As the sole team member for this project, I handled the project from start to finish. Each part was its own challenge. Though I was determined to design the product as I had conceived it, every step I took led to some kind of change. The result wasn’t far from what I had envisioned, but different enough that I realized how scope creep and self-owned biases could create shortcomings in the design.

research, sketching, and wireframing

This is where the project began. Avenues of research were clear from the outset; the competition was easily defined. Pen and paper allowed for quick and responsive iteration, albeit limited to in-person user testing. Given the app’s straightforward nature as an encyclopedia, the architecture was dense but simple.

Learn more about my research here.