janicema_project2_process

Project 2 process
-> Interesting sites
 * http://www.milk.com.hk>
 * http://www.brandnewschool.com
 * http://www.wktokyolab.com


 * Sketches** **and Research :**



Design sharing site -> **DESIGN SPOTTING**
Concept -> Design Spotting is a design webpage dedicated to images of modern contemporary design including: accessoires, audio furniture, books, design-contests, exhibitions, fashion, furniture, hotels, lighting, new materials, residential architecture, interior design. The goal of this webpage is to allow designers or people interest in this field to exchange ideas, concepts or objects that they spot in their daily life. In this design community, users also get a chance to express their design in drawing and share it with others. Users at this webpage can express their creativity through communication and visualization.

Personas:
Mable is a second year design student at OCAD. Her major subject is industrial design, minor subject is graphic design. She always have some crazy and creative ideas, and often express them on her sketchbook. For her year end assignment, she has to design an object that can be useful in an classroom. The assignment is very flexible, she can freely express her concept and ideas. Before doing some brainstorming, she wants to do some research first. So she decide to go to designspotting (her favourite design site) to look for unique and creative ideas. Design spotting is a site that she often visits and collects ideas. She finds this site very useful for her study, in a way for exchanging ideas, she also contribute some images she found interesting and upload to the site in order to share it with everyone else.
 * __Primary Persona__**
 * Mable: Creative Designer**

Dorothy is a receptionist at a design firm, she didn't take any study about design. Since she worked at the design firm for about six years already, her co-workers influenced her and taught her some basic design knowledge. She loves to surf on the internet, after she start working at this design firm, she often visit different design sites and looks for interesting things. Design Spotting is one of the site she visit pretty often lately, because she just bought a new house, so she would like to look for some ideas of interesting interior design and furnitures. However, she never contributes to the site, since she does not have time to upload images.
 * __Secondary Persona__**
 * Dorothy: Casual Surfer**

__**Unaffected Persona**__ Kenneth is a computer engineer who works at IBM and he has no interest in Design. However her girlfriend as a design student (description above) is busy working on other projects and does not have time to brainstorm ideas for critique in thursday class, so she ask Kenneth 's help to help her find some ideas from Design Spotting and let her know.
 * Kenneth: Boyfriend of Mable**

Wireframes Mockup:


Castro, Elizabeth, "HTML, XHTML, & CSS", Peachpit Press, New York, 2007. Fiell, Charlotte & Peter, "Design of the 20th Century", Taschen, Venice. 2005. Vague design, "http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/vague_design/index?&page=3" Apr 2007.
 * Bibliography :**