Gene Lu

Broadening Perspectives in Shanghai
Thesis
Tuesday, 11 May 2010

Recently, I broke away from my part-time, interaction designer job at Dramafever.com to pursue a new journey; a 4-month long, Summer internship in Shanghai, China.

I wavered at first, thinking about the many benefits that each side had to offer, but after speaking to several students, ex-coworkers, and eventually Liz Danzico, the Chair of the SVA IXD department, I was pretty confident that going to Shanghai was the right decision.

 
Airloom Accomplished
Prototyping User Experiences
Tuesday, 04 May 2010

Airloom Accomplished!

As the semester was coming to an end, we had set our eyes on a working prototype that would provide users with an accurate experience of interacting with the Airloom. Prior to jumping into production, we had set up checkpoints to help us reach our, what seemed at the time, almost impossible goal.

 
The Airloom: Reframing the Project
Prototyping User Experiences
Monday, 03 May 2010

User Journey Updates and a Change of Medium

We presented our updated user journey demonstrating how our digital photo frame was the key access point to the Airloom as well as a medium to displaying photos. We also included interactions not mentioned in the previous user journey. Afterwards, we were challenged by our teachers, Robert Fabricant, Clay Weidemann, and Joshua Musick to move beyond the digital photo frame.

 
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