Project Brief:
Your Client
Your client is your niche! You will choose a subject area or interest group that you're interested in serving, and you'll dive into learning about them. The more specific you can be, the more successful your project will be.
Scope
You get to define the problem and solutions! You will propose a digital / software tool or toy you could design to address the Niche. You don't need to follow Paul Graham's ideas above about startup success, because we don't really need this to serve a business. (But if you can pitch some monetization, it'd be fun to think about.)
You can propose an app for phones, a kiosk to be installed in a museum, an interactive billboard, a video game, a web site / web application - whatever you like.
Deliverables
Prototype. The final deliverable will be an interactive prototype in figma, however, so don't propose something that you can't adequately mock up an interactive version of.
Design System. You'll document and present your design system your project uses. You can build your own from scratch, or apply and adapt an open source system.
User testing. Along the way you must do at least two rounds of task-based user testing, documented on your site
And...? You can include other deliverables as well if they make sense for your project. A video? a physical prototype? a pair of jeans? Anything extra that helps communicate your vision is up to you.
Audience?
People who are into cars and aren’t very big socially in the community
(Sub niches will be show, race, drift)
Contact?
I am part of the KU car club and am very active in the Kansas City car scene, so there are many people who I can go to for research and also user testing.
Problem?
There is no easy way electronically to meet other car people other than through social media.
Better Off?
Allows car people the ability to meet new friends who also enjoy the same car interests.
Work Plan?
Class 1: Profile set up and all components made.
Class 2: First Prototype completed.
Class 3: First user tests and updates.
Class 4: Second round of user tests with updates.
Class 5: Final almost polished, get input from classmates.
Class 6: Final Due!
