Design Manifesto

Stop designing based on your idea of “Cool”

Posted on December 2, 2019

My first encounter with HCI concepts was during Winter Study 2019 when I took a Design Thinking course with Ric Grefe, Williams’ Design Thinker in Residence, that involved visiting an IBM Design Studio and utilizing various design methods such as conducting interviews, creating personas, and drawing storyboards to create a... [Read More]

Research Report

HOBBIT

Posted on October 23, 2019

The paper I read focused on the design of a hiking app named HOBBIT. This app is unique in that instead of attempting to bring people together on their hikes, as some hiking apps have attempted, it notifies users when an unknown hiker is nearby and presents possible routes to... [Read More]