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This is a sketched story about the development of the Surf Rescue picture book. It is an example of my growing UX skills. Chapter Two is a sketched story of my UX Design experience to date.
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Chapter One
The story of the Surf Rescue book.
(If you want to skip straight to Chapter Two:
Irith’s journey into UX Design
please go to page 16.)
The story of the Surf Rescue book.
...Pete moved to Queensland...
Meet Pete...
G’day!
Peter WilliamsChiropractor
...Pete joined the local Surf Life Saving Club...
...One day...
Pete rescued a skydiver!...
A few years later...
SurfLife
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Printing,Distribution...
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Aha! A solution.
Here Irit
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publish m
y book?
CD
A few months later...
But then...
Your brother-in-law is very sick in intensive care!
PeterWilliams1960 — 2010
Sadly...
A few months later...
Hey, we love it!...We just need youto modify theillustrations...
This is our ‘Surf Rescue’ story book.
Surf Life Saving Australia
To be published in 2011.Get your copy at www.sls.com later in the year.
Proceeds from the sale of Surf Rescue go back into Surf Life Saving programs to improve the safety of our beaches.
We have the Surf Rescue book, now for the website.
Chapter Two
(Irith’s journey into UX Design)
Son’s first day at school.
Time to finish ‘Surf Rescue’...
Six months later...
I don’t know what to do...
Become a UXer.
What’s a UXer?
Just Google it.
One click and a search later...
The next few weeks...
I need a mentor.
UX test kitchen
UX Australia
Spoolcast
UX Magazine
8 ShapesUX Booth
Mockingbird
Adaptive Path
IA Summit
UX Matters
UIE tips
Smashing Mag
Boxes and ArrowsEcontent Mag
TEDx
WOW! Thanks.
I’ll be your mentor!
August 2010
User researchClient centred
Agile design
Scenarios
AR
Data mining
Wireframing
Sketching
Personas CritiqueContent strategy
Evidence based design
EXPERIENCE
Time to start designing www.surfrescuebook.com
Sketching personas...
Sketching scenarios...
Connection to Surf Rescue Engagement and Activities
Kirsten 28yearsold PrimarySchoolLibrarian LivesinWollongong
PersonalBackground
Kirsten loves stories and loves firing children’s imagination. She is a member of the Wollongong amateur dramatic society in which she regularly performs. She also helps design the sets. She spent three years backpacking after leaving school before enrolling in university as a mature age student. She particularly loves South America and Latin music.
● Heard about Surf Rescue from the SLSA ‘Beach to Bush’ resource pack.
● Is always on the lookout for fun and informative books.
● Is interested in free resources.
● Is interested in the author’s life/death and the fact that the story is based on an actual event.
Documenting personas...
Sketching task flows...
Mapping task flows...
Abandoning flow charts and embracing PostIt Notes!...
The design is finished!
Wireframing...
Wireframing...
Annotating the prototype...
It works!
