Sue Ann's Design Journal

RESEARCH Chosen Field and Skills Required I've always been unsure about my professional path, and I must admit that it may be a daunting decision, especially when you don't know where to start. I used to believe that I always wanted to be an interaction designer. However, after conducting extensive research, I realised I had completely misunderstood myself. I've always enjoyed doing other digital projects and Arduino projects and assumed they were part of my professional responsibilities as an interaction designer. I enjoy working on interactive digital projects and enhance the user's interactive experience on the project. Unfortunately, the responsibilities of an interaction designer varies somewhat. Interaction designers focus on how user interact with products and apply excellent communication principles to produce desirable user experiences. (Babich, 2019) Interaction design and UX design have a lot in common, but they aren't the same thing. I have then assured ...

The final year project is the capstone of the degree; it allows students to showcase what they have learnt. The project module is different from the other modules. Although students are monitored, it is the student's responsibility to define the issue boundaries, explore possible solutions, and report the findings in writing, verbally, and in action. There are no official lectures to attend, other from an introductory briefing session. Individual/small group sessions are held on a regular basis to discuss progress. Students submit progress and final results reports, as well as in-person presentations and demonstrations of their work, for evaluation. (Sussex, 2021) Hence, I decided to work on a project called Knock, which is a smart door lock. Below are my progress documentation of this project.  Project Planning : For this first week of the semester, we were given the project brief to help us understand the learning outcomes and what we needed to deliver by the end of the sem...