Developing Student Competency in Product and UX/UI Design: The Case of the Five-Stage Redesign Studio

Bahar Şener- Pedgley

Makale detayları

Developing Student Competency in Product and UX/UI Design: The Case of the Five-Stage Redesign Studio

Yazarlar:

Bahar Şener- Pedgley

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Dergi:

Yedi Issue 30, pp.95-108

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001285301

pISSN:

1307-9840

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Özet:

 The purpose of the work presented in this paper was to develop and disseminate a systematic approach for product redesign in an educational context. Design briefs given in industry frequently fall into one of two categories: innovations, or redesigns based on incremental improvements. In the reported work, final year industrial design undergraduates were guided through a specially devised redesign studio. The studio set out not only to make redesign an interesting activity, but also to provide students with new knowledge and skills in systematic product investigation and analysis that could be used in any project focused on product improvements. Students entered the redesign studio by choosing a personally owned household electrical or electronic product that they considered in need of improving or updating. They were then guided through five consecutive stages of briefings, activities and critiques: i product anatomy analysis and part labelling, ii market analysis and market segmentation charts, iii hands-on peer contributed user experience UX evaluation, iv strategies for product improvement, and v design proposals. The educational aims for each stage are highlighted. At the UX evaluation stage, students used a special worksheet devised by the authors. The worksheet aimed to accelerate students comprehension of UX terms and assist the collection and analysis of user research data. The worksheet included ten key criteria for productuser interface UI evaluations, benefiting from translations of common English terms into Turkish. Students views on the strengths and weaknesses of the redesign studio were collected via an online survey. The closeness of the studio to real world design practice was consistently praised, although students found it difficult to deal with the intensity of the workload, which demanded rapid decision-making with no room for procrastination. The redesign studio is proposed to be a good approach for product design education where rationalized incremental product improvements are sought instead of radical innovations.

 The purpose of the work presented in this paper was to develop and disseminate a systematic approach for product redesign in an educational context. Design briefs given in industry frequently fall into one of two categories: innovations, or redesigns based on incremental improvements. In the reported work, final year industrial design undergraduates were guided through a specially devised redesign studio. The studio set out not only to make redesign an interesting activity, but also to provide students with new knowledge and skills in systematic product investigation and analysis that could be used in any project focused on product improvements. Students entered the redesign studio by choosing a personally owned household electrical or electronic product that they considered in need of improving or updating. They were then guided through five consecutive stages of briefings, activities and critiques: i product anatomy analysis and part labelling, ii market analysis and market segmentation charts, iii hands-on peer contributed user experience UX evaluation, iv strategies for product improvement, and v design proposals. The educational aims for each stage are highlighted. At the UX evaluation stage, students used a special worksheet devised by the authors. The worksheet aimed to accelerate students comprehension of UX terms and assist the collection and analysis of user research data. The worksheet included ten key criteria for productuser interface UI evaluations, benefiting from translations of common English terms into Turkish. Students views on the strengths and weaknesses of the redesign studio were collected via an online survey. The closeness of the studio to real world design practice was consistently praised, although students found it difficult to deal with the intensity of the workload, which demanded rapid decision-making with no room for procrastination. The redesign studio is proposed to be a good approach for product design education where rationalized incremental product improvements are sought instead of radical innovations.

 The purpose of the work presented in this paper was to develop and disseminate a systematic approach for product redesign in an educational context. Design briefs given in industry frequently fall into one of two categories: innovations, or redesigns based on incremental improvements. In the reported work, final year industrial design undergraduates were guided through a specially devised redesign studio. The studio set out not only to make redesign an interesting activity, but also to provide students with new knowledge and skills in systematic product investigation and analysis that could be used in any project focused on product improvements. Students entered the redesign studio by choosing a personally owned household electrical or electronic product that they considered in need of improving or updating. They were then guided through five consecutive stages of briefings, activities and critiques: i product anatomy analysis and part labelling, ii market analysis and market segmentation charts, iii hands-on peer contributed user experience UX evaluation, iv strategies for product improvement, and v design proposals. The educational aims for each stage are highlighted. At the UX evaluation stage, students used a special worksheet devised by the authors. The worksheet aimed to accelerate students comprehension of UX terms and assist the collection and analysis of user research data. The worksheet included ten key criteria for productuser interface UI evaluations, benefiting from translations of common English terms into Turkish. Students views on the strengths and weaknesses of the redesign studio were collected via an online survey. The closeness of the studio to real world design practice was consistently praised, although students found it difficult to deal with the intensity of the workload, which demanded rapid decision-making with no room for procrastination. The redesign studio is proposed to be a good approach for product design education where rationalized incremental product improvements are sought instead of radical innovations.

 Bu makalede sunulan çalışma, eğitim bağlamında ürünün yeniden tasarlanması için sistematik bir yaklaşımın geliştirilmesi ve yaygınlaştırılması amacını taşımaktadır. Endüstride verilen tasarım iş tanımları genellikle iki kategoriden birine girer: yenilik veya kademeli iyileştirmelere dayalı yeniden tasarımlar. Bu çalışma, son sınıf endüstriyel tasarım lisans öğrencileri için özel olarak kurgulanmış yeniden tasarım stüdyosunu konu almaktadır. Stüdyo, sadece yeniden tasarımı ilginç bir faaliyet haline getirmekle kalmayıp, aynı zamanda öğrencilere ürün iyileştirmeye odaklanan herhangi bir projede kullanabilecekleri sistematik ürün araştırması ve analizine yönelik yeni bilgi ve beceriler kazandırmayı da hedeflemiştir. Öğrenciler yeniden tasarım stüdyosuna başlarken, iyileştirilmesi veya güncellenmesi gerektiğini düşündükleri kendi sahip oldukları ve kullandıkları bir elektrikli ev aleti veya elektronik ürünü seçtiler. Devamında, her birine has bilgilendirme sunuşu, etkinlik ve proje kritiklerini içeren beş ardışık proje aşaması boyunca yönlendirildier: i ürün anatomisi analizi ve bileşenlerin etiketlenmesi, ii pazar analizi ve pazar bölümlendirme grafiği, iii akran katılımlı uygulamalı kullanıcı deneyimi UX değerlendirmesi, iv ürün iyileştirme stratejileri v tasarım önerileri. Ardından, her aşama için eğitim hedefleri vurgulandı. Öğrenciler, UX değerlendirme aşamasını detaylı olarak raporladılar. Bu sırada UX terimlerini doğru kullanmak, değerlendirme verilerinin toplanmasına ve kullanıcı araştırmasının analiz edilmesine yardımcı olmak için yazarlar tarafından hazırlanan UX değerlendirme şablonundan yararlandılar. Şablon, ürünkullanıcı arayüzü UI değerlendirmelerine yönelik yaygın İngilizce terimlerin Türkçe çevirilerine de yer veren on temel kriter içermekteydi. Öğrencilerin yeniden tasarım stüdyosunun güçlü ve zayıf yönlerine ilişkin görüşleri çevrimiçi bir anket aracılığıyla toplandı. Öğrenciler her ne kadar ertelemeye fırsat vermeyen, hızlı karar vermeyi gerektiren yoğun iş temposunu yönetmekte zorlansalar da, stüdyonun gerçek hayattaki tasarım pratiğine olan yakınlığını takdir ettiklerini özellikle vurguladılar. Yeniden tasarım stüdyosunun, radikal yenilikler yerine aşamalı ve gerekçelendirilmiş iyileştirmelerin istendiği durumlarda ürün tasarımı eğitimi için etkili bir yöntem olacağı önerilmektedir.

Makale detayları

Developing Student Competency in Product and UX/UI Design: The Case of the Five-Stage Redesign Studio

Yazarlar:

Bahar Şener- Pedgley

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Dergi:

Yedi Issue 30, pp.95-108

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001285301

pISSN:

1307-9840

product design

product testing

redesign

user evaluation

UX/UI

: ürün tasarımı

ürün testi

yeniden tasarım

kullanıcı değerlendirmesi

UX/UI

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Bahar Şener- Pedgley

Yayıncı: Dokuz Eylul University

Dergi: Yedi Issue 30, pp.95-108

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 7/2023

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001285301

pISSN: 1307-9840

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Bahar Şener- Pedgley

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Dergi:

Yedi Issue 30, pp.95-108

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001285301

pISSN:

1307-9840