CIRCUIT BREAKER
PROJECT BRIEF
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Creating something that is engaging and helps teenagers stay connected with their friends during this time of social distancing.
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RESEARCH & PROBLEM DEFINING
how might we find a new way to engage teens (individually and in groups) to encourage them to stay home as well as ensure that their mental health is stable during this time period?
Increase of Social Media Usage From 21 Jan to 24 March
(Koeze & Popper, 2020)
TIKTOK (app)
Usage increase up by 15.4%
TWITCH.TV (website)
Usage increase up by 19.7%
NETFLIX (website)
Usage increase up by 16%
HOUSEPARTY (app)
Usage increase up by 79.4%
Survey Responses
MAIN RESEARCH NOTES
With a sudden change in routine because of the quarantine, it could negatively affect the mental state of teenagers since they are unable to do the things they enjoy on a daily basis outside (Null, 2020).
By being at home 24/7, there is a sudden increase in free time. To fill it up, teenagers will find activities to do and try to create new content. However, new ideas and challenges slowly become limited as everything becomes done before
General duration of one’s attention span is becoming short because of how much more exposed to information we are. Hence, there is a rapid exhaustion of limited content (Technical University Of Denmark, 2019).
PERSONA & JOURNEY MAP
IDEATION
Initial Ideation
DEVELOPMENT
Further Concept Generation
i chose a yellow and gray color scheme because i wanted the app to have a "lightning" color scheme and originally wanted to make the background dark so it would be easy on the eyes.
i decided to use a "purple lightning" color scheme along with the dark background because i felt that purple and black would go better together. i also used a different font but the general layout was still the same with similar elements in the design.
a "white" version of the previous layout but with a much different home screen as well as rewards page. i also included a running tracker since one of the task categories included running and it would be hard to track.
i chose a yellow and gray color scheme because i wanted the app to have a "lightning" color scheme and originally wanted to make the background dark so it would be easy on the eyes.
for this app, i decided to go with something like a task sheet that allowed teens to earn rewards after doing a task. this encourages teenagers to stay active and take care of themselves while earning rewards.
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each task the person does, they earn points which can be redeemed into vouchers. for confirmation purposes, users have to take a video or photo on the spot.
Application
Walkthrough
REFLECTION
This project was a step out of my comfort zone since I had very little experience Adobe XD prior to this.
However, with research and tutorials at my expense, I was able to use XD with some ease.
I feel like I could have done more for the research portion of this project and could have gone more in-depth before finalizing on a "How Might We" statement and researching from there on.
It was a very new deep dive into UI/UX design and I would like to have more opportunities to work on more UI/UX type projects
References
Koeze, E., & Popper, N. (2020, April 7). The Virus Changed the Way We Internet. Retrieved from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/07/technology/coronavirus-internet-use.html
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Null, C. (2020, April 6). The Reality of Covid-19 Is Hitting Teens Especially Hard. Retrieved from WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-is-hitting-teens-especially-hard/
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Technical University Of Denmark. (2019, April 15). Abundance of information narrows our collective attention span. Retrieved from EurekAlert !: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/tuod-aoi041119.php