Learning about users with testing, data, and ethnography
This page contains some work that focuses on user research. On top of that, here are some of the research methodologies that I’ve used in my projects:
Qualitative
Field studies
Paper prototyping
Generative research
Stakeholder interviews
Field studies
Paper prototyping
Generative research
Stakeholder interviews
Quantitative
Surveys
Click tests
A/B testing
Usability testing
Surveys
Click tests
A/B testing
Usability testing
Analysis
Statistics
User personas
Journey mapping
Affinity diagramming
Statistics
User personas
Journey mapping
Affinity diagramming
Organizational
Enterprise
Service design
Systems thinking
Enterprise
Service design
Systems thinking
Research Issues in Game Development, Fall 2022
How do people place things in VR?
When creating a game, I wanted someone should be able to pick this game up and play it without any external instruction from the developers. By leading user research, my team addressed issues involving ergonomics, spatial awareness, motion sickness, and objective-based confusion. We used tools of paper prototyping and user testing.
Check out the project + our research insights here ︎︎︎
Check out the project + our research insights here ︎︎︎
Team:
Bryce Li
Boyang Lin
Davis Wojnovich
Joseph Ayala
Qianru Zhang
Xinyu Zou
Bryce Li
Boyang Lin
Davis Wojnovich
Joseph Ayala
Qianru Zhang
Xinyu Zou
Research Methods, Spring 2022
How might we use blockchain to ensure that type designers are fairly compensated and recognized?
During this project, my team and I investigated the intersection of blockchain and type design. We interviewed blockchain enthusiasts, type foundries, and designers, and then compiled our findings with affinity diagramming. With our learnings, we created a basic blockchain-based app for crowdfunding type designers. If I had more time, I would redesign the interface of the app.
Check out the process book here︎︎︎
Check out the process book here︎︎︎
Team:
Jiyeon Chun
Bryce Li
Susan Ni
Christy Zo
Jiyeon Chun
Bryce Li
Susan Ni
Christy Zo
How People Work, Fall 2021
Food Insecurity @ CMU
Food insecurity can happen to anyone — even those who can afford food. Food security is a human right, and therefore food insecurity is at the fault of the system rather than the individual. It turns out that even students at CMU face considerable barriers to accessing good food on campus at fault of the design of the dining system.
We researched and identified these barriers and suggested interventions to improve the dining experience at CMU.
We researched and identified these barriers and suggested interventions to improve the dining experience at CMU.
Systems, Spring 2021
COVID-19 Response In Pennsylvania
For a school project, our team of 4 analyzed various sections of the COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania through the three horizons of past, transition, and future.
This project was accepted to the RSD10 Systems Mapping Symposium.
This project was accepted to the RSD10 Systems Mapping Symposium.
Team:
Georgia Miller
Jasper Karup
John Henley
Bryce Li
Georgia Miller
Jasper Karup
John Henley
Bryce Li
Systems, Spring 2021
Analyzing Communities
How does the School of Design organize itself through physical space, hierarchy, and other interactions? What are the foundations of it as an institution, and what is it’s impact? This was a solo project where I mapped out our studio space in relation to these questions.
