Major Project 1 / Task 3

12/03/25 - 25/03/2025 / Week 6 - Week 8
Iman binti Kamarudin / 0364014
Major Project 1 / Bachelors of Design (Hons) in Creative Media

Task 3

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LECTURE

Week 6

This week we worked on all the task 3 deliverables.

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INSTRUCTIONS

TASK 3

We started on our task 3 by having a brainstorm session for our solutions. We decided to reuse the app idea that we created in our second week but altered it to fit the needs of our user personas.

Fig 1.1 - Solution Brainstorm

Fig 1.2 - Finalised App Brainstorm

After we settled on our idea, we wrote down all our features and categories for the card sorting. The image below is how we initially sorted it before sending it out to our interviewees.

Fig 1.3 - Card Sorting

Each member sent out the card sorting activity to our 3 interviewees.

Fig 1.4 - Card Sorting Overview

Afterwards, we had a meeting and tried to finalise our information architecture however, we each had different ideas on how the app layout should be like so we created individual ones and gave our rationale for why each feature belonged in the specific category. 

Fig 1.5 - Individual App Layout Brainstorming

Then, we created our final layout as well as added some new features that we felt should be strongly included.

Fig 1.6 - Finalised Information Architecture Map

Once that was done, we separated the pages between each member and created the user flow for it. My role was to create the user flow for the character page.

Fig 2.1 - Character Page User Flow

After we all completed our user flow, Katelyn and I organised and connected each page together as well as amended some pages such as the login, forum page and locket page.

Fig 2.2 - App User Flow

Then, I created the Pinterest board and invited everyone to add their inspiration for the app. 

Link: https://pin.it/1ePMJDfea

We then compiled everything into a moodboard in the FigJam. We also added a small description on what we liked from the inspiration pictures.

Fig 3.1 - Design Inspiration Board

Once that was done, we all created our own individual design guidelines and low-fi wireframes. This was to save time and generate as much creativity as possible since we all had different ideas on how the app should look like.

Fig 3.2 - Individual Design Guideline

Fig 3.3 - Group Design Guidelines

Fig 3.4 - Low-Fi Wireframe Ver.1

Figma Wireframe: https://www.figma.com/design/hlMvYGirryWSgDhgQC0zrU/Major-Project-1-Wireframe?node-id=0-1&t=WzOzmwONthiTbwc7-1

We then worked on the presentation slides and consulted with our lecturer before our final presentation.

Fig 4.1 - Presentation Slides PDF

Fig 4.2 - HerSpace Final Presentation

After our final presentation, I felt unsatisfied with my low-fidelity prototype so I went back to the drawing board and looked at some references that I liked. Afterwards, I decided to redo my prototype.

Fig 4.3 - Low-Fi Wireframe Ver.2

Figma Wireframe: https://www.figma.com/design/hlMvYGirryWSgDhgQC0zrU/Major-Project-1-Wireframe?node-id=45-182&t=WzOzmwONthiTbwc7-1

FINAL

Fig 5.1 - Final Task Submission Slides

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REFLECTION

My overall experience with this module was definitely challenging but honestly not because of the actual work that we were given. In the beginning, there was some confusion on what we were meant to do for selecting our topic as we had already brainstormed our solution when we were meant to just think about the actual issue itself. Then, there was a lack of communication within our group which created some tension which would persist throughout the rest of the module.

I found that it takes a lot of effort and patience to lead a group. I do feel like I could have handled this position better but the tight deadlines on our tasks forced me to take on more jobs and responsibilities in order to fix any issues if it was to be done by our deadline. I think that if we were more open about our feelings and what issues we were all feeling, that we could have been able to delegate the tasks more efficiently. 

I've observed that analysing data comes with many stages and may be tedious but will eventually lead to clearer breakdowns. It wasn't just about compiling all the statements that we received from the interviewees, but went further into the key themes in each sentence. I also observed that frequent check-ins with our supervisor gave us more clarity on the specifications for each deliverable. I do think that if there was more detailed explanations on the task requirements, from the beginning, it would have saved us a lot of time and effort completing unnecessary work.

However, whatever qualms and issues that I have with how this overall module went down, in the end we managed to accomplish a lot. I must now try to be satisfied with what we have.