Summary:
Islamic theology and pedagogy students learning English as a second language in Sarajevo sought mobile friendly website to access course information, assignments, and resources
Islamic theology and pedagogy students learning English as a second language in Sarajevo sought mobile friendly website to access course information, assignments, and resources
When we relate to those around us by understanding their back stories and their circumstances,
we improve the way we work the way we live and the way we take care of one another.
-Trent Gillis
Design research for statisticians and farmers
Summary:
The Sarajevo450 Project grew out of a transformative Fulbright experience at the Faculty of Islamic Sciences in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. I confronted my ignorance and assumptions that had been fed by the media's narrow portrayal of Jewish and Muslim relationships. The purpose of the Sarajevo450 Project is to disrupt these assumptions and tell a longer, more accurate historical narrative about the historical relationships between people who hold these traditions dear.
The Sarajevo450 Project grew out of a transformative Fulbright experience at the Faculty of Islamic Sciences in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. I confronted my ignorance and assumptions that had been fed by the media's narrow portrayal of Jewish and Muslim relationships. The purpose of the Sarajevo450 Project is to disrupt these assumptions and tell a longer, more accurate historical narrative about the historical relationships between people who hold these traditions dear.
Method:
Ethnography; contextual inquiry; informal interviews
Ethnography; contextual inquiry; informal interviews
Output:
Weeklong educational program in St. Louis with visiting artists from Sarajevo; website
Weeklong educational program in St. Louis with visiting artists from Sarajevo; website
The Sarajevo450 Project
Summary:
The Sarajevo450 Project grew out of a transformative Fulbright experience at the Faculty of Islamic Sciences in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. I confronted my ignorance and assumptions that had been fed by the media's narrow portrayal of Jewish and Muslim relationships. The purpose of the Sarajevo450 Project is to disrupt these assumptions and tell a longer, more accurate historical narrative about the historical relationships between people who hold these traditions dear.
The Sarajevo450 Project grew out of a transformative Fulbright experience at the Faculty of Islamic Sciences in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. I confronted my ignorance and assumptions that had been fed by the media's narrow portrayal of Jewish and Muslim relationships. The purpose of the Sarajevo450 Project is to disrupt these assumptions and tell a longer, more accurate historical narrative about the historical relationships between people who hold these traditions dear.
Method:
Ethnography; contextual inquiry; informal interviews
Ethnography; contextual inquiry; informal interviews
Output:
Weeklong educational program in St. Louis with visiting artists from Sarajevo; website
Weeklong educational program in St. Louis with visiting artists from Sarajevo; website
Who eats at Bread Co?
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Summary:
Residents sought to preserve memories and inspire civic action leading up to the closing of a restaurant that had served the neighborhood as a central gathering place for many years. Method:
Contextual inquiry Output:
Website connecting local community to action |
Champaign-Urbana Safe Routes to School Project
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Summary:
$76K federal Safe Routes to School grant sought a modernized website to improve public access to grant programming, safety information, and reports LABEL:
Evaluated former site using heuristics and industry standards; researched target audiences; redesigned and built new user experience, copy and content Strategy:
Research + engage + educate |
English Learning at Faculty of Islamic Sciences
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Summary:
Islamic theology and pedagogy students learning English as a second language in Sarajevo sought mobile friendly website to access course information, assignments, and resources Output:
Created website and Facebook page Strategy:
Listen + iterate |
Twenty Years and Still Becoming
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Summary:
Masters research on former Bosnian refugee social and economic mobility required clear and digestible visual presentation of findings Method:
Qualitative research; used iconic imagery to (the Arch) to visually separate findings Output:
InDesign poster |
Amanda Summer Website
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Summary:
Newly published author sought website to promote book and other writing. Method:
Lean qualitative interviewing; iterative design Output:
Website to drive book sales and blog traffic |
Creamie
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Summary:
For a user experience class assignment I created a wireframe for an imaginary ice creamery. Method:
Iterative design process (research, ideate, test) Output:
Wireframe |