UCD Week 2

Finding at least one example of bad design in everyday life.

Tekka Hawker Centre..

Busy oriented place where there are alot of foreign workers who will be there after work to buy their food for lunch or dinner.. No sense of patience, when buying food.. Long queue’s and not co-operative enough to give up their seats cause most of them will be drinking -.-

Even at famous stalls, to reserve a place is also difficult.. So i would say tekka is the most faultiest hawker centre ever even though it’s still a busy place..

Observation on how people use the space:

• their spaces of tables and stalls are very crammed in between each other when i happened to see an old man cleaning the area where there was food being spilled on the floor and when people are collecting their food that they have already bought, it’s very hard for them to walk off.. so they have to slow down till the cleaner is done with the mess..
• Frustration between everyone cause of the limited seats especially during busy hours and lunch time… Hectic timings
• Family of four after shopping i guess, heads to get a seat for their dinner time and when the place is packed, they asked a person who occupied a table of four people to seat whether they can give up the seat to them, he ignored.. IRRESPONSIBLE.
• Area cleaning being done not often.. E.g table cleaning, etc..

Some Services/ Items that are built for human use

- Washing basins

- Toilets

- Food Stalls

- Disposing plates area

- Tables

3a. What is the item/service?
washing basin

b. Who uses it?
people who patronize the environment..

c. When do they use it?
before/after meals..

d. How did they use it?
- firstly to wash your hands, by turning on the tap..
- washing their hands when in dirt and when clean use a soap right after..
- turn off tap..

e. Is it easy to figure out the purpose/ function of this item/ service?
Definitely, Yes.. A service/item that is being used both outdoor and indoors..

f. Is it clear and easy to tell how the user is supposed to interact with it?
With no doubt, yes.. something that has been with us since childhood.. A very clear representation of service..

g. Does the item/ service take human behaviour into account?
Yes, it does of course..it depends by the way we treat itself. Proper use would result in a long lasting basin. Unless, being too unfriendly and harsh towards that would result in a damaged/stale basin.

h. Is it logical?
yes, for the sake of being clean..

i. Is it safe?
Yes, no dangerous sharp items being in it.. Just simple steps of turning on tap/off.

j. Is it pleasing to look at?
Depends on the basin design and the located area of the fixing.

k. How flexible is it to use?
It’s flexible to adults exceptional for children due to height. So, yes if there is an in built specially for kids, would be perfect.. But i’ve came across for this basin for children near my place..

l. Can people with special needs use it?
Yes, with pleasure… unless another party doesn’t tighten it too hard on the tap for them when they going to use it..

m. Which aspect of needs do you think this item satisfies?
Physical: Cleanliness
Social: Easy for public use..

4. One very poorly designed item/service

One very poorly design item in my house is the clothes hanger outside of my kitchen window. it can be very dangerous cause if you’re in a rush taking off the clothes you can trip and fall off in the sense if you are very careless or something.. But my best suggestion for the clothes hanging would be this (below).

5. What improvements would you suggest?

Having it in your kitchen at the top of it would be good cause less danger and at the same time, it’s convenient and ease of pain in the job. Just have to lift it to the top to hook it and you’re all done..

Widget – Assignment2 FunIXD

How it actually works?

My widget is basically about fear of death. And, why it’s about death is because, different people have different encounters of death in a different way. I encountered my way of death by fearing when i was 13-15 years old. I had such thoughts in mind, whereby i asked my mother saying, why can’t we humans live up to the longest and there isn’t an age limit for that particular death to take place. So much of restlessness in me… And, i got rid of this fear which took me for days and yes…It was a strong fear that built in me all of a sudden. How my widget actually makes use of it on the very last day on earth, we have two main navigation which is the green icon and the camera icon. The green icon represents, Networking. The last person that i’ve chatted with before the world has actually been destroyed and a few other conversations with my loved ones too… For the camera icon, which is at the eye, it captures our very last moment of pictures and video calls to show the world that this is the end before leaving the world… A full stretch of pictures will come out as a long filmstrip at the bottom when u capture and image…So it saves automatically… At the main, we have a countdown before the world ends, so within that time you are free of having fun in that widget…

FunIxD Assignment 1 Submission deliverables for 8 Jul

These are my final mock ups/visualisations on the go..The final refined input will look like in the attached JPEG last row.

Assignment 1 Presentation Refine

1st is the main page whereby it leads to stretching the small box apart in different sides to get to the main area section. And then, the second page you have the main navigations. The history, contact etc… A bar for the page slider to know whether it’s at the end or the front page. The both side arrows at the sides of the page itself, on mouse down it slides to the other page and when on mouse up, it slowly stops..Also have volume adjuster in it…etc. when the pointer reaches to the correct destination for mouse down, the pointer shrinks, And when it’s off the stage from the selected clickable site, it returns to its normal size of the pointer.

Reference:

The last picture is the reference for the other user’s device system for the touchscreen.

Fun IxD Assignment 1 Mock-Ups

MAIN PAGE

SUB-PAGE

The Hood – VivoCity (Sky Park) 6 June

La Passionata Svironi presenting,

A miniature and interactive theater “The Hood”.

There were 7 houses, 3 guests in each, many dreams..

Thoughts on the interactive part,

Well, i feel that the arts festivals organisation is somewhat interesting this time round. People in houses telling different stories and having 3 people peeping through the houses of the windows. In different houses they engage in different ways. In that sense, we find it interactive. And also, there is a house where there are people engaging in as a role model or play. And this is part of interactivity too in my opinion.

Moodboard – Assignment 1 week 6

This mood describes the feel of peace and calm and at the same time it has an classic with vintage look.

 

This mood explains or elaborates the feel of the futuristic world..

Visit to ArtFest Fire-Garden

1. How does the installation capture your attention?

This installation, known as the fire_garden, has captured my attention by the flames and the experimental things being done with fire. It creates a romantic plus warm feel, yes of course.. It was indeed hot, but.. the onlookers or known as the visitors did enjoyed that experience and feel all around..

2. What was the audience’s reaction to it?

Their reaction was being “surprised” or joyful, and so cherished..

3. Take pictures of these reactions.

 Here are a few of those reactions.. Sorry if it’s blur

 

FUN IXD, Inputs

Question 1

Chosen input: Touchscreen

1. The touchscreen is significant because… is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touching the display of the device with a finger or hand.

2. The touchscreen has two main attributes. First, it enables one to interact directly with what is displayed, rather than indirectly with a cursor controlled by a mouse or touchpad. Secondly, it lets one do so without requiring any intermediate device that would need to be held in the hand.

3. They  play a prominent role in the design of digital appliances such as the personal digital assistant (PDA), satellite navigation devices, mobile phones, and video games.

4. These ergonomic issues of direct touch can be bypassed by using a different technique, provided that the user’s fingernails are either short or sufficiently long.^{[citation needed]} Rather than pressing with the soft skin of an outstretched fingertip, the finger is curled over, so that the tip of a fingernail can be used instead.

5. The touchscreen itself is made of ordinary glass, giving it good durability and optical clarity. It is usually able to function with scratches and dust on the screen with good accuracy. The technology is also well suited to displays that are physically larger.

Question 2

1. Why is touchscreen popular now?
2. How useful the touchscreen is now compared to the previous generation?
3. Where did this invention took place? how?
4. Why did they invent such technology as the touchscreen?
5. What was the people’s feedback from this new change?
6. How does the first touchscreen look like?

Probe Package Results (22 Dec till 28 Dec) – Week 12

Computer’s results, both sons uses the computer alot and the father seldom uses it.

Total Usage (Approx): 27 Hours

Playstation 3 results, sons only use it..gaming console with many games..

Total Usage (Approx): 29 Hours

Air-Con’s Results, stated in the chart, the parents use the air-conditioner together..So, the father recorded his usage…

Take Note: The Whole Family uses the Air-Con throughout the night. 40 hours approx being used by three different Air-Cons in total usage.

Television’s results, the mother is the person who spends the most hours on TV.

Total Usage (Approx): 63 Hours However, this is a failure due to the family who failed to record, where they switch it ON and OFF