spring 2011 porfolio
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This portfolio catalogs my progress as a designer as of the Spring of 2011TRANSCRIPT
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Nicolas A CoiaMobile: 551.404.7627 Email: [email protected]
1010 Arch Street, Apt #803 Philadelphia, PA 19107
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Rethinking College Enrollment
PRojECt ovERviEw
Client: the University of the Arts
Working with the University of the Arts to rethink the student enrollment system resulted in the delivery of a three-phased approach.allow students the ease of absorbing and retaining important information.of Absence, Withdrawal and Drop/Add forms had not been updated since their inception and didnt adequately portray proper information. expensive, an interactive online approach to a completely overhauled system.
enriched user testing platform that will
university-wide interviews, observations and surveys was the majority of our research and informed the projects future. of the more complex pieces of the project, team was able to elevate current issues and comprehensively understand the enrollment system.
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Research
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Interviews were the basis of our research and strongly directed the design process. to better distill relevant information.We parsed through each individual interview, aggregating the most important components. opportunities with color and allocating information graphic to not only ease information distillation, but to also afford the visual synthesis of data.
Registrar
Advising
Scheduling
Digital System
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problems and nest the related issues. of interviewee to enhance the equality of documented issues. Frequency and relevancy became immediately apparent, and helped focused the design approach.It was evident that we should design around advisor training, forms and course scheduling.
Advisor Training
Advisor inconsistency year-to-year
Students don't use assigned
advisor
Adjunct training
Advisor / Professor training for
international students
General advising training
Part-time faculty lack knowledge of course and responsibility for
advising
Confusing Forms
Too many communication
forms
Lack of communication
between advising forms and
registration
Forms lack clarity
Unclear purpose of forms
Course Scheduling
GRID based on Faculty
No University-wide time slot for Electives
Against shorter class period time
Rigid schedule due to great structure
Coordinating schedules of faculty
Courses scheduled
based on prior year catalog
Being reactive mode to other dept. in
terms of scheduling
Synthesis
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Grid Con!icts
Students work schedules conflict
with class
Students must work hard to keep up with
tight schedule
Students schedules do not fit LACR
courses well Music & dance dept. are main issue of
scheduling courses
Forms & Signatures
Forms require signatures
Title / signature on the forms is confusing
Too many signatures required for certain
forms
Forms require
signatures
Which dean required for what signature
Course Substitution
Transfer students & courses / credit
swapping
2yr college credits no
longer accepted
Student difficulty taking courses
outside departmentUnclear substitution policy
Transfer Student
Transfer student difficulty
Transfer students on
wait-list
Transfer students difficulty
System
Portal is confusing
Too many university tools
Faculty-wide WebNow
Access
The portal is too complicated and
confusing
Degree Audit
Credit counting difficulty
Inconsistent Degree Audit
format
Degree audit inconsistency
Students & Advising
Students ignore advising sheet
Students dont look at Portal
25% students lack advising
Caps / Space
Caps are Deans
decision
Cap overrides due to ensemble
Students are usually able to get a cap-override
signature Space issues when students
from other majors join
classes
Drop/Add
Students addicted to drop/add
Department of music and dance submit
late drop/adds due to ensemble auditions
Shorten the length of Drop/Add
Course bulletin confusion
Catalog is not printed
Bulletin / Catalog
Leave & Withdraw
LOA return policy is unclear to students
Advise and navigate LOA students
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Student ACandidate for B.S. in Industrial Design
interaction with the graphical user interface. Here a student can choose their courses from drop down lists and populate a few possible schedules. easily understand multiple scheduling opportunities and create quick iterations.
Prototype
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IDES*202*01 - Studio 1: Projects StudioIDES*222*01 - Studio 2: TechniquesIDES*232*01 - Materials & Processes SemIDES*331*01 - Human Factors SemIDES*371*01 - ArchitectonicsLACR*101*01 - First-Year Writing ILACR*102*01 - First-Year Writing IIFAPR*221*01 - ScreenprintingCRGL*225*01 - Glassblow: Form & Funct
IDES*232*01 - Materials & Processes SemLACR*101*01 - First-Year Writing IFAPR*221*01 - Screenprinting
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Professor ADepartment Chair of Industrial Design
member who schedules courses for their department. Understanding where and when space is available is a large issue.to see what, where and when a class is scheduled in a virtual space.
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course information. students major.
A student can formulate multiple scheduling options by dragging a course into the weekly calendar template.
Deliverable
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undergraduate progress. the course catalog. load by providing access strait from the Degree Audit to course catalog, without the need to remember class names or ID numbers.
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class scheduling requirements.
machine shop or classroom.
prompts the selection of an available room through a suggestive queue (a
Deliverable
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In challenging museum norms, conversation between museum patrons. Using a projector and three interactive platforms, the individuals transcend the boundaries of personal space. Here they are encouraged to converse through individual and group control of a digitally-projected story. the viewed piece of art.
information from the platforms.
PRojECt ovERviEw
Collabritique: Enhancing Patron interaction in MuseumsClient: Archives and Museum informatics
We hate how Leda Atomica uses color to represent
America's atomic attack on Japan.
Interactive Platforms
Projector & Computer Housing
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Top: Focus group with Museum Design students
Bottom: Testing and installation of Collabritique at Museums and the Web.
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My team and I headed to the museum to observe how people interact with exhibits to better understand the social engagements that occur.
the style of art they were viewing.two main design concerns.
other, and therefore are missing out on added value of opinions and discussion.to take pictures and obtain information while viewing art.
Research
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Top: Multiple groups and individuals in a room. One woman takes a picture of her friends with a smart phone.
Bottom: Patrons on a museum tour.
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Shown on the opposite page is the basis
other individuals to begin the interaction.A provocative statement is shown once all three patrons are standing on the platforms.of art in their view.the provocative context.
Leda Atomica Salvador Dali (1949)
conversation and power of context, the patrons come to a consensus on the stories outcome.patrons speak about a piece of art, and to interact with each other in this enhanced atmosphere.invisible interface and the constructs to
interaction
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changes.changes again.changes yet again.
A provocative statement is displayed.
Platform StateElemental Interactive
Message
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After the initial introduction and testing iteration has continued.contextual interaction.
of the University of the Arts. valuable and has helped guide the next stage of development. being scheduled and we are working
sentence, enhancing user control.with color coded sentence structures.directions for the user.story is projected at the end of the interaction, i.e. a group button / lever.
iteration
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Top Left: White boarding with a focus group.
Bottom Left: Testing out blob detection.
Top Right: Focus group session.
Bottom Right: Sketching story line infrastructure.
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PRojECt ovERviEwUsing the augmented reality application experience by adding contextual information to curated art exhibits. illuminate the relationships between pieces of art through the use of augmented reality technology. the user enable this interaction.from the application to a Wikipedia page on the artist and a website that adds contextually relevant information.
museums to incorporate technology, the museum experience.An added addition is the ability to easily connect into current museum phone tours.
$UW$PSOLHG$XJPHQWLQJWKH0XVHXP([SHULHQFHClient: Archives and Museum informatics
Top and Bottom: On display at Museums and the Web in April of 2011.
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Left and Right: Examples of the interface.
Reference links: http://nicolascoia.com/abduction_Europa.htmlhttp://nicolascoia.com/last_supper_remixed.htmlhttp://nicolascoia.com/goya.html
Phone Tour: 619.630.9404
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Research
My colleagues and I observed patrons in a museum and their interactions with technology. museum patrons interact with
pictures of art.
information to an art exhibit.
Offering an augmented reality space for museum patrons to access information not readily available would add value to any patrons museum experience.interactions with the application. It was apparent that providing a historically relevant time line that augments provided information from a placard was a valuable addition.Many individuals were interested in integrating the technology into their museums and wondered how it could be further developed.
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Left: A woman using her smart phone to photograph a painting.
Right: A patron listening to an audio tour.
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testing
Initially, determining the Z-coordinates was imperative.However, after testing its consistency (or the application automates height to the individuals coordinates. We iterated multiple interface layouts.Interface layouts concluded to show the artwork viewed with links to additional
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reliability of Z-coordinates.
Middle: Testing Layar development
Right: Testing application GPS reliability, positioning and design.
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controlled with a single button. Safety and control were critical operational principles affording the user freedom of movement and peace of mind. By leveraging a simple button, the design is scalable to puff and lever controlled systems.number of actuations to perform each primary action.
PRojECt ovERviEw
1Button: An Enhanced wheelchair interfaceClient: Nicolas Coia Design
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The functionality map comprehensively usage and shows a step-by-step interaction between the interface and user
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PRojECt ovERviEwuse those principles to evoke happiness through design.My team and I chose the element earth With these guiding principles, we distilled meaning out of the terms and discussed how to best incorporate our beliefs into an experience.something very natural and all around us. It is, however, a lost piece of the urban environment. the concrete of our sidewalks and in the wood of our benches. Many see past this and feel surrounded by an unnatural environment.
paced urban dweller to relax, evoke patience in their daily lives and focus on the natural elements with which they are surrounded. Our audience became the urban explorer and we decided to design a relaxing and educational experience. parks that an urban explorer can stumble When sitting in one of the serene parks the dweller navigates to mediations that focus on the surrounding natural elements.
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Top Left: Logo
Bottom Left: Trail marker
Middle: Trail Marker on a street sign
Bottom Right: Visual showing that cities are representative of all the elements of earth.
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culminated after a two day brainstorm.and water to truly come to terms with these elements.We then approached the whiteboard with ideas around the numerous virtues
what element and virtue to focus on was virtues in another, we chose our future.
be imagined.various nature preserves embodies the spirit of earth by highlighting its frequency.helps evoke the feeling of patience and illuminates the qualities of earth surrounding the dweller. to sit, relax and meditate on how the park represents the earth around you truly creates happiness.
ideation
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Top Left: Trail marker in a Tree
Bottom: PhillyPath trail markers, stencil and marketing collateral.
Top Right: Serene earth location
Middle Right: Trail marker on a street post
Wooden BenchNotice the bench upon which you sit,It is no longer alive, but in it are the lines of its life,Take a moment to think about this bench and its life,Allow yourself to connect with it,Although surrounded by man-made buildings and benches,They are still natural pieces of earth, just in a reborn state,Take a few deep breaths and contemplate your involvement with these surroundings.
Iron GateThe gate before you is iron,A natural element on the periodic table,To allow you and other dwellers to enter and exit this resting place,Elements are natural pieces of the earth,This gate is your connection to earth,Enjoy the gate, it welcomes you.
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Nicolas A CoiaMobile: 551.404.7627 Email: [email protected]
1010 Arch Street, Apt #803 Philadelphia, PA 19107