Samadhi Arts is an arts non-profit, founded in February 2015. The founders are two friends, so my understanding of Samadhi (its curatorial vision and personal narrative) has been shaped through many conversations since the company’s founding. My interest in critiquing the design of their Events and Gallery pages has to do with their website […]
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StoreFronts is a scrapbook-like app, where users are encouraged to take photos of restaurants’ and bars’ storefronts to visually discover, capture, and organize the shared dining out experience. Research To begin the design process, research was conducted to evaluate the value proposition of StoreFronts. Research took the form of two interviews and a competitive review
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I spoke to Lars Lindahl, a Pratt SILS alum, to find out more about the work he’s done, and what it’s taught him. He’s just started a new job at American Express, with previous design jobs in both a startup and agency, and had some great insights on working in the different environments. I know
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Last week I had the chance to chat with Christopher Collette. Chris is currently a principal at Clarity Group. According to his bio, he has been “practicing content strategy long before it had a name.” I reached out to Chris because he is someone with a well-established career and is also an alumnus of Pratt
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I recently had the opportunity to interview Natalie Blair. Although Natalie and I are acquainted through our mutual love of roller derby, I wanted to pick her brain on her experience transitioning into the field of UX and to see if she had any pieces of advice for someone hoping to do the same. Natalie
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Christine Yoon has worked in a range of environments, from the multinational JPMorgan Chase, to the small design incubator Hook & Loop. I spoke with Christine hoping to understand the differences in these environments and how UX designers can succeed in both. Her answer? Stick to core UX principles to be sure that you deliver
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I was connected to Vickie Culbertson, UX Designer at Fuzz Productions, through another friend who was recently hired at Fuzz after completing General Assembly’s User Experience Design Immersive. Vickie describes herself as “A Baltimore native living and working in New York City. I love seeing live music and going to art exhibits. You can also
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I interviewed Beyang Shi, who is a User Experience and Interaction Designer, having worked in-house with education startups, as well as a freelancer. I was intrigued by her background as a teacher, often working across language barriers, and what light that unique perspective can shed on what makes something truly usable.
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I spoke with Pamela Pavliscak, UX researcher, data scientist, and founder at Change Sciences. I was interested in how Pamela’s background in Information Science influences her work today. Pamela also spoke about Positive Design, the challenges she faced and still faces with Change Sciences, the future of the field, and what she reads to stay
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For this assignment, I interviewed Jesse McBride, a Senior UX Talent Manager at UX Hires. In order to prepare for my own job search, I wanted to gain insight into the hiring process to see what I could improve upon as I send out resumés and go on interviews. Jesse shared his thoughts about the UX
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