Bruin Designs
Description
A community-building platform for students at UCLA to give and receive feedback, and collaborate on design projects
My Role
Solo Designer
Timeline
3 weeks, March 2022
Tools
Figma
Type
Web
Background
Why a design community for UCLA students?
There is no structured design program or curriculum available to UCLA students unless admitted as a design and media arts major
Discover
Researching design communities
User Interviews
Understand the existing UCLA community, identify different users, learn about communities at other schools
Insights
Competitive Analysis
What platforms do students currently use, why they use these platforms, forms of communication, types of use
Communication
Caseworkers want to maximize time with clients
Communicating with caseworkers takes a lot of time
Process
Orders are fulfilled by separate Logistics Members: dividing and conquering takes more time
Finding and logging client information for items takes a lot of time
Constraints
Item stock is limited:
order items only if needed
Clients donāt have access to technology
User Personas
Problem
The design community at UCLA lacks a space where student designers can comfortably explore design
and gain confidence as a designer.
Prioritization
Identifying the most important features
I identified different features from user interviews and competitive analyses. Then, four users voted for their top two most-wanted features that they would like to use on this platform.
From this information, I decided to proceed with designing the collaboration platform and feedback use cases.
Task Flows
Prototyping and Testing
Iterating key flows
Ask for feedback
Iterations
Iterations
Users found the profile drop-down unintuitive
Users were confused by āEnable Offline Feedback Optionā
Final Design
Settings are discoverable
Tooltips account for ambiguity
Final Design
View feedback
Iterations
Iterations
Schedule feedback option is too hidden
Users want to see granular feedback as well
Final Design
Final Design
Hover or select to view granular feedback
Schedule feedback session directly from comment
View collaboration listings
Iterations
Iterations
Final Design
Inefficient use of space
Final Design
Visual hierarchy and efficient use of space
Final Design