The Orb: Your Home System
Duration
10 weeks
Year
2023
Tools
Figma
My role
Visual design, Front-end prototype (Lo-fi & Hi-fi), Poster designer
Background
As part of the 'Web of Things' project, where the task is to design and develop a WoT prototype. I collaborated with an interdisciplinary team to create a modular smart home assistant alongside other web developers.
This project is all about teaching us the basics of Web of Things (WoT) so we can create unique and innovative products and services. It covers WoT/IoT and pervasive computing concepts, aiming to inspire our creativity and problem-solving skills to turn ideas into reality.
About the project
My role:
For this project, I focused on addressing the project's needs by designing both wireframes and low-fidelity and high-fidelity mobile prototypes. I iterated the designs based on user feedback, collaborating closely with developers to ensure smooth implementation. Additionally, I was responsible for designing the poster that was showcased during the exhibition, visually communicating the project's key concepts and outcomes.
Prosject Idea
The idea was to make it convenient for day-to-day life, being able to solve menial tasks such as watering your plant or displaying the current temperature. Similar to Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, our modular smart home assistant solution takes a different marketing approach. With its modularity, the end-user has more control over the capabilities of their home assistant.
Target audience
Our target audience consists of individuals who are interested in automating and controlling their homes. These users are likely to have a heightened interest in home technology compared to the average person because our product enables them to customize their system more freely than other closed systems
Brainstorming project concepts
Before getting started, we each brainstormed project ideas. We did a fast Crazy 8 session, sketching on sticky notes. This let us be creative and gave us lots of choices.
Upon reviewing one of the notes' it sparked an idea for a collaborative effort towards developing an automatic plant watering system. Through collective agreement, we selected this concept as our primary focus.
Presenting a video that demonstrates the functionality of our smart home assistant
I designed the poster, which was showcased during the exhibition
Introducing the low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes I've designed, showcasing both dark mode and light mode designs
Exhibition
Our team successfully showcased our Web of Things (WoT) project at an exhibition. The showcase will feature our final prototype alongside accompanying project posters that i designed
