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.

Super Veggie USABILITY TESTING REPORT

Context | Extending the Meal Experience Into Sleep Tracking Inspired by Bryan Johnson’s longevity protocol, Superveggie began as a couple-owned meal delivery service in 2022 that offered ready-to-eat organic meals. This fall, Superveggie took a deliberate step forward by launching an MVP of sleep tracking feature in its original meal delivery app, attempting to broaden

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The Morgan Library & Museum

My Roles UX Researcher, UX/UI Designer, Product Designer Team Jane Hsieh, Francois Yap, Jie Sun, Marianne Benyamin Timeline August – December 2025 Project Overview: The Morgan Library & Museum: the Needs to Establish a Clear and Intuitive Information Architecture The Morgan Library & Museum, located in Manhattan, New York, is a museum with rotating exhibitions,

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A Recreation of the Storytelling of MagnificentH

By Sylvia Xinquan Xu/ December 15, 2025 / News Magnificent H is a platform built with passion to collaborate with artists, history lovers, museums, and brand owners to showcase their ideas, love, and enthusiasm in art through the form of creating a micro-museum. Based on the great effort from the developers, by using the method of moderated testing,

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New Yorkers! Love Complaining About Your Job or Perhaps a Business?

If You Answered Yes, NYC We Have Something for You! The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection’s core function is twofold: it enforces consumer protection and licensing laws to shield New Yorkers from predatory business practices, while also enforcing critical worker protection standards like paid safe and sick leave, fair workweek laws for certain sectors,

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MagnificentH: Bringing Museums into a New Digital Era

Project Overview: Interacting With Young Adults: Understanding Navigation and Terminology on MagnificentH MagnificentH is a micro-museum platform contain knowledge and cultural storytelling, with the goal of bringing museums into a new digital era. The platform allows museums and creators to showcase visual content that exposes the public to art and history in an authentic way,

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Opening the Lab for All: Giving CityTech’s OpenLab Directory an Accessibility-first Redesign

Abstract This project was assigned to my class as our final for the semester.  Our client, OpenLab at City Tech, required a total redesign of their website/digital offerings, with an emphasis on inclusivity.  Our class’ overall goal was to provide the OpenLab team with an accessibility-first redesign of their website.  My team’s role specifically in

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How Magnificent is MagnificentH?

MagnificentH offers a digital space to share and post users’ creations as its own micro-museum, while also allowing for monetization and agency over their work. Our goal is to improve the website’s usability regarding terminology and understandability by conducting multiple remote moderated usability tests. Usability issues were revealed through these tests on MagnificentH.com regarding clarity and more visualization. Potential solutions were provided.

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Enhancing Accessibility in OpenLab City Tech’s: Directory Pages

OpenLab City Tech is a platform for faculty and students to access their school work or any resources they may need while attending or working at the institution. This case study revolves around creating better accessibility for OpenLab City Tech’s Directory pages via desktop and mobile. GOALS Tasked with doing an accessibility audit of OpenLab

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