1. KUO

Spotify-inspired music app with freemium model and subscription plan.

KUO music streaming app concept shown across phone screens

Duration

Duration

February 2022 - March 2022

February 2022 - March 2022

Role

Role

UX research, UX design, prototyping, usability testing

UX research, UX design, prototyping, usability testing

Tools

Tools

Figma, Zoom, Miro

Figma, Zoom, Miro

Process

UX Research

  • Looking at existing freemium models such as Spotify, YouTube Premium, Pandora, and Evernote

  • Secondary research to find how freemium models succeeded and failed

  • Surveys to understand why people purchased subscriptions (and of what)


Ideation and Design

  • Userflows for free and subscribed users

  • Low-fidelity designs

  • High-fidelity designs and prototyping


Usability Testing

  • Two rounds, once after low-fidelity and once after high-fidelity

Final Iteration

Full set of KUO app screens, from sign-up through premium subscription

Figma Prototype

  1. GramCity

Photo-editing app with a photo-op discovery feature, done in response to Bitesize UX's prompt and using a modified version of the GV Design Sprint.

GramCity travel discovery app concept shown on phone screens

Duration

Duration

January 2022

January 2022

Role

Role

UX design, prototyping, usability testing

UX design, prototyping, usability testing

Tools

Tools

Figma, Zoom, Miro

Figma, Zoom, Miro

Process

Research synthesis

  • Using the given personas to obtain the HMW


Ideation and Design

  • Userflows

  • Lightning demos

  • Crazy 8s

  • Wireframe sketching

  • Prototyping


Usability Testing

  • Interviewed 5 people to see how they interacted with the app

Figma Prototype

  1. UI Practice

Practicing UI principles - proximity, repetition, color/contrast, etc.

UI practice piece exploring proximity, repetition, and contrast
UI practice piece exploring proximity, repetition, and contrast
UI practice piece exploring proximity, repetition, and contrast
UI practice piece exploring proximity, repetition, and contrast
UI practice piece exploring proximity, repetition, and contrast
UI practice piece exploring proximity, repetition, and contrast
UI practice piece exploring proximity, repetition, and contrast
UI practice piece exploring proximity, repetition, and contrast
UI practice piece exploring proximity, repetition, and contrast
  1. Gill Sans

Poster created in Communications Design class examining the Gill Sans font.

Poster examining the Gill Sans typeface, made for a communications design class
  1. Personal Moodboard

A moodboard I created in college to describe myself.

Personal moodboard created in college
  1. Gestalt Principles

As part of communication design fundamentals class, we created these fun little pieces to describe the five Gestalt principles - order, playfulness, tension, congestion, and comfort.

Black-and-white composition study exploring grid and repetition
Black-and-white composition study exploring grid and repetition
Black-and-white composition study exploring rhythm and movement
Black-and-white composition study exploring rhythm and movement
Black-and-white composition study exploring scale and direction
Black-and-white composition study exploring scale and direction
Black-and-white composition study exploring perspective and grid distortion
Black-and-white composition study exploring perspective and grid distortion
Black-and-white composition study exploring balance and negative space
Black-and-white composition study exploring balance and negative space
  1. Systems Design

As part of our systems design class, my groupmates and I examined various systems within our ecosystem at college and outside of it.

Systems design analysis of everyday ecosystems, made for a systems design class
Systems design analysis of everyday ecosystems, made for a systems design class
Systems design analysis of everyday ecosystems, made for a systems design class
Systems design analysis of everyday ecosystems, made for a systems design class
  1. Service Design

As part of my service design class, I analyzed and created Blue Apron's business canvas model and service design blueprint.

Blue Apron business model canvas and service design blueprint
Blue Apron business model canvas and service design blueprint
Blue Apron business model canvas and service design blueprint
Blue Apron business model canvas and service design blueprint