Week 14 – On-Site User Test Results (Team RMB)

RMB (Team 12) Author: Bening Wardani – bwar5236 Team Members: Roy Yan Zibo – zyan4194 / Minyi Tsai – mtsa6146 Last weekend, our group finally participated in the Pilot Sk.8 event. Based on the previous dry run that we held at school, some revisions to our on-site testing plan has to be made in order…

Week 12 – On-Site Testing Preparation (Team RMB)

RMB (Team 12) Author: Bening Wardani – bwar5236 Team Members: Roy Yan Zibo – zyan4194 / Minyi Tsai – mtsa6146 Before we can proceed with the on-site testing happening on the 3rd of November, our group developed a solid test plan that outlines our usability test. This is to ensure that when we test our…

Week 11 – Lab Testing Results (Team RMB)

RMB (Team 12) Author: Bening Wardani – bwar5236 Team Members: Roy Yan Zibo – zyan4194 / Minyi Tsai – mtsa6146 Before the actual testing that will take place at the skatepark, We have decided to do a set of usability test at the lab. These tests will be taken to test various forms of prototypes…

Week 5 – Video Portrait (Team RMB)

RMB (Team 12) Author: Bening Wardani – bwar5236 Team Members: Roy Yan Zibo – zyan4194 / Minyi Tsai – mtsa6146 We have interviewed Chris Pilarcik, a 29-year old skater from Sydney, Australia, who has been skateboarding for almost the entire of his life to understand the significance of skateboarding to individuals and also the emotional…

Week 5 – Gaps and Opportunities of Site (Team RMB)

RMB (Team 12) Author: Bening Wardani – bwar5236 Team Members: Roy Yan Zibo – zyan4194 / Minyi Tsai – mtsa6146 After doing an extensive research of the skatepark and and its users, we have narrowed four main gaps of the site that we can utilise for our Ideation process: 1. We noticed that not a…

Week 4 – Night Observation & Filming Process (Team RMB)

RMB (Team 12) Author: Bening Wardani – bwar5236 Team Members: Roy Yan Zibo – zyan4194 / Minyi Tsai – mtsa6146 On the weekend, Team RMB visited Sydenham Skatepark to conduct another round of site research and also to film the skaters to grasp a better idea of the users of the site. We arrived at…

Week 3 – Team Charter (Team RMB)

RMB (Team 12) Author: Bening Wardani – bwar5236 Team Members: Roy Yan Zibo – zyan4194 / Minyi Tsai – mtsa6146 In week 3, Team RMB sat down with the IDEA9202 tutors to receive some suggestions to improve our group charter. We have decided to breakdown the action points and tasks that are compulsory to do…

Week 2 – Spatial Mapping & Skatepark Observation (Team RMB)

RMB (Team 12) Author: Bening Wardani – bwar5236 Team Members: Roy Yan Zibo – zyan4194 / Minyi Tsai – mtsa6146 Spatial mapping is the ability to create a map of the environment. It consists of information such as the positions and movements of users in that certain location and also other elements that have a…