To shed light on what goes on in the Kdan design team when designing apps, we launch a series of design-centered blog posts demonstrating the process behind our app development. We want to share our methods so that you may want to consider taking a similar approach when designing. In the last post, we introduced the effective contextual inquiry as a research method to help deepen the designers’ understanding of the end user needs. Expanding on this research method, we move onto how researchers would use the collected data to ultimately improve the usability of the product. Continue reading “Contextual Inquiry I: A Dip into the Ways of Organizing Results”
Introduction to Contextual Inquiry: Dig into the Mind of the Users
The road to success is paved with dedication and determination. To create a product that is sought for in the market and becomes the great companion of users requires extensive research and careful planning. At Kdan Mobile, we believe that an attractive and desirable product must be user friendly and tailored to the users’ need. In the last blog post from the series , we summarized the 4 stages of app development, and today we will dig deeper into the first two stages – discover and define, to look into a user-centered design research method known as contextual inquiry. Continue reading “Introduction to Contextual Inquiry: Dig into the Mind of the Users”
5 Insider Animation Tips from the Animation Desk Team
As iAniMagic Animation Contest is well underway, our specialists from the Kdan design and Animation Desk team offer 5 professional yet easily adaptable tips to help you succeed. These tips will not only help you with the contest, they also serve as good pointers for any animation creators.
Rather than concentrating on specific animation techniques and concepts like we have done so for #AD4EVER Back to Basic, we want to focus on animation habits – tips that are useful for animation making. Continue reading “5 Insider Animation Tips from the Animation Desk Team”
iAniMagic2016: My Ani-Character Goes Live
Welcome to the sixth annual animation contest of Animation Desk, iAniMagic2016! The contest is now officially live! This year we invite you to create your very own, unique animation character and share the story with us. Between September 15 and November 16, you can submit your work and have the chance to win great prizes including iPad Pro, Wacom Intuos Pro and Apple TV! Continue reading “iAniMagic2016: My Ani-Character Goes Live”
NoteLedge User Story: Incorporating NoteLedge Into the Daily Life of an Educator, Author and a Mother
“NoteLedge is my constant companion for capturing ideas for decorating and writing … [it] has allowed me the freedom to be more of a fearless writer”.