7 questions for afuture designer

Professional Practice

Natasha Powell

Prof: Glaser

5 things toremember about me• Enjoys explaining complexthings simply

• Has random array ofexperiences

• Can quickly create shortlesson in a task or subject

• Has natural interpersonalorganization skills

• Always looking for morethings to experience

musicals

photographyaviation

With a coming soon goals list :

make do

see

Find Multimedia studio imovie lesson made in 2 hrs and insert unfinished

Refined graphical data from studio projectsunfinished

• Teaching/Presenting• Multitasking• Verbally communicating with people• Observing others• Creative Self Expression• Using Illustrator, Photoshop, SolidWorks• Drawing

skills listed frombest to worst

my design processis in diapers still

• Quick analysis to findunique problem

• Brainstorm ideas

• Present top ideas forfeedback from users orprofessionals

• Make final model

dprocess: revised

do observe processsimulate your user's experience

hypothesize you user'spriorties: needs and wants

objectively take in the realexperience

build your user knowledgebuy comparing your predictions to reality

break down user assumptions

Use unexpected results todetermine data trends and

develop solutions

• Design forbefore andafter theproduct

• Design withevery aspect ofyourself sothat theproduct is agift of you toothers

my design philosophy

aftergraduation, i

• want to designinternationally–experiencing manycultures to do it

• have a tangiblecollection of allmy graduate schoolexperiences

•my sketching•my long termtimemanagementskills

•my use ofoutside ofstudio time

this semester.

I will improve

I LUV

love: now more than ever

creating hands

storytelling music

against odds passion

project schedule management

proE/Solid Works/IDEAS

Flash

Video editing experience

clear communication with engineers

user centered design background

adobe suite proficient

storyboarding

user interface prototyping

self starter

creative strong writer

teaching experience

ME bachelors

team leader experience

experience delivering incross functional projects

skill with 3D forms

med research positions

Occupational shortcomings and next actions

Team leader experience – volunteer for leadership positions in organizations of interest

Experience delivering in cross-functional projects -take multi-discipline design projects or courses

Interface Prototyping – self projects to gain experience, asking experienced designers to review

Storyboarding – actively use in each assigned project from now on

Skill with 3D forms – take on self modeling projects

dprocess: example vloggeration

Goals1. show pics of me posting to you tube and other sites2. show research picks and pull interview quotes3. show creatively communicated results

YouTube Questionnaire

User prototyping

1 on 1 interviews