Aastha Malhotra
picture-to-practice

Picture to Practice

Development and refinement of a mixed methods approach for understanding technology use in context, combining tool based visualization, reflection exercises, interviews and participatory design; with Google.
dogcity-seattle

DogCity Seattle

Website redesign for DogCity Seattle, a premium boarding, daycare & grooming salon for dogs in order to establish a holistic human centred approach to the existing web design to eliminate pain points with respect to discoverability of content, cognitive load and overall branding of the services.
spendwise

Spendwise

To find answers to the design question of “How might we help 25-40-year-old working professionals curb impulses that lead to overspending?”, using the UCD process of Research - Ideate - Prototype - Evaluate - Launch.
persuasive-digital-design

Persuasive Design

To understand the impact of digital technologies’ messaging using the American Red Cross Mobile Applications, on targeted populations to make their lives more resilient by improving their actions towards disaster preparedness using “effective design”.
htc-vive-video

HTC Vive Video

Usability testing and analysis for HTC’s Vive Video, an application for the HTC Vive that aims to provide an easy-to-use virtual reality video player that is aesthetically pleasing and makes for a comfortable viewing environment, conducted at the HTC Creative Lab, Downtown Seattle.
visual-design-compilation

Visual Communication

A compilation of visual design elements including web designs, infographics and branding graphics- logos, banners, posters, imagery, icons created using Adobe Creative Suite and Sketch, from my perspective towards design using color harmony, typography and grids.
tralove

Tra Love

Development and refinement of a mixed methods approach for understanding technology use in context, combining tool based visualization, reflection exercises, interviews and participatory design; with Google.
capstone

Build-A-Bot

A human-centered design to prototype, develop, and evaluate a fun virtual reality game in which adolescents design and potentially interact with their own, customized robot. This will be an open-source, educational game under Project EMAR as my Capstone.
dashboard

Dashboard Design

Dashboard design for clean visualisations allowing users to easily navigate and orient with the data using techniques like card sorting to incorporate a human centered approach.