Published inTransition Design — Team Synegy·PinnedDesigning Systems InterventionsThis article is Part 5 of a series of articles (Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, Part 4 here) about mapping and designing transitions in waste management in Pittsburgh as part of the Transition Design Seminar at Carnegie Mellon School of Design. Team Synergy — Aashrita Indurti…12 min read12 min read
Published inDesigning a vision for the future·PinnedResearch Methods for DesignReflection Document | Spring 2021| Carnegie Mellon University Team — Alice Chen, Alex Heyison, Aashrita Indurti, Hannah Kim Research Overview In partnership with Prospect Studio and the Portland Public School (PPS) district, our team chose to focus our research on creating artefacts to better realize the futures of “Schools as Community Hubs,”…18 min read18 min read
PinnedExploring the Egyptian escape roomA proposal for the design of an inclusive escape room to be experienced in the dark submitted to the Carnegie Mellon University Carnival Committee. Plan Concept Overview and Introduction Exploring the Ideas of Inclusive Design, Accessibility and Universal Design The Codesign and Participatory Design Methodology Exploring the Escape Room Experience …Design Proposal8 min readDesign Proposal8 min read
May 18, 2021Redesigning Audible for Users with Visual AtypicalitiesAccessibility Spring 21 | Carnegie Mellon University Plan - Introduction - Audible by Amazon - Auditing Audible - Rose, Bud, Thorn Method - Affinity Mapping and VIMM’s Methodology - Secondary Research - User Personas - Insights, Emergent Themes and Opportunities for Design - Ability Based Design - Reflections Introduction “Designing for…Accessibility12 min readAccessibility12 min read
Published inDesigning a vision for the future·May 15, 2021Week 14 — The Countdown Begins..Documentation for IXD Studio -II We have a week to go for the presentation and this week has been an intense one with us refining, polishing and honing in on the final video script. We worked on creating assets for the video frames, the wireframes and the UI Screens along…3 min read3 min read
Published inDesigning a vision for the future·Apr 25, 2021Week 12 — Constructing Systems and Crafting ArtefactsDocumentation for IXD Studio -II The previous week was filled with user testing sessions and we got some insightful feedback from participants which informed our next steps. Some common themes that surfaced from our previous round of testing revolved around Community Engagement, Accessibility and Communication and Trust and Equity. User Testing 2.0 We…4 min read4 min read
Published inDesigning a vision for the future·Mar 27, 2021Week 8- Plunging into the Generative PhaseDocumentation for IXD Studio II Grounding Foresight We had a session with futurist Stuart Candy and were introduced to the three strategies of Grounding Foresight. The three strategies correspond to the body which is pegged as experiential, the community that is participatory in nature and location which is place-based. The Critical Future Studies Workshop We began week…5 min read5 min read
Published inDesigning a vision for the future·Mar 13, 2021Week 6- A Week of Presenting, Pondering and PlanningDocumentation for IXD Studio II Finally, the big day of our presentation arrived and we reported our findings to the Team from Prospect Studio.3 min read3 min read
Published inDesigning a vision for the future·Feb 12, 2021Week 2 —Kicking Off Presentation 1Documentation for IXD Studio II As we headed closer to the first presentation of the semester, we began brainstorming our areas of interests or more specifically the domains we wanted to hone in on and choose a discipline of focus within the topic of Schools as Community Hubs. The Territory Map A clue…4 min read4 min read
Dec 12, 2020Investigating and InterveningCommunication Design Studio — Project 1 Design Brief Our goal is to investigate ways of using communication design to intervene in existing forms of news consumption to help people become better informed citizens by (1) aiding their critical review of information and (2) teaching them how to carefully read content…23 min read23 min read
