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User-Centered Design:
Personas
jauntyangle.com

Case Study: Edie's Online Shoe Store

The client identified three user profiles who would be accessing the Edie's web site most frequently. Several people who fit this profile were observed as they interacted with other online shoe sites. Personas were created from the key trends identified from these interviews, based on behavior patterns and goals.

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Scenarios
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Case Study: Edie's Online Shoe Store

The behavior patterns and goals identified during the persona creation phase were used to develop a high-level set of user requirements for the site. Major informational and functional needs were distilled from the scenarios and used to validate features.

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Wireframes
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Case Study: Edie's Online Shoe Store

Wireframes were created to illustrate key path workflows that reflected the needs of the personas, as well as the client's business goals. The framework focuses on the overall structure of the site as well as all main components and key content areas. It describes key features and interface elements and how they work together.

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Visual Design
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Case Study: Edie's Online Shoe Store

As soon as the wireframes successfully captured the workflow of the site, the visual design process began. Two to three compositions of one main view were created to illustrate various graphic treatments and color palettes. A design direction was chosen and revised until it met both client specifications and end-user goals.

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Web-Based Applications:
Order Entry Manager
Loudeye Corporation

User interface design and production.

Creation of a centralized application for digitizing music CDs for online purposes.

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JAMS 1.0
Loudeye Corporation

User interface design and production.

JAMS was a re-design of a legacy tool for managing online radio content. The revised interface provided greater flexibility, enhanced scheduling capabilities and an interface that was easier to maintain.

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Allen Brain Atlas
Vulcan, Inc.

Usability Specialist

Managed the usability research for a web-based application for researching gene expression in the brain. Interviewed scientists to create personas and scenarios. Organized and led two early stage usability studies.

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Site Designer
Digital Railroad

User experience design and production.

Complete redesign of web-based customization tools for photographer archive pages. The new interaction allowed more flexibility by utilizing drag-and-drop modules. The redesign was validated by a usability study with photographers and photo buyers.

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Web Sites:
Mad Meow Music
jauntyangle.com

Logo, user interface design and production.

For this project, the client requested three unique sites to showcase all of the music projects she's involved with for promotional purposes.

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Edies Shoes
jauntyangle.com

User interface design and production.

Creation of a web site to showcase a Seattle retail store. The primary design goal was to provide a simple, elegant representaton of the merchandise and store atmosphere.

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Kirsten Agresta - Harpist
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User interface design and production.

Web site redesign for a New York-based professional harpist. The client requested an updated design that was elegant and streamlined.

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Vitoros Partners
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Logo, user interface design and production.

Original design of a business site for a venture capital company. The client requested a site that was informative, professional, and visually appealing.

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Mobile & Misc.:
SCREEN3™
Motorola - Mobile Software Solutions

User interaction design.

A channel-based content application running on the idle screen of targeted Motorola cell phones. Lead Designer for memory management during channel acquisition and for viewing multimedia on the cell phone.

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Radio Player
Loudeye Corporation

Graphic design.

Interface designs for radio player skins that incorporated a brandable player and sponser content.

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Goodlife Productions
jauntyangle.com

User interface design and production.

Designed a weekly HTML newsletter to showcase Seattle bands from the house and electronic music genres. The client's business model was to tie the newsletter to a free monthly print publication that would list show dates and provide advertising for local clubs.

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Radio Player Skins
Loudeye Corporation

Graphic design.

Prototypes for radio skins companies could chose from to brand their own version of a radio player. Each skin required specific dimensions and a design that was innovative, yet appealing to a wide audience.

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