More Special Guests! #
We have two more special guests with us today:
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JC Clark is a designer from London, now based in New York and working as an in-house graphic designer. JC also freelances as a product designer, specializing in UX/UI for mobile apps and creating gamified experiences that are engaging and memorable for users. Past projects have focused on healthcare (both animal and human), environmental awareness, and learning-based platforms.
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Sabrina Tseng is a Taiwanese designer based in New York, an ISTP who thrives on problem-solving and hands-on creativity. As a Design Manager at a pharmaceutical communications agency, she specializes in transforming complex medical information into clear, compelling visuals for healthcare marketing and training. Beyond design, she’s passionate about coding—whether crafting with HTML/CSS/JavaScript or diving into Python—and finds pure joy when her code runs flawlessly.
Both alumni from last year, as well!
Notes on Format #
Presentations begin next week! Let’s talk through it:
Final Project Check-Ins #
Last one! Same ol’ groups as we’ve been in:
Group 1
Mia, Amy, Hye Lynn, Jonathan, Shambhavi, Yuting, Bhakti
Group 2
Mika, Inji, Vee, Devansh, Jenny, Ziwei, Jolyn
Group 3
Rice, Rayana, Nadia, Huijie, Hannah, Irene, Jennifer
Group 4
Amely, Yaxuan, Ishani, Emma, Opal, Iris, Bee
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Same idea as last week: for you to see both instructors and both alumni! So a few minutes each
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Have your projects up again on your phones! But you can show us desktop now, if you’d like
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With your instructors: update us on your progress from last week and what still needs doing
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Our goal is to prioritize these efforts for next week!
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With your alumni: give them a brief background to your project and hand over the phone!
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Since your project should be much more visually complete, get their fresh take on the overall experience
Last Overall Notes #
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We want to see folks thinking about the whole experience of coming to the site—maybe it needs initial explanatory copy, or a one-time introduction modal. We want these to “stand on their own” without an explanation.
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In our mobile UI/controls, be sure they are sized (and spaced) for fingers. Lots of small buttons and options very close together—which makes it feel too precise and brittle.
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We want to see more differentiation between primary, secondary, and disabled controls—like any UI library. We want it to always be clear what we should click and what we can’t.
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As we think through presentations, we want you to reframe your work (the story you tell about it) around the project prompt—it’s easy to lose sight of the big picture when we’re down in the weeds.
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Also when you are presenting—the demo itself is a story. Consider the path you go through as another way to tell that story, while demonstrating features.
For Next Week #
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You’ll be completing your projects!
We want you to balance your remaining time between “sanding down” any rough edges and prepping (and practicing) your presentations:
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Make sure we have your final URLs: