Introduction: This proposal presents an exploratory visual analysis on a real-world data set named “the World Development Indicators”. When analyzing the data, I formulated two hypotheses, and then used Tableau, an interactive data visualization software, to further investigate the problems I raised. …

A digital piano keyboard Introduction: For my final project in HCDE 451, I decided to build a physical piano keyboard prototype. A few months ago, I created an electronic piano keyboard with Arduino (see the image below). …

HCDE 451|Assignment 6: Video Prototype The Challenge: As a UX designer, my task this week is to create a video promotion prototype that outlines the functionality of a health/fitness application. The application I chose is “Lose It!”, …

The purpose of this project is to investigate how a Chinese fitness app would differ in Finland, and what redesign approach would be effective to adapt this app to the Finnish market. Introduction Boohee薄荷 is a powerful Chinese fitness app for weight management and healthy meal planning; it is especially popular…

HCDE 451|Assignment 4: 3D Printed Object The Design Challenge: For this project, my task was to create a 3D model for prototyping physical objects that could be used in everyday life. …

HCDE 451|Assignment 8: Fabric Construction The Design Challenge: My task was to construct a physical object out of fabric by using the sewing machine. There are 3 requirements for this task: must be made of some kind of flexible fabric or material must use a sewing machine to connect and assemble the component parts of your design must use some…

Introduction Lake Kawaguchi-ko(河口湖) is the largest of the Fuji Five Lakes and has the best spots to view Mt.Fuji. On a clear sunny day, you will be able to see a perfect mirror image of Mt.Fuji reflected in the lake, making it a remarkable tourist attraction in Japan. I visited Lake…

“Mapping Segregation” from the New York Times Date published: July 8, 2015 “Mapping Segregation” is a visualization created by Matthew Bloch, Amanda Cox and Tom Giratikanon on July 8, 2015, and published on the New York Times.