Redesigning a previous digital interface design as a physical prototype for Morehouse College students — Introduction For my Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) course at Emory University, my group and I were tasked with re-designing a previous digital design in which we re-designed the official Atlanta History Center desktop website for mobile. Now, we are re-designing our mobile design as a physical product: a wearable technology and interface…

Designing a conversational agent for tension — Introduction For my Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) course at Emory University, my group and I were tasked with designing and prototyping a bot using Flow XO. However, this bot isn’t any ordinary conversational bot. Instead, we had to design for tension, for uncomfort, for controversy, thus we decided to build a conversation…

Navigating Emory College in Atlanta via accessible paths and buildings — Introduction For my undergraduate Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) course at Emory University, I was tasked with walking around and navigating my local vicinity using only accessible options, such as ramps and powered doors. In doing so, I hoped to learn about current development approaches for creating inclusive systems and empathize with users…

Visualizing Human Air Mobility between 2019–2021 — Introduction Data and information are everywhere. More and more data is generated, collected, and recorded each day. How do we consolidate all of this data into a meaningful product? How do we define and share the stories attached to each entry in a data set? For my Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) course…

Re-designing the Atlanta History Center’s desktop website for mobile — Introduction Mobile technology is ubiquitous. How is our society adapting to information-on-the-go? How do we effectively translate websites from larger desktop screens to smaller mobile screens? For my Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) course at Emory University, my group was tasked with re-designing the Atlanta History Center (AHC)’s desktop website specifically for Morehouse…

Improving efficiency in navigating airport spaces — Introduction If you have been following my previous posts, I was tasked with needfinding and sketching potential solutions to problems with current airport infrastructure. …

Efficient navigation through airports — Introduction For my Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) course at Emory University, I was tasked with finding problems in current airport infrastructure and spaces. Let’s face it — compared to riding cars, buses, and trains, taking flights is more of a hassle than it needs to be; we track and book cheap tickets…

A good design at Emory University — Everything around us was created and designed by someone. How well did they design them? For my undergraduate course at Emory College of Arts and Sciences, I was tasked with finding a good design around campus. Good designs are organically and pleasantly embedded into our daily human interactions. While commuting…

A bad design at Emory University — Everything around us was created and designed by someone. How well did they design them? For my undergraduate course at Emory College of Arts and Sciences, I was tasked with finding a bad design around campus. …