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My Pod

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Spring 2024, 6 Weeks
B
‍Supervisor: A
InDesign, PhotoShop
Scope
Type as image, Graphic Design, Composition
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Spring 2024, 4 Weeks
Poster Design
Supervisor: Vidhya Nagarajan
InDesign, PhotoShop
Scope
Graphic Design, Composition, Typography
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Fall 2024, 6 Weeks
Poster Design
Supervisor: Rachel Silverberg
InDesign
Scope
Design Research, Copywriting, Composition
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Fall 2023, 6 Weeks
Interaction Design
Supervisor: Shumyle Haider
‍Figma, Illustrator
Scope
User Design, User Research, Branding, Illustration
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Summer 2024, 8 Weeks
BNIM
Supervisor: Beena Ramaswami
‍Figma, Illustrator, InDesign
Scope
Data visualization, Branding, User Design
Details
January 2024, 72 hours
2024 Rice Hackathon
Teammates: Christine Ling, Gisela Liu
Figma, Google Survey
Scope
User Design, User Research, Branding
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Fall 2024, 6 Weeks
Book Design
Instructor: Rachel Silverberg
InDesign, PhotoShop
Scope
Composition, Typography, Graphic Design
To Cure Burnout, Embrace Seasonality is a book that details how to add variety into daily routine. The book takes the words from Cal Newport's NYT article of the same name.

The book incorporates weight differences as a version of typography as image for call-out quotes and special text. I loved playing with the massively variety of the Univers font.
Killer Pieces serves as a collection poster that details the history of 20th Century Spyware gadgets. I mimicked a fashion magazine layout with red highlights on the images to showcase the spyware.

The history of spyware as fashion accessories is quite interesting. 20th century Cold War era forced intelligence agencies to be creative while still blending in with the trends of the time. My main objective for this poster was clear conceptual messaging and distinct hierarchy with the presented information.
The Art of Carving Legacy highlights the long-history of Chinese seal carving. I am fascinated by Chinese typography as one of the longest lasting and developing writing system in the world. I aimed to dive deep into the history of the seals as a form of signature, ownership, and art.

In this poster I arrange the entires in a chronological order which shows how the seal went from strictly bureaucratic to an intrinsic piece of Chinese painting. The typefaces I chose related to the small-seal script of Chinese type, a font developed specifically for the seal.
Wong Kar Waifinder is a directionally-based app that guides the user through Hong Kong as seen from the lens of the film director Wong Kar Wai. Wong is famous for his unique cinematography and vision for the city and he uses many of Hong Kong's famous sites for his filming. This app seeks to be an immersive experience that not only showcases a location's history but how Wong Kar Wai interprets it in his films.

I also created the branding and color palette for the whole project as well as special drawings that accopmany the pages.
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BNIM is an architecture firm based in Kansa City with a focus on sustainability. As their summer Graphic Design Intern, I worked on making a data visualization for their Phoenix Matrix tool. BNIM developed the Phoenix Matrix, a visualization table, as a way to calculate the cost and benefits of different building types.

Working with graphic design and sustainability supervisors, I made two versions of the Phoenix Matrix. One for print and one for web view.
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My Pod is my team's submission to the 2024 Rice Hackathon challenge.

How do you keep up with your long-distance home friends while at college? College students struggle to maintain long-distance friendships amidst busy schedules and newfound priorities, despite current digital communication tools. The issue isn’t that people lack the means to stay connected—it’s that they may not remember to reach out or know what to talk about. This experience is experienced by a majority of new undergrad students who find it hard to maintain long distance friendships and stay involved in each other’s lives. 

MyPod: Strengthening long-distance friendships for college students with fun prompts and real-time moods, making every conversation count.
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The Watergate Scandal is one of the most important events of 20th Century America. Not only was it the first American Presidential resignation and the first televised scandal, but also the first time Americans questioned the morality of the White House.

The Means & The Ends contains a speech by Representative Barbara Jordan during the 1974 impeachment trials of President Nixon. The speech is in conversation with the 1972 "Smoking Gun" conversation recorded between President Nixon and his aide HR Halderman. The two talk about covering up the rapidly unfolding Watergate scandal. The two text evolve throughout the book and give the reader an unfolding sense of uncovering and covering up.

Barbara Jordan's Speech (1974)↗
"Smoking Gun" Conversation (1972)↗

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Research

Field Research

A location-based app uses geographic data to provide personalized information based on a user's physical location. I look for different variations of stylized location apps that showcases the style and identity of the place.

Design

Design Iterations

Layout:
I experimented with a contemporary minimal style and a retro style with movie elements
Type:
I tried to find both English and Chinese fonts that suit not only the movies, but each other
Color:
I tried to find both English and Chinese fonts that suit not only the movies, but each other

Map Making

One of the most unique part of Hong Kong architecture to me is the consistent use of pattern mosaic tiles throughout the city.  I love that design and it was one of the first thing I put on my design mood board for the app. I wanted to recreate that design and I thought maybe I could do it as a stylistic map. So I create two of these stylistic maps of Hong Kong on Figma and mapped out each of the shooting locations on the patterns. The first one corresponds with Chunking Express and the second one is Fallen Angels. Honestly this was the most time consuming process but it came out looking exactly how I wanted them to look.

Usability Testing

Here are my main takeaways from my user testing. I conducted my testing in person. At first, I let my user describe their thought process out loud without guidance and I kept track of their first clicks. Then I used A/B testing to see which design iteration my users like best.

1. 50% of the users were confused as to what is clickable/intractable and what isn't

2. 25% of the users were confused on the mechanics of the map and wished there were other ways to navigate the map

Branding

I made these stickers on Illustrator and tailored each one to each page and movie's color identity. For example, Chungking Express is dark blue and yellow while Fallen Angels is green and red. I used these illustrations to separate the movies from each other while still having the same overall page layout.

Final

Web Prototype

Introduction

I thought of the introduction of the app to be a dynamic introduction to Wong Kar Wai and the visual language of the brand. I also introduce the flashing button as clickable.

Cinema

To dial between the different movies of Wong Kar Wai, I thought of a way to implement a unique and understandable way. I thought of the old school cinema wheels as a transition.

Motion

I had a unique idea of how I should implement the location element of the different movies. I mimicked Hong Kong's famous tile patterns in the map.

Insight

Key Takeaways

1. I think one of my issues regarding both of my projects is the usability of my navigation system. I have a tendency to try to make my designs unique (ie. map), however it means I end up making systems that isn't really seen in app design.

2. I would definitely rework my directional writing. A lot of my users give me feedback that those texts should be clearer.
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deSIGN
Design Decisions
I used my red film sheets as a form of cover and uncover. My thought process was that the red sheets would cover the Nixon red text and then once the reader turn the sheets, they uncover the text. They also uncover the hidden green text that I put in the red images.

The book is with the size of the Watergate tape recorder, the Sony Tape Recorder TC-800B. I’ve never worked with such a dimension and I wanted to try.
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Design

Image Making

The orange represents corporate and the green represents the natural. I used colors and gradients to indicate the discussed topics at hand. The article's consistency lend to my design's elements being pervasive throughout.

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Long story Short

Details

Summer 2024
Product Design
Supervised by Beena Ramaswami

Figma, Illustrator, Miro

Scope

Data Visualization, Data Analysis, UX Design, Product Design

The Problem

The prompt presented to the attendants of the Rice Hackathon is to create an app that helps undergraduate students.

The Solution

My Pod helps long-distance friends stay connected, no matter where they are. It provides fun prompts for sharing photos, texts, and voice messages, making it great for one-on-one or group chats. It also shows friends' mood statuses, encouraging deeper conversations.

Details

Spring 2024
Poster Design
Supervised by Vidhya Nagarajan

InDesign, Photoshop

Scope

Typesetting, Layout, Research, Graphic Design, Illustration

The Constraints

Each team have a weekend to complete the assignment. The deliverables include a working prototype and a user case study.

For BNIM Architecture, I developed a prototype of interactive web-based data visualization tool to illustrate the cost implications of various levels of climate-conscious building designs. Utilizing the firm's existing Phoenix Matrix, which calculates costs across different sustainability benchmarks, I created a user-friendly interface that allows users to seamlessly explore and compare data.

In Killer Pieces, I guide the audience through the used spyware of the 20th century. Inspired by both retro colors and fashion magazine layout, I strive to showcase the fashionable accessories while maintaining a timely look.

The final project deliverable is a 16'' x 20'' poster.

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For BNIM Architecture, I developed a prototype of interactive web-based data visualization tool to illustrate the cost implications of various levels of climate-conscious building designs. Utilizing the firm's existing Phoenix Matrix, which calculates costs across different sustainability benchmarks, I created a user-friendly interface that allows users to seamlessly explore and compare data.

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46 Hours Left: Research

Details

Summer 2024
Product Design
Supervised by Beena Ramaswami

Figma, Illustrator, Miro

Scope

Data Visualization, Data Analysis, UX Design, Product Design

User Survey

We polled 80+ undergraduate students with a form asking them about their relationship with long distance friends.

Details

Spring 2024
Poster Design
Supervised by Vidhya Nagarajan

InDesign, Photoshop

Scope

Typesetting, Layout, Research, Graphic Design, Illustration

For BNIM Architecture, I developed a prototype of interactive web-based data visualization tool to illustrate the cost implications of various levels of climate-conscious building designs. Utilizing the firm's existing Phoenix Matrix, which calculates costs across different sustainability benchmarks, I created a user-friendly interface that allows users to seamlessly explore and compare data.

In Killer Pieces, I guide the audience through the used spyware of the 20th century. Inspired by both retro colors and fashion magazine layout, I strive to showcase the fashionable accessories while maintaining a timely look.

The final project deliverable is a 16'' x 20'' poster.

View Prototype

For BNIM Architecture, I developed a prototype of interactive web-based data visualization tool to illustrate the cost implications of various levels of climate-conscious building designs. Utilizing the firm's existing Phoenix Matrix, which calculates costs across different sustainability benchmarks, I created a user-friendly interface that allows users to seamlessly explore and compare data.

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Problem Statement:

College students struggle to maintain long-distance friendships because they are uncertain about how to reach out to those friends in meaningful ways and are not regularly informed on their friends’ lives.

Success of Online Interaction

1. Shared Online Activities: Video calls and group chats are successful in keeping friends connected and updated. Sharing photos, voice memos, and jokes helps in maintaining a sense of closeness despite physical distance.

2. Scheduled Updates and Calls: By setting specific times for calls or updates, students ensure regular communication. Interactions with Personal Touches: Responding directly to Instagram stories, for example, adds a personal touch beyond otherwise passive viewing on social media. These approaches help bridge emotional distance, making each interaction more memorable.
Sharing photos, voice memos, and jokes helps in maintaining closeness.

Failure of Online Interaction

1. Frequency of Interactions: College students note that their busy schedules and differing life paths often lead to reduced frequency of interactions. Without any physical or digital reminders to contact long-distance friends, students may lack awareness of their weakening friendships.

2. Lack of Shared Experiences: A common sentiment is the feeling of growing apart due to an absence of shared daily experiences.

3. Unengaged Digital Interactions: The limitations of digital platforms are evident in their inability to sustain meaningful interactions. Group chats often lose activity and interest, and communication that is confined to social media leads to a sense of disconnect.

38 Hours Left: Brainstorm

Details

Summer 2024
Product Design
Supervised by Beena Ramaswami

Figma, Illustrator, Miro

Scope

Data Visualization, Data Analysis, UX Design, Product Design

Sketches

To the right are a series of sketches that my teammates and I drew during our brainstorming process.

Here, we thought of the function of the app will be activity based.Our approach to activity prompts is personalized. We decided that prompts would be something decided by individuals rather than a universal prompt that every user receives. This way, being sent a prompt actually feels personal and people can take agency in their friendship journeys.

Details

Spring 2024
Poster Design
Supervised by Vidhya Nagarajan

InDesign, Photoshop

Scope

Typesetting, Layout, Research, Graphic Design, Illustration

For BNIM Architecture, I developed a prototype of interactive web-based data visualization tool to illustrate the cost implications of various levels of climate-conscious building designs. Utilizing the firm's existing Phoenix Matrix, which calculates costs across different sustainability benchmarks, I created a user-friendly interface that allows users to seamlessly explore and compare data.

In Killer Pieces, I guide the audience through the used spyware of the 20th century. Inspired by both retro colors and fashion magazine layout, I strive to showcase the fashionable accessories while maintaining a timely look.

The final project deliverable is a 16'' x 20'' poster.

View Prototype

For BNIM Architecture, I developed a prototype of interactive web-based data visualization tool to illustrate the cost implications of various levels of climate-conscious building designs. Utilizing the firm's existing Phoenix Matrix, which calculates costs across different sustainability benchmarks, I created a user-friendly interface that allows users to seamlessly explore and compare data.

View Prototype

24 Hours Left: Designs

Details

Summer 2024
Product Design
Supervised by Beena Ramaswami

Figma, Illustrator, Miro

Scope

Data Visualization, Data Analysis, UX Design, Product Design

High Fidelity Wireframes

Welcome Page: Immediately prompting user to start an activity to incentive communication

Inbox: Icons to indicate what kind of activity the user and their friend(s) started
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Friend page: Complies all activity and interactions into different media types

Details

Spring 2024
Poster Design
Supervised by Vidhya Nagarajan

InDesign, Photoshop

Scope

Typesetting, Layout, Research, Graphic Design, Illustration

For BNIM Architecture, I developed a prototype of interactive web-based data visualization tool to illustrate the cost implications of various levels of climate-conscious building designs. Utilizing the firm's existing Phoenix Matrix, which calculates costs across different sustainability benchmarks, I created a user-friendly interface that allows users to seamlessly explore and compare data.

In Killer Pieces, I guide the audience through the used spyware of the 20th century. Inspired by both retro colors and fashion magazine layout, I strive to showcase the fashionable accessories while maintaining a timely look.

The final project deliverable is a 16'' x 20'' poster.

View Prototype

For BNIM Architecture, I developed a prototype of interactive web-based data visualization tool to illustrate the cost implications of various levels of climate-conscious building designs. Utilizing the firm's existing Phoenix Matrix, which calculates costs across different sustainability benchmarks, I created a user-friendly interface that allows users to seamlessly explore and compare data.

View Prototype

6 Hours Left: Refining

Details

Summer 2024
Product Design
Supervised by Beena Ramaswami

Figma, Illustrator, Miro

Scope

Data Visualization, Data Analysis, UX Design, Product Design

Activity Prompt Mechanic

Our approach to activity prompts is personalized. We decided that prompts would be something decided by individuals. This way, being sent a prompt actually feels personal and people can take agency in their friendship journeys

Details

Spring 2024
Poster Design
Supervised by Vidhya Nagarajan

InDesign, Photoshop

Scope

Typesetting, Layout, Research, Graphic Design, Illustration

For BNIM Architecture, I developed a prototype of interactive web-based data visualization tool to illustrate the cost implications of various levels of climate-conscious building designs. Utilizing the firm's existing Phoenix Matrix, which calculates costs across different sustainability benchmarks, I created a user-friendly interface that allows users to seamlessly explore and compare data.

In Killer Pieces, I guide the audience through the used spyware of the 20th century. Inspired by both retro colors and fashion magazine layout, I strive to showcase the fashionable accessories while maintaining a timely look.

The final project deliverable is a 16'' x 20'' poster.

View Prototype

For BNIM Architecture, I developed a prototype of interactive web-based data visualization tool to illustrate the cost implications of various levels of climate-conscious building designs. Utilizing the firm's existing Phoenix Matrix, which calculates costs across different sustainability benchmarks, I created a user-friendly interface that allows users to seamlessly explore and compare data.

View Prototype

Prompt Sending Process

With a wide range of activity prompts and media types, we crafted a step-by-step process to avoid choice overload. It starts with choosing a prompt category, selecting a specific prompt, deciding on the media type, and finally sending it to friends

Branding

Whales, known for their long-distance migrations, perfectly symbolize the vast spans over which our app's users maintain friendships. This analogy captures the essence of our app's purpose - connecting people across great distances

Final Iteration

Submitted Wireframes

LONG STORY SHORT

The Challenge

BNIM wants an easy-to-read visual of the climate impact of building four different types of architecture to present to clients and investors.

The Constraints

Follow brand guidelines and design is applicable to print and web

The Solution

A grid-based data visualization that matches the structure of the original data set and an interactable web prototype.

Design
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RESEARCH

What is the Phoenix Matrix?

The Phoenix Matrix is a series of calculations of the cost and benefits of constructing four different sustainability building types. The types include Business as Usual (regular building), LEED Platinum, Zero Energy and Water, and Regenerative Building. The climate impact covers the three environmental scopes of architecture.

What are the Scopes?

Scope 1: Direct emissions: Energy Demand, Energy Recharge, and Net Energy
The three units have an additive relationship: Energy Demand + Energy Recharge = Net Energy.

Scope 2: Indirect emissions Energy Grid Demand and Pollution

Scope 3: Water usage and construction emissions

Brainstorm Sketches

Scope 1:
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To convey the additive relationship of the three, I use a lightning symbol to correlate the three different statistics. I also use green and orange to convey the negative values (good for climate) and positive values (bad for environment)

Scope 2:

Since the rest of the scopes don’t have a direct relationship within the values, I focused on trying new and innovative ways to create representations of the design

Scope 3:

Water demand has a multitude of individual sections of types of water needed by a building

Brainstorming different ways of showing the relationship of water icons without compromising neatness and visibility

DESIGN

Drafting

The original Phoenix Matrix is set up as a graph so my first iteration of the design reflected the graph-like nature of the matrix. With my own designed icons and representing positive and negative values using the BNIM color palette, I created a to-scale graph of the matrix. I developed new personalized icons for each of the data points.

Print Draft

Feedback

My uspervisor approve of the grid format. My icons, on the other hand, needed to be more aligned and alike for all of the categories

Final Print Design

Another Solution

Aside from creating the Phoenix Matrix visual, I was also helping BNIM with launching their new website. Therefore, I thought the Phoenix Matrix could use a web solution that aligns with the company's technological forward thinking.

Web Prototype

Elevating Data Presentation

I prototyped the web version of the Phoenix Matrix in the last week of my internship. I believed that the interaction of the page helps highlight the data in a way the grid format can't. By breaking out of the strict grid of the print version, the web version presents the data in a much more dynamic way.

INSIGHTS

Key Takeaways

My supervisors and I are satisfied with the second version due to the flexibility and interactiveness of the design. The intense idealization process laid the groundwork for the designs. It was hard, frustrating, but ultimately rewarding.

Challenges

The greatest challenge I face was accessibility. The Director of Sustainability at BNIM was one of my supervisors as well. He is one of the writers of the original Phoenix Matrix and he is red-green color blind. This is the first time I’m learning to accommodate and receiving feedback from a color-blind user in real time. It instilled in me a design habit to think about accessibility while iterating.

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After the storm

My Contribtution

1. Ideation
2. Writing and summarizing the user research
3. Brainstorming activities
4. Proposing different forms of responses
5. Branding and identity

Takeaways

I realized the importance of having a very well-thought out and planned hi-fi state, especially when collaborating with team members. We reviewed every interaction decision we made before ever thinking about the branding, which is not a work style I was used to

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01: THE PROBLEM

Phoenix Matrix

Mobile app that connects long-distance friends through activity prompts
How do you keep up with your long-distance home friends while at college? College students struggle to maintain long-distance friendships amidst busy schedules and newfound priorities, despite current digital communication tools. The issue isn’t that people lack the means to stay connected—it’s that they may not remember to reach out or know what to talk about.

My Pod is designed to bridge the gap between long-distance friends (pals) whether they're spread across colleges, states, or countries. It offers quick, engaging activity prompts to keep pals connected via photos, texts, and voice messages. Suitable for one-on-one or friend group (pod) interactions, My Pod adapts to different friendship dynamics. It also features real-time mood statuses for glimpses into how friends are feeling, sparking meaningful conversations.
In Killer Pieces, I guide the audience through the used spyware of the 20th century. Inspired by both retro colors and fashion magazine layout, I strive to showcase the fashionable accessories while maintaining a timely look. The final project deliverable is a 16'' x 20'' poster.
Newport's article explores the relationship between nonstop corporate grind and the natural human work cycle. I looked for imagery that can represent both the industrial and the organic.  I manipulated the colors of Gienna Gordon's scanned sketch images and overlapped their composition to invoke corporate paperwork. In order to convey the message of finding personal seasonal schedule in the workforce, I took advantaged of the versatile font Univers. Its usage in corporate logos led me to choose it as my body text. Then I used its large collection of styles to create an undulating style for important quotes.
The original Phoenix Matrix is a series of calculations of the cost and benefits of constructing four different sustainability building types. The types include Business as Usual (regular building), LEED Platinum, Zero Energy and Water, and Regenerative Building. The Matrix is split into two parts: climate impact and financial impact. The climate impact covers the three environmental scopes of architecture and the financial impact deals with the short term costs and long term incentives and benefits.

Issue at Hand

While the financial part of the matrix is fully realized in Excel sheets, BNIM wants an easy visual of the climate impact to present to clients and investors.
Mobile app that connects long-distance friends through activity prompts
How do you keep up with your long-distance home friends while at college? College students struggle to maintain long-distance friendships amidst busy schedules and newfound priorities, despite current digital communication tools. The issue isn’t that people lack the means to stay connected—it’s that they may not remember to reach out or know what to talk about.

My Pod is designed to bridge the gap between long-distance friends (pals) whether they're spread across colleges, states, or countries. It offers quick, engaging activity prompts to keep pals connected via photos, texts, and voice messages. Suitable for one-on-one or friend group (pod) interactions, My Pod adapts to different friendship dynamics. It also features real-time mood statuses for glimpses into how friends are feeling, sparking meaningful conversations.
In Killer Pieces, I guide the audience through the used spyware of the 20th century. Inspired by both retro colors and fashion magazine layout, I strive to showcase the fashionable accessories while maintaining a timely look. The final project deliverable is a 16'' x 20'' poster.
Newport's article explores the relationship between nonstop corporate grind and the natural human work cycle. I looked for imagery that can represent both the industrial and the organic.  I manipulated the colors of Gienna Gordon's scanned sketch images and overlapped their composition to invoke corporate paperwork. In order to convey the message of finding personal seasonal schedule in the workforce, I took advantaged of the versatile font Univers. Its usage in corporate logos led me to choose it as my body text. Then I used its large collection of styles to create an undulating style for important quotes.

Goals to Meet

Use the MarkOT font, BNIM color palette, and 11x17 size so it's applicable to both print and presentations.

02: THE SCOPES

Scope 1

Mobile app that connects long-distance friends through activity prompts
How do you keep up with your long-distance home friends while at college? College students struggle to maintain long-distance friendships amidst busy schedules and newfound priorities, despite current digital communication tools. The issue isn’t that people lack the means to stay connected—it’s that they may not remember to reach out or know what to talk about.

My Pod is designed to bridge the gap between long-distance friends (pals) whether they're spread across colleges, states, or countries. It offers quick, engaging activity prompts to keep pals connected via photos, texts, and voice messages. Suitable for one-on-one or friend group (pod) interactions, My Pod adapts to different friendship dynamics. It also features real-time mood statuses for glimpses into how friends are feeling, sparking meaningful conversations.
In Killer Pieces, I guide the audience through the used spyware of the 20th century. Inspired by both retro colors and fashion magazine layout, I strive to showcase the fashionable accessories while maintaining a timely look. The final project deliverable is a 16'' x 20'' poster.
Newport's article explores the relationship between nonstop corporate grind and the natural human work cycle. I looked for imagery that can represent both the industrial and the organic.  I manipulated the colors of Gienna Gordon's scanned sketch images and overlapped their composition to invoke corporate paperwork. In order to convey the message of finding personal seasonal schedule in the workforce, I took advantaged of the versatile font Univers. Its usage in corporate logos led me to choose it as my body text. Then I used its large collection of styles to create an undulating style for important quotes.
Scope one refers to the direct emissions from owned or controlled sources. Some examples are emissions from company vehicles or on-site energy generation. Scope one has three different units: Energy Demand, Energy Recharge, and Net Energy.

The three units have an additive relationship: Energy Demand + Energy Recharge = Net Energy. Showing this relationship was one of my main goals for this visual.

Scope 2

Mobile app that connects long-distance friends through activity prompts
How do you keep up with your long-distance home friends while at college? College students struggle to maintain long-distance friendships amidst busy schedules and newfound priorities, despite current digital communication tools. The issue isn’t that people lack the means to stay connected—it’s that they may not remember to reach out or know what to talk about.

My Pod is designed to bridge the gap between long-distance friends (pals) whether they're spread across colleges, states, or countries. It offers quick, engaging activity prompts to keep pals connected via photos, texts, and voice messages. Suitable for one-on-one or friend group (pod) interactions, My Pod adapts to different friendship dynamics. It also features real-time mood statuses for glimpses into how friends are feeling, sparking meaningful conversations.
In Killer Pieces, I guide the audience through the used spyware of the 20th century. Inspired by both retro colors and fashion magazine layout, I strive to showcase the fashionable accessories while maintaining a timely look. The final project deliverable is a 16'' x 20'' poster.
Newport's article explores the relationship between nonstop corporate grind and the natural human work cycle. I looked for imagery that can represent both the industrial and the organic.  I manipulated the colors of Gienna Gordon's scanned sketch images and overlapped their composition to invoke corporate paperwork. In order to convey the message of finding personal seasonal schedule in the workforce, I took advantaged of the versatile font Univers. Its usage in corporate logos led me to choose it as my body text. Then I used its large collection of styles to create an undulating style for important quotes.
Scope two refers to the indirect emissions from purchased energy like indirect GHG emissions associated with the consumption of purchased electricity, steam, heating, and cooling. Scope two has two different units: Energy Grid Demand and Pollution.

Scope 3

Mobile app that connects long-distance friends through activity prompts
How do you keep up with your long-distance home friends while at college? College students struggle to maintain long-distance friendships amidst busy schedules and newfound priorities, despite current digital communication tools. The issue isn’t that people lack the means to stay connected—it’s that they may not remember to reach out or know what to talk about.

My Pod is designed to bridge the gap between long-distance friends (pals) whether they're spread across colleges, states, or countries. It offers quick, engaging activity prompts to keep pals connected via photos, texts, and voice messages. Suitable for one-on-one or friend group (pod) interactions, My Pod adapts to different friendship dynamics. It also features real-time mood statuses for glimpses into how friends are feeling, sparking meaningful conversations.
In Killer Pieces, I guide the audience through the used spyware of the 20th century. Inspired by both retro colors and fashion magazine layout, I strive to showcase the fashionable accessories while maintaining a timely look. The final project deliverable is a 16'' x 20'' poster.
Newport's article explores the relationship between nonstop corporate grind and the natural human work cycle. I looked for imagery that can represent both the industrial and the organic.  I manipulated the colors of Gienna Gordon's scanned sketch images and overlapped their composition to invoke corporate paperwork. In order to convey the message of finding personal seasonal schedule in the workforce, I took advantaged of the versatile font Univers. Its usage in corporate logos led me to choose it as my body text. Then I used its large collection of styles to create an undulating style for important quotes.
Scope three refers to the Indirect emissions from purchased energy that isn't covered in scope 2. It includes emissions from the entire value chain, such as those from the production of purchased goods and services, waste disposal, employee travel, and the use of sold products. Scope three has two different units: Water Usage and Emissions.

03: THE DESIGNS

The Graph

Mobile app that connects long-distance friends through activity prompts
How do you keep up with your long-distance home friends while at college? College students struggle to maintain long-distance friendships amidst busy schedules and newfound priorities, despite current digital communication tools. The issue isn’t that people lack the means to stay connected—it’s that they may not remember to reach out or know what to talk about.

My Pod is designed to bridge the gap between long-distance friends (pals) whether they're spread across colleges, states, or countries. It offers quick, engaging activity prompts to keep pals connected via photos, texts, and voice messages. Suitable for one-on-one or friend group (pod) interactions, My Pod adapts to different friendship dynamics. It also features real-time mood statuses for glimpses into how friends are feeling, sparking meaningful conversations.
In Killer Pieces, I guide the audience through the used spyware of the 20th century. Inspired by both retro colors and fashion magazine layout, I strive to showcase the fashionable accessories while maintaining a timely look. The final project deliverable is a 16'' x 20'' poster.
Newport's article explores the relationship between nonstop corporate grind and the natural human work cycle. I looked for imagery that can represent both the industrial and the organic.  I manipulated the colors of Gienna Gordon's scanned sketch images and overlapped their composition to invoke corporate paperwork. In order to convey the message of finding personal seasonal schedule in the workforce, I took advantaged of the versatile font Univers. Its usage in corporate logos led me to choose it as my body text. Then I used its large collection of styles to create an undulating style for important quotes.
The original Phoenix Matrix is set up as a graph so my first iteration of the design reflected the graph-like nature of the matrix. With my own designed icons and representing positive and negative values using the BNIM color palette, I created a to-scale graph of the matrix.

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Mobile app that connects long-distance friends through activity prompts
How do you keep up with your long-distance home friends while at college? College students struggle to maintain long-distance friendships amidst busy schedules and newfound priorities, despite current digital communication tools. The issue isn’t that people lack the means to stay connected—it’s that they may not remember to reach out or know what to talk about.

My Pod is designed to bridge the gap between long-distance friends (pals) whether they're spread across colleges, states, or countries. It offers quick, engaging activity prompts to keep pals connected via photos, texts, and voice messages. Suitable for one-on-one or friend group (pod) interactions, My Pod adapts to different friendship dynamics. It also features real-time mood statuses for glimpses into how friends are feeling, sparking meaningful conversations.
In Killer Pieces, I guide the audience through the used spyware of the 20th century. Inspired by both retro colors and fashion magazine layout, I strive to showcase the fashionable accessories while maintaining a timely look. The final project deliverable is a 16'' x 20'' poster.
Newport's article explores the relationship between nonstop corporate grind and the natural human work cycle. I looked for imagery that can represent both the industrial and the organic.  I manipulated the colors of Gienna Gordon's scanned sketch images and overlapped their composition to invoke corporate paperwork. In order to convey the message of finding personal seasonal schedule in the workforce, I took advantaged of the versatile font Univers. Its usage in corporate logos led me to choose it as my body text. Then I used its large collection of styles to create an undulating style for important quotes.
While the graph form is usable and reflects the structure of the original graph style matrix, it is very structured and hard to move around. In addition, the structure of the rigid graph isn't the most visually interesting either.

Therefore, I spent some more time brainstorming another idea that represents the matrix in a more visually dynamic way.

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Mobile app that connects long-distance friends through activity prompts
How do you keep up with your long-distance home friends while at college? College students struggle to maintain long-distance friendships amidst busy schedules and newfound priorities, despite current digital communication tools. The issue isn’t that people lack the means to stay connected—it’s that they may not remember to reach out or know what to talk about.

My Pod is designed to bridge the gap between long-distance friends (pals) whether they're spread across colleges, states, or countries. It offers quick, engaging activity prompts to keep pals connected via photos, texts, and voice messages. Suitable for one-on-one or friend group (pod) interactions, My Pod adapts to different friendship dynamics. It also features real-time mood statuses for glimpses into how friends are feeling, sparking meaningful conversations.
In Killer Pieces, I guide the audience through the used spyware of the 20th century. Inspired by both retro colors and fashion magazine layout, I strive to showcase the fashionable accessories while maintaining a timely look. The final project deliverable is a 16'' x 20'' poster.
Newport's article explores the relationship between nonstop corporate grind and the natural human work cycle. I looked for imagery that can represent both the industrial and the organic.  I manipulated the colors of Gienna Gordon's scanned sketch images and overlapped their composition to invoke corporate paperwork. In order to convey the message of finding personal seasonal schedule in the workforce, I took advantaged of the versatile font Univers. Its usage in corporate logos led me to choose it as my body text. Then I used its large collection of styles to create an undulating style for important quotes.
I dropped the orange color with the new version. Here, I used four different variations of green. One of my supervisors, the director of sustainability, is red green color blind. I checked the green colors to make sure they are distinguishable from each other along with the gray tones.

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Mobile app that connects long-distance friends through activity prompts
How do you keep up with your long-distance home friends while at college? College students struggle to maintain long-distance friendships amidst busy schedules and newfound priorities, despite current digital communication tools. The issue isn’t that people lack the means to stay connected—it’s that they may not remember to reach out or know what to talk about.

My Pod is designed to bridge the gap between long-distance friends (pals) whether they're spread across colleges, states, or countries. It offers quick, engaging activity prompts to keep pals connected via photos, texts, and voice messages. Suitable for one-on-one or friend group (pod) interactions, My Pod adapts to different friendship dynamics. It also features real-time mood statuses for glimpses into how friends are feeling, sparking meaningful conversations.
In Killer Pieces, I guide the audience through the used spyware of the 20th century. Inspired by both retro colors and fashion magazine layout, I strive to showcase the fashionable accessories while maintaining a timely look. The final project deliverable is a 16'' x 20'' poster.
Newport's article explores the relationship between nonstop corporate grind and the natural human work cycle. I looked for imagery that can represent both the industrial and the organic.  I manipulated the colors of Gienna Gordon's scanned sketch images and overlapped their composition to invoke corporate paperwork. In order to convey the message of finding personal seasonal schedule in the workforce, I took advantaged of the versatile font Univers. Its usage in corporate logos led me to choose it as my body text. Then I used its large collection of styles to create an undulating style for important quotes.
My supervisors and I are much satisfied with the second version due to the flexibility and interactiveness of the design. During the design project, most of my time was spent idealizing, erasing, and idealizing again. The idealization, however, laid the groundwork for the designs. It was hard, frustrating, but ultimately rewarding.
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