined by Hurricane Sandy […]

by Sisira Mondreti The Problem at Hand As an e-commerce platform that prides itself on being “human-centered” and “transparent,” Etsy’s user experience for new customers contains several points of friction and manipulation that contradict its brand values. My role on this academic project was as the sole UX designer and researcher, tasked with identifying these

Team: Claire Paisley, Lan-Ting Ko, Sisira Mondreti Role: UX Research, Moderator, UX Design, Usability Testing Tools: Figma, PanelFox, Figma Slides, Google Sheets Gutenberg Technology partnered with Pratt DX Center to improve the usability of their newly developed e-reader. This e-reader is meant for undergraduate students who are interested in or required to read their textbooks