2020 Adobe Creative Jam x Amazon : Top20
Design Hero is an application that bridges the gap between high school students and design experience through meaningful volunteer experiences.
Our prototype is innovative by providing a local and global platform for organizations, design mentors, and high school students to work collaboratively.
Date 2020
Adobe XD, Illustrator, Photoshop, Miro
Role
UX/UI Design
Brand Identity
Research
Mainly contributed in UX and UI, prototyping, building brand identity and research.
Project Overview
Within 8 days, 655 teams across Canada, U.S., U.K., and New Zealand are tasked with designing a tabloid application that provide a safe way for high school students (13-17) to #DiscoverDesign.
The Problem
Many high school students find themselves hesitating further exploration on what they want to pursue. Also, they often encounter a feeling lost in developing their skillsets due to having no proper bridge between mentors and students.
Research
We conducted a multi-methodology research effort to better understand how they wish to improve their quality of life, their daily routine, and how academic researchers have sought to explore these questions in their relative fields of study.
Literature Review
Primary Research : Interview
Empathy Mapping
Market Research
Value Proposition
"How might we design an application to bridge the gap between students and design experience to motivate/encourage them to be part of the design community?"
Design Principles
Our design must provide
- Effective Guidance
- Appealing Design
- Explorative Contents
- Learning through experience
- Encouraging Communications
Why is it important to provide 'Learning Through Experience'?
- Students can better grasp concepts
- Students have the opportunity to be more creative
- Students have the opportunity to reflect
- Students’ mistakes become valuable experiences
- Teachers often observe improved attitudes toward learning
- How you can incorporate experiential learning in the classroom
* It is important to remember that high school has changed too. Students are better prepared than they were a generation ago. By the time they enter university, they are more aware of the new demands on their time and achievements.
Iterations
Before starting on our iterations, our team's done a design activity called 'Crazy8' which allowed us to come up with many different rough designs in 5 minutes.
For the project, building a brand identity was an intriguing part where we could create different themes, logo, typography, and colour pallet based on the design thinking behind the product.
Initial wireframes
Initial UI design
Second Iterations
User Journey
User Flow Chart
Final Prototype
Our prototype is innovative by providing a local and global platform for organizations, design mentors, and high school students to work collaboratively.
For students, they gain valuable learning experience through a supportive resource.
Design mentors and organizations also benefit from the opportunity as they have built connections among themselves and helped the design community grow. It is especially crucial when we're living in such unprecedented time.