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A Simple Design Test. Damian Gordon. First Step. Write your name and student number. Please write as clearly as possible. Design Exercise 1.
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A Simple Design Test Damian Gordon
First Step • Write your name and student number. • Please write as clearly as possible.
Design Exercise 1 • Bus Eireann, the Irish bus service, have contacted you, and have asked you to design a SmartPhone app that will allow customers to get timetables of bus routes around Ireland. • Write a few sentences explaining the design • Draw between 4-8 screens showing your design of this app • 10-15 minutes
Design Exercise 2 • The banks have been all bought out by the government, and they have contacted you, and have asked you to design a new cash dispenser machine (ATM) that will allow customers to get cash from their accounts, and do all the other functions you’d expect. • Draw your design for the physical design of the ATM, with a doorway near it to show a sense of scale. • Now write a few sentences explaining the design • Add between 4-8 screens showing your design of this ATM. • 10-15 minutes
Section A • Questions about Design • What is design? • What is good design? • What is bad design?
Section B: The SmartPhone app • Section B.1 • When you were designing the App were you thinking of yourself as the typical user of this app?
Section B: The SmartPhone app • Section B.2 • If it was a very bright day (glaringly sunny), would this app still work well? • If it was raining and the screen was slippery, would this app still work well? • If you had some groceries in one hand, would this app still work well? • If you had just slipped and hurt your dominant hand, would this app still work well? • If you were fairly drunk, would this app still work well?
Section B: The SmartPhone app • Section B.3 • Would your app work for people aged 0-5 years old? • Would your app work for people aged 5-10 years old? • Would your app work for people aged 10-15 years old? • Would your app work for people aged 15-20 years old? • Would your app work for people aged 20-65 years old? • Would your app work for people aged 65-75 years old? • Would your app work for people aged 75-85 years old? • Would your app work for people over 85 years old?
Section B: The SmartPhone app • Section B.4 • Would your app work for people with very small fingers? • Would your app work for people with average sized fingers? • Would your app work for people with very large sized fingers?
Section B: The SmartPhone app • Section B.5 • Would your app work if the user had only partial vision or was without vision? • Would your app work if the user couldn’t fully hear or couldn’t hear at all? • Would your app work if the user couldn’t point-and-click precisely or couldn’t point-and-click precisely at all? • Would your app work if the user couldn’t fully understand the text of your app or couldn’t understand the text of your app at all?
Section C: The ATM • Section C.1 • When you were designing the ATM were you thinking of yourself as the typical user of this ATM?
Section C: The ATM • Section C.2 • If it was a very bright day (glaringly sunny), would your ATM still work well? • If it was raining and the screen and buttons were slippery, would your ATM still work well? • If you had some groceries in one hand, would your ATM still work well? • If you had just slipped and hurt your dominant hand, would your ATM still work well? • If you were fairly drunk, would your ATM still work well?
Section C: The ATM • Section C.3 • Would your ATM work for people aged 0-5 years old? • Would your ATM work for people aged 5-10 years old? • Would your ATM work for people aged 10-15 years old? • Would your ATM work for people aged 15-20 years old? • Would your ATM work for people aged 20-65 years old? • Would your ATM work for people aged 65-75 years old? • Would your ATM work for people aged 75-85 years old? • Would your ATM work for people over 85 years old?
Section C: The ATM • Section C.4 • Would your ATM work for people who are very short? • Would your ATM work for people who are fairly short? • Would your ATM work for people who are of average height? • Would your ATM work for people who are fairly tall? • Would your ATM work for people who are very tall?
Section C: The ATM • Section C.5 • Would your ATM work if the user had only partial vision or was without vision? • Would your ATM work if the user couldn’t fully hear or couldn’t hear at all? • Would your ATM work if the user couldn’t point-and-click precisely or couldn’t point-and-click precisely at all? • Would your ATM work if the user couldn’t fully understand the text of your app or couldn’t understand the text of your app at all?
Section D • Section D • Have you ever heard of the term of Universal Design? • If yes, what does it mean as your understand it? • If no, have a guess at what you think it might mean? • In all our designs, who should we be designing for?