Portfolio by angela jin

Background The era of information fragmentation refers to the fact that people use online media to understand and read a larger amount of information and the content tends to be scattered than in the past. Complete information is broken down into information fragments by various classifications, which is the cause and significant manifestation of the information explosion. Its main feature is a large number of simplifications in the deduction process, which leads to incomplete information and incomplete internal logic.

Phenomenons

#2 Mind is easily distracted “Scanning social media while listening to a lecture” “Juggling fack and forth between tasks”

#1 Reading skills are declining “No patience to read a document that exceeds 15 pages” “Most of time is spent on browsing social media, pictures & short- videos”

[ Overview ]

Individual Project | 2021.05-2021.06 The installation resembles this era’s vast ways of obtaining information, yet it is disintegrated into fragments through diverse oline media, penetrating all aspectects of our lives.

■ Installation Art

“Scanning a lot of interesting materials without knowing what is gained from it”

“Attention is diverted by digital distractions- In a study at Boston College, people in a room with a TV and a computer switched their eyes back and forth every 14 seconds — 120 times in 27.5 minutes.”

#3 Constantly receiving information “According to a study conducted in 2014, mobile phone users receive an average of 63.5 alerts every day, with most viewed within minutes” “Must click every single app with red notification button before going to bed”

Research Characteristics

Causes Most Popular media content:

In 2018, One Minute of Day:

Lack of time to understand information

Multiple sources of information

Reading Declines by Age Group:

Difficult to manage information

Media Use Growth:

World Population of Digital Use 2021

Too much information

Irrelevant or unimportant information

Reduce Coginitive Cost

Fragmentation can quickly allow information to reach users directly and trigger the exchange of views among users

Saves time

Fragmented information can be perceived inbetween time for work breaks; meals; commute; waiting for others; etc, These actions suits the need of people in today’s fast-paceed society.

Connects with the world

Catch up and discover all kind of news and sources of information to stay on track with trend & connection with customers & leisure

Deeper Research

Brainstorm Escape frustration to find happiness on internet

Influence Effects of Information Overload:

Ineffective Information Processing Fragmented information only tells what is on the surface, but does not tell the principle behind it and its connection with other things. Long-term wise, we are accustomed to seeing the simplified information without in-depth analysis and connection between the points. As a result it weakens the ability to think about complex things.

Space no longer tiesdown to its function

Blurred boundaries of living space

Every APP pushes dozens of latest news, deals and messages within a few minutes. This leads to anxiety and difficulty in making decisions when one’s daily life is bombarded with messages, emails, pop-up news, daily headlines, etc. The flood of information piling up on a day to day basis produces more pain than gain.

Mind

Every piece of information one receives is an interruption on their cognitive performance thus we are often distracted by unimportant information and interactions, wasting time, attention, and energy and producing little of value

Body

Technology

Self separation with reality Split Screen Turning on phone is violently attacked by information like turning on a rapid water faucet

Summary With the advancement of science and technology, the dissemination and absorption of information continue to fragment. Moreover people's time, way of thinking and behaviour is also gradually fragmented.

Have multiple thoughts at once

Space

Information Distraction

Information Overload

paper shredder cuts our thoughts

Mobile device is entrance to everything

Fragmented reading is like snacking rather than dinner, incomplete but attractive Incomplete

Inability to convey emotions and delay face-to-face opportunities

Concept Objective

Working process

Ideation

An installation of a space that receives information, aiming to reveal the constant appearance of fragmented infortation is meaningless. It just to attract the audience’s attention and satisfy the audience’s curiosity.

Paper feeds out from TV like a shredder Acrylic paint on foamboard

Symbol of a media screen Paint the foamboard into “TV”

Slicing & glueing paper shreds Layering the strips

Feeling Crumble to create texture and volume To portray the huge amount of fragmented network information is countless. It weakens people's desire to read the information, even if they want to, there is no way of processing and finding out the ones they are interested.

Paper strip cut glued vertically Foamboard structure

Gluing onto foamboard

Outcome

NEXT UP A thrill-seeker shuttling between cities 564 Follower

Share a photo to community

45 Likes

278 Following

Tripyyy

Trippy- Experienced Aero Press coffee

[ Overview ]

Individual Project | 2021.02- 2021. 04 More

An application generates trip plans and activies at random based on preset preference to create mysterious adventure and avoid decision making hassel

Lost in Nature- Brunch in the park

■ Application Design

Different Types of Travel

Method

RE LA

There are many types of travel, including travel for relaxation; travel to visit; adventure travel; travel for specific task. Among these types of travel, travel for relaxation or leisure is the most dominant type. Therefore, my project targets in the direction of relaxation and leisure.

RAVEL NT O TI A X

According to the most common ways people travel, I analyzed their behaviors, highlights and pain points of each corresponding stages. Acoording to the analysis, there is space for improvement in the planning stage and even problems occurring during travel can be avoided with a good plan no matter which type of travel it is.

Phases

AD VE

1. Friends/ relatives as host

EL TRAV E R TU N

3. Join tour group/travel agency

TR AV

2. Selfguided/ Random

ISIT V TO

Research restaurants, scenery, sites

Book transportation, tickets, living

Establish route & location Research travel tips

Plan dates

Check weather

Pack clothes & neccessity Check local culture/ ritual

getting entry requirement for international

passport& visa

Currency exchange

Need to plan and research everything

Shopping for needs

Connect with local culture & people

Double check to fit their time

Everything is flexible

Hard to make decision

Need to prepare some gift to offer

Flexible with schedule

Sense of accomplishment for organizing Mistakes will cause certain loss

Budget is hard to determine

Easily to get wrong ticket

Time consuming

Ready-made route selection

Saves time

Great deals & price range

Compare travel agencies

Fake deals

Still require some research

Don’t need to premare much Information security

Bother their regular life

Feel more safe

After Travel

Check map& location

Chck in

Search for restaurant Experience new things

Take pictures

Shop

Know secret places

Different schedule

No restrictions unless travelling with others

Decide travel mode

During Travel

Preparation

Does not require to do any research

N IO

VEL TRA

MI SS

Actions

Planning

Spend quality time together

Fully trust

Experience the surprises of travel

No one helps in an emergency

Wait for other

Lose direction

Unaware of unsafety

Complaints from peers

Worry everything

Safety guarantee

New friends in same tour group

Limited time for each place

Unsatisfied food in the package meal

Less contact with locals Stick with the tour entire time

Share on social media

Journalling

Reflect moments

unpack

Reflect moments

Review travel tips Organize picture

Share on social media

Organize picture

Some places they think not worth visiting from a resident perspective No time tracking

Split spendings

Free to interact with locals

Doesn’t meet expectation

No freedom

Organize picture

brochers from agencies

Knowledgeble tour guide

Can’t find meeting point

Reflect moments

Wait for others

Share on social media

Split spendings

Share on social media

Organize travel tips

Reflect moments

Method

Result

My method of research is through generating an online Google survey to find the demands of users and ttheir ravel habits by getting statistics and informations they provide based on the questions I tailored. The gathering of informations help me to leverage my design strategy and to deepen my understanding of the pain points with travelling.

Participants are mainly around the age of 18-35 and a few up to the age of 65. Out of these participants, 70% of them travel 1-2 times per year and some even lower in frequency. The majority of participants travel with accompany, yet 20% of them like to travel alone.

DATE: March 27th, 2021- April 2nd, 2021 POPULATION: 42 responses

Conclusion

How will they plan before travel:

1. Cherish the opportunity to travel

Since young adults does not have a lot of time, greater number of the population only travels 1-2 times per year or even less, thus they will treat every trip with great care.

Travel Survey

Will make detailed planning and arrangements

No plan at all, the road leads

Get rough idea, plan accordingly

Don’t care, follows others’plan

2. Rough planning leads to unpleasantness

How do they feel about travel: Unsatisfy

Satisfy

Most people will only do a rough planning before going to the local area. As a result, this leads to unpleasant mood with unexpected circumstances as shown by the research survey

Cons vs. Pros: Full Schedule , too tiring Unexpected circumstances Doesn t achieve expected Deceived by local cost Disagreement with peers Long line-ups at attraction Gets lost Others

Frequency of argument while travel:

Relax Have delicious food Enjoy view Learn new things Shopping Others

3. Disagreement with divided opinions

Different plans leads to argument, and the one who does all the planning often gets complained at. Moreover 1/5th of participants answered they do not want to travel with any others.

Interviews

Persona

According to the characteristics of the users resulted the from questionnaire survey, I searched for 7 precise users with corresponding characteristics to conduct in-depth interviews Q1: Who does travel planning? how? What are the difficulties? Q2: What kind of purpose does the plan have during travel? Q3: If you travel with companions, what are the unpleasant things have happened? Q4: What does travel mean to you?

24 years old St�dent Travels once/ year

DATE: April 23th, 2021- April 26th, 2021

Lin’s Preference: Once/ yr Goes to sites that resemble local culture

The less time I get, the more I r�sh through the “tasks” on the schedule

Joanna’s Preference:

4 Age: 21 Student

2-3 times/ yr prefers coastal cities and cities with strong cultural atmosphere

Unpleasant�ess with peers usually is around “where” and diﬀerence in values

Travels with curiosit� and freshness for new things

Jack’s Preference:

Once/ yr Likes exploration, travel for fun

Hard to satisf� ever�one’s likings and needs

Once/ yr Sometimes will go on road trips

Not ex�ress opinion even if unsatisﬁed with the plan Age: 30+ Teacher

Denisa’s Preference:

Age: 27 E-Commerce operator

Bianca’s Preference:

Poor dist�ibution of money is the biggest problem

Ex�lores the world increases the knowledge Plan is adjusted according to act�al sit�ation, it is helpf�l to avoid a complete conf�sion

Infor�ation online is not always reliable Age: 22 Student

Hard to find agreement with friends when deciding the location Wrong transportation route Has to tolerate friends to avoid argument

Once/ yr Avoids attraction sites with a crowd

Hard to decide location but will not stick to schedule 100%

Does not have st�ict time for each event

Mapping and ﬁnding the t�anspor�ation route takes a long time

Age: 20 Student

“As a st�dent busy with st�dies, I enjoy and cherish the oppor��nit� to t�avel on holidays with friends or family. It is a g�eat way for me to relax and I will prepare a relatively suﬃcient budget.”

Trip planning and research takes too much time

Jordan’s Preference:

David’s Preference: 2 times/ yr Once with family, once with friends Age: 21 Student

Doesn’t t�avel with a plan, the road leads the way

Once/ yr Likes to go on backpacking trips

Age: 28 Research assistant

Having a plan is useless

Know the rough budget of entire trip Find a balance when travelling with parents and others Enough time to explore

Fun & relaxing Experience local food and culture & interact with locals Activities match current

mood

Insight

Concept

Inspiration

Sketch

The following features are an extension of the requirements of my typical users that will be reflected in my final design result.

#Cusine #Chill #wild #Tour #nature

Randomization

Start a trip with friends Slot Machine

The application gives randomness to a travel location and plan, which provides a sense of mystery and curiosity about the unknown. At the same time it will ensure safety.

Blind Boxes

According to the stimulus that young demographics like, the design attempts to create travel plans with the idea of openning blind-boxes, drawing cards, etc.

Select mood and preferences

Shake! Shake! What is next?

Random Interact

Wide Range Data Base Need to provide users with complete and rich tourist information, not only tourist attractions, but also various routes and cultural exchange habits, etc.

Pack and go! Certain events asks users to engage in a local ceremony or have a conversation with the residents depending on the sepecific culture dedicated to the location as if interacting with an NPC in real life.

Culture, Locals,

Interactive activity

Storeytelling

Personalization Locations and activities are suitable according to each users preference from distiguishing their mood, physical status, and favourites to customize their individual experience.