Kristina You is a multidisciplinary designer based in New York, NY and a recent graduate from the ITP Program at NYU. Her practice focuses on UI/UX, interaction design, print design, and brand development.


︎︎︎Thesis

Assignment 3: Research and Moodboard



Current Thoughts on Thesis:

Since the last thesis class, I have been focusing on compiling more resources for my research and narrowing down ideas as well. I think that I would like to extend my project in a way that could be useful and interactive rather than just serve as an archive so I have been thinking of ways in which I could achieve that. I think going forward I would like to do some more research on the topic to get familiar with important aspects of it to see what I would like to incorporate into my project and start working on some prototypes. 


Moodboard in Progress:

📝 Link to Moodboard📝




︎︎︎ I started a visual moodboard broken down into categories such as form, signage, and other general sources of visual inspiration. It is a work in progress and I would ideally like to keep adding to it as my research progresses.


Sketches of Potential Prototypes:



︎︎︎I created some sketches for prospective ideas of prototypes to explore for the next thesis class meeting. I broke them down into web/mobile based project and physical artifacts that could be incorporated with the web based application which is something that I am considering doing. For the web/mobile based idea I am starting to do some more research on sites that exist that I would like to take inspiration from or has a similar format in which I think would work best for my project.  



✨List of Research Resources✨ (updated)


Plans for going forward:

1. Research and create experiments of envisioned output, mock ups, sketches. 
2. Keep adding to moodboard and research resources. 
3. Reach out and talk to 2-3 of contacts!!
4. Find more research resources about gentrification and design trends.
5. Go through research resources to familiarize myself with topic. 




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Last Updated:  April 9, 2023
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