Overview
The Mission
To provide a fun way for users to communicate with different perspectives
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Time Frame
1.5 weeks app design + 1.5 weeks video making
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Team: 2 people
My Job: Design, Organize the project, Lead the progress, Video editing
My partner's job: working with me on most of the steps including ideation, wireframing, and design.
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For this project, my partner and I worked closely together. Though I organized the project, we put in almost equal efforts and were involved in all parts of the process together.
BrainStorm& Strategy
Market Research
What we looked for:
Different forms of platforms
- Landing Page
- Relationship between posts' presentation style & platform culture
- How does the design inform the type of conversations & interactions on the platform, comment section, and overall culture?
Most platforms are content focused and a few are user reaction focused
Content Focused
- Users need to perform an additional action to view comments & replies
- Strips/box format used to present content
- Texts & images have a similar hierarchy
- Most have a thumbnail of image, title, and text
Content + Reaction Focused
- Comments directly underneath the post, no additional action needed to see comments
- Need additional action to see replies to the comments
-> Results in a comment section dominated by individual opinions and likes rather than deeper conversations.
Reaction Focused
- No action needed to see replies to comments/comment threads.
- The visual hierarchy of comments emphasizes and encourages replies to previous comments (not only are replies to the original comment encouraged, but replies to other replies are also encouraged).
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-> Result in conversation threads where each reply builds on the other. Often times one person would start a sentence and others would finish it.
Others
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- Masonry or gallery format creates an Image-focused platform.
- Tinder uses a unique format that focuses the viewers' attention on one piece of content at a time. Its individual swiped cards, which take up the whole screen, emphasize the quality rather than the quantity of the content.
Conclusion
Debate - Reaction & Interaction Focused
Our app is a debate app, therefore:
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- It focuses on the quality of the content rather than quantity. The topic & the richness of the comment section are what attract users.
-> Present posts one at a time rather than multiple posts on one screen.
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- Encourages interactions (e.g. replies to comments).
-> Show voting on the same page as the content. Users shouldn't require additional actions to view comments and their replies.
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- Visually displays distinct standpoints of a topic which is not a feature found on most platforms.
->Easy and clear visualization
RISD SPACE DESIGN
Meet The Team
RISD Space Design Team Members
Katerina Tchilinguirov
Club Outreach Director
Jessica Young
Merchandise Director
Micro-g NExT Designer
S.U.I.T.S. Graphics Lead
Mascot Designer
Jooyoun Kang
Club Safety Officer
Davis Smith
Rover Fabrication Lead
Rover Steering Design Lead
Taylor Bjork
S.U.I.T.S. Secretary and Navigation Team Lead
Viola Tan
S.U.I.T.S Software Lead and Eva Researcher
Henry Zhang
Club Treasurer
Rover Tool Designer
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Rover Designer and Fabricator
CAD Designer
Micro-g NExT Core Designer
S.U.I.T.S. Geological Sampling Lead
Chaeri Park
Social Media Manager
Rover Tool Designer
Ivery Chen
S.U.I.T.S. Software Developer
Deelia Wang
S.U.I.T.S. Designer and EVA Researcher
Victor Low
Rover Drivetrain Lead
Rover Senior Advisor
Shagun Jain
Rover Design Lead and Fabricator
CAD Designer
James Lyon
S.U.I.T.S. Researcher
S.U.I.T.S. Designer
Kienan Ahner-McHaffie
S.U.I.T.S. Software Lead
S.U.I.T.S. Geological Sampling Researcher
RISD Space Design Faculty
Michael Lye
Club Faculty Sponsor
NASA Coordinator
Rover Advisor
Felix Arwen
Club Technical Advisor
Rover Team Lead
S.U.I.T.S. Treasurer
Micro-g Writing Lead
Big Idea Researcher
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Selena Yang
S.U.I.T.S. Lead
Micro-G NExT Designer and Video Lead
Big Idea Graphics and Video Lead
Bowen Zhou
S.U.I.T.S Lead,
SUITS UI/UX Lead
Big Idea Designer & Video Lead
Micro-g NExT Designer & Video Lead