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.
Felicia, Nitya, Siddharth and I were assigned the client: The School of Visual Arts (SVA) Library. Phoebe Stein, the Digital Services Librarian, was our contact for the assignment. SVA has not done a major update to their website since 2015, so they were eager to test all corners of the website from many different perspectives. […]
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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.
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The Beginning Working with our client Nicholas Dease from the Pratt Library was an absolute pleasure. From our first interaction to our last he always gave great constructive feedback. He knew exactly what he was looking for and was available whenever we needed feedback or had questions about specific details concerning our Usability Test. Nicholas
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Overview Ethical methods and procedures are critical when conducting research of any kind, and usability is no exception. Processes regarding ethical treatment of study participants’ well-being and privacy have been well documented in a variety of fields including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and other scientific endeavors. It is within the past decades that these ideals have been
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Project Brief: The goal of this project was to ensure that the users of Alexander Street Press, a video and primary source archive for educational programming, were met with the highest possible satisfactory landing page. One that would aide in sign-up statistics and let the users know what it is that Alexander Street has that
Alexander Street Landing Page Redesign (Design Story) Read More »
Project Summary Timeline My Role Goal January – May 2019 I was a UX designer, designing this product end-to-end from research to prototype To completely transform the university library’s website in order to provide help to undergraduate students at their points of need Problem Statement How Might We make it easier for undergrad
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About the Project Overview: This project involved redesigning the information architecture and improving the user experience of Seton Hall University Libraries website. The Seton Hall University Libraries support excellence in academic and individual work, enable inquiry, foster intellectual and ethical integrity and respect for diverse points of view through user-focused services and robust collections as the intellectual
SHU Design Story by Armon Burton of Curious Solomon Read More »
Mad-X consisted of myself, Mike, Agreya, and Xi (an acronym of our initials.) We worked together to redesign Seton Hall University’ Library website. The contents below provide some insight to our process: User Research User group: We are trying to identify user habits on their respective library websites. Our user group consisted of undergraduate, graduate
Design Story – Deborah Gorelik Read More »
About the project UX-Women was tasked with optimizing the mobile experience for www.nypl.org to accommodate the growing desire for a robust mobile access. Based on our stakeholder interview, we interpreted mobile optimization to include a more seamless experience from desktop to mobile, and from physical libraries to the web. Over the course of 12 weeks,
The Joy of Navigation: A Design Story Read More »
ABOUT THE PRATT INSTITUTE LIBRARIES The Pratt Institute Libraries is an academic library institution serving three campuses in the New York area. The Libraries’ main building is located on Pratt’s Brooklyn campus with collections and services that focus on the visual arts, architecture, design, creative writing, and related fields. The mission of the Pratt Institute
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