MOBILE APP DESIGN 2021
Eventify
UI/UX,
Academic Solo Project
Details
Tools
Pen and Paper
Adobe XD
Time Frame
3 weeks
Methods
Card Sorting
User Research
Digital Prototyping
Paper Prototyping
Usability Testing
Summary
Eventify is an app concept that helps people book appointments and create events with their friends for the purpose of making it easier to have more real-life social interactions.
Task
Task Description
The task was to freely choose an area in which to carry out an ethnographic study, then create a digital prototype that provides support for any issues found. You had to involve at least one user in the ethnographic study as well as involve them in a participative design activity. The process was to result in a digital prototype that is mobile-adapted and meets the needs of or solves the problems of the users.
Time Frame
3 Weeks
User Research
Ethnographic Study
The area I chose to study was what it is like to go from a "regular" job to working independently as a freelancer. Methods I used to achieve my result were shadowing to get an idea of their daily routine and identify problems that may need solving, and interview as a way to gather personal experiences from the user. The study was done on one user.
The interview handled topics like: what it’s like working from home; what’s better, what’s worse, how much they work now compared to before, how they juggle things and what their schedule is like as well as what their social life looks like.
Most important points from the interview:
- The user found it hard to have a lack of social interactions as well as lack of co-workers. His interactions were mostly digital.
- More pressure, less stability. Stressful because if you take a break you get no money.
In the shadowing session, I followed the participant for about 2 hours while he worked with his various sources of income. In the meantime, I tried to talk to him and identify what problems he is experiencing now compared to when he was at a regular job.
Most important points from the shadowing session:
- He never fully gets to take a break
The Problem
The biggest problems that emerged during the course of the study were that there is a lot of stress in freelance, especially if you have difficulty with planning. It seems to be very difficult to take time off, both mentally and physically. Compared with a regular job where tasks tend to be assigned by a higher-up and where the salary is usually fixed, there is more instability in the job that the user has chosen.
Questions that arose:
- How could the experiences of a regular job and a freelance job be made more similar?
- In what ways can you create colleagues, like a regular job?
- How can you plan more free time when you don’t have to keep track of work at all so you get more time to meet people in real life?
