Artefact
- 2008 - 2009
- Project-based work
My role
User Experience Designer
What I did
- Competitive research
- Design workshops
- User scenarios
- User flows
- RITE usability studies
- Design mockups
- Asset production
- Design documentation
About my time at Artefact
Artefact is a high-end consulting firm; I worked on several projects, all of which I can't talk about, of course. In general, I worked on a mobile mapping app, a business-oriented social networking site, a business analytics/sales online application, and a computer security client-side app.
So how do you show your brilliant work when it's under a strict non-disclosure agreement?
Be a tease
This is a tiny sliver of some of the massive brainpower I burned at Artefact. We were tasked with redesigning a software installation flow. Basically, it had a bunch of repetitive, click-heavy actions for what was a simple install process. A bunch. I kept whittling away, and this wall--about 20 feet of it--was covered by all of the screens we were working on plus notes, in a big long flow. As I added another layer of butcher paper, the flow condensed. It ended up being a great archeological dig at the end, documenting the process.
Blur it out
An example of an interactive framework for a mobile application. This shows my ability to see a project in a comprehensive strategic way, and to map it out so others can follow that vision. Even if you can't see the specific pixels making up the interface design.
Obscure the text
An example of a page from a design document. A lot of my work at Artefact included building deep understanding of a project, and then distilling that down to compact, usable information (Not obsuring it by blurring it out like this. But hey... an agreement's an agreement, right?).
Don't show actual interfaces
Once again, I really am sorry about all this NDA stuff.
